Okay, for today's pick we're dragging up the fairy tale them. I know, I know, AGAIN. But this one looks like something different. So trust me on this one. 
Hero by Alethea Kontis
About the Book (copy from Goodreads.com): "Rough and tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she's the only one of her sisters without any magic—until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and whisked off to the top of the world. Is Saturday powerful enough to kill the mountain witch who holds her captive and save the world from sure destruction? And, as she wonders grumpily, "Did romance have to be part of the adventure?" As in Enchanted, readers will revel in the fragments of fairy tales that embellish this action-packed story of adventure and, yes, romance."
Hero is the second book in the Woodcutter Sisters series. The first one, Enchanted, came out in May of last year. It was about the sister named Sunday and was sort of a retelling of The Frog Prince. I guess it did well enough that Harcourt decided to purchase 2 companion novels, this one and the next one which is tentatively titled Beloved and due out next year. According to the author's website, ideally it would be a 7 book series, one book for each sister, so if you read this (or the first one) and like it, make sure you buy everyone a copy so she can keep writing with them.
I don't see any specific fairy tales on this one based on just the description, but supposedly like the first it'll have kind of a mish mash of them. But I like that it's own book too. Kind of like the Dealing With Dragons books by Patricia C. Wrede (still one of my all-time favorite series).
Hero will be released on October 1st, just under a week away!
Available at Amazon.com in Hardcover or Kindle
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