Pre-Owned The Game of Love and Death (Hardcover) by Martha Brockenbrough

from DarkFaerieTales

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales Quick & Dirty: A bittersweet tale of a love that's doomed. Opening Sentence: The figure in the fine gray suit materialized in the nursery and stood over the sleeping infant, inhaling the sweet, milky night air. The Review: It's been difficult for me to come ac...

from Lindsay_W

The Game of Love and Death is a love story set in Depression era Seattle where love and death are also characters. The game begins when love and death select their players; Flora, an orphaned black nightclub singer who dreams of pursuing a career as a pilot, and Henry, an orphaned white boy who "...

from Brainannex

Henry and Flora were chosen from birth to be participants in a game that has been played since the beginning of time. Flora is a black young woman who loves to fly her airplane and can sing beautifully. Henry is a white young man whose father has died and has been taken in by a wealthy family. Th...

from amydelpo

An interesting concept that the author just doesn't keep control of. The logic of the world she created doesn't hold together. And yet -- this is a love story with high stakes, and I'm sure teens will love it. Nothing inappropriate here -- fine for fifth grade on up.

from amydelpo

An interesting concept that the author just doesn't keep control of. The logic of the world she created doesn't hold together. And yet -- this is a love story with high stakes, and I'm sure teens will love it. Nothing inappropriate here -- fine for fifth grade on up.