The Velvet Fox

by Catherine Fisher

Ebook, 2019

Status

Available

Call number

Fic Childrens Fisher

Publication

Candlewick Press

Description

After rescuing Tomas from enchantment, orphan Seren Rhys is enjoying her first summer at Plas-y-Fran. But as autumn arrives, it brings with it a mysterious new governess who seems intent on drawing Tomas away from Seren and his family. Dangerous figures from a bewitched toy carousel stalk the house and, fearing the worst, Seren calls on the clockwork crow to help her. But can he reach her in time, and will Tomas be able to escape the magical creatures threatening to ensnare him, led by the Velvet Fox?

User reviews

LibraryThing member hawaiianmermaid701

This series gets better and better with each book! Seren is a great main character, and the Crow is a scene stealer. I wish that Tomos and the rest of the household wasn't so clueless about magic and the Fair Folk. But if they knew what was happening, there wouldn't be a story.

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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Well...even more unlikely, but again nicely done. The solution is presented with the problem, in the first chapter. Nice to see the Crow again - but did he just abandon his brother? Or will the brother be showing up again later? Some elegant traps, neatly disarmed. Hopefully Tomos has learned his

lesson, and will remember it! And if the Crow can actually get the job...That would be pretty close to a happy ever after for him, I think. Not in full, but close. Not sure the adults will be able to handle it...but they know the threat (and were surprisingly weak before it - how did she manage to fool them to start with?). Don't know. Honestly, if I were them I'd move away entirely - the Family are rather too aware of them, now. Don't know if there'll be another story, but if so I hope it's not just another variation on the theme. I'd read it, though.

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LibraryThing member catzteach

I received this as an early review. It was better than the first as the characters and setting were already established. Seren, the main character is a strong, likable character. A fun read.

LibraryThing member JalenV

The Velvet Fox is the second book in Catherine Fisher's Clockwork Crow fantasy series. I won it through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. I had not read the first book, but it wasn't hard to follow what was happening. Seren Rhys, the orphaned girl who was taken in by the Jones family, is

quite happy to live at the large Welsh house of Plas-y-Fran instead of St. Mary's Orphanage. Tomas, Captain Jones and Lady Mair's son, is going to have his birthday soon. He gives Seren a bracelet he made. After all, she saved him from the Fairy Family, the fairies who kidnapped him in the first book. Unfortunately, Tomas makes the mistake of loudly proclaiming that he's safe from the Fair Family forever. Challenge accepted.

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LibraryThing member GRgenius

In book two, Seren has a few new folks to call friends...until she doesn’t. It seems the house, let alone the household, has come under the influence of some mighty strange goings on...and if things aren’t sorted soon, not only will she be out of a home, but those that have become dear to her

may be lost forever. Much magic abounds, but the true messages at heart are of the strength of the family ties we choose, as well as the love for others over simply ourselves.

***ARC received for review; opinions are my own

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