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Candlewax
An Ancient Prophecy. A Powerful Relic. An Insatiable Evil. When all three converge, the fate of every living thing will be in peril. All her life Catherine had hoped to see a fairrier cat. No book, no scroll provided to her by her tutors had ever mentioned this legend, much to her frustration, and now-at the worst possible time-she was getting her wish. Only, in her wish the cat wasn't about to kill her. Fleeing an arranged marriage, sixteen-year-old Princess Catherine teams up with the legendary 732-year-old fairrier cat Spelopokos to stop the onslaught of omnivorous trodliks that have awakened, and a rejected suitor might just be the one warrior she desperately needs. A medieval fantasy novel of adventure, romance and horror for readers 12 and up, Candlewax won Connecticut's Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children's Literature, Young Adult category.
Pages: 371
ISBN: 9780983987703
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Rachel S.
Apr 6, 2026
Candlewax was a fantastic book to read, full of action and keeping you guessing the whole way through, will Princess Catherine manage to fulfil her prophecy or will she die in the process?
The description of the whole world of Cinna was remarkable how the Candlewax trees burned, the castles and buildings, everything was so well described even to the point of the colours of the Kingdoms.
I could imagine the deep valleys the snow falling and the streams with fish in it, it was amazing!
I really did enjoy this book completely, It wasn’t just another Y/A Fantasy book it was so much more and completely different from so many I have read.
I was thoroughly gripped.
The description of the whole world of Cinna was remarkable how the Candlewax trees burned, the castles and buildings, everything was so well described even to the point of the colours of the Kingdoms.
I could imagine the deep valleys the snow falling and the streams with fish in it, it was amazing!
I really did enjoy this book completely, It wasn’t just another Y/A Fantasy book it was so much more and completely different from so many I have read.
I was thoroughly gripped.