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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Este foi o primeiro livro de Juliet Marillier que li e devo dizer que fiquei completamente rendida. A sua maneira de escrever é elegante, agradável e fluída. Juliet Marillier é sem dúvida muito talentosa.
Danças na floresta é um livro verdadeiramente mágico. É o tipo de livro que te «suga» por completo para o seu mundo e te mantém prisioneiro da sua magia. Todos os dias estava desesperada para ter tempo para ler, nem que fossem apenas uns minutos para me poder perder neste mundo mágico.
Adorei o enredo romântico de Jena. Senti o meu coração bater mais depressa juntamente com ela enquanto ela decidia o que fazer em relação ao seu amor, e quando a revelação aconteceu, foi tão inesperado.
Danças na floresta é um livro verdadeiramente mágico. É o tipo de livro que te «suga» por completo para o seu mundo e te mantém prisioneiro da sua magia. Todos os dias estava desesperada para ter tempo para ler, nem que fossem apenas uns minutos para me poder perder neste mundo mágico.
Adorei o enredo romântico de Jena. Senti o meu coração bater mais depressa juntamente com ela enquanto ela decidia o que fazer em relação ao seu amor, e quando a revelação aconteceu, foi tão inesperado.
No matter how many times I return to this story, it still holds up as a beautiful reimagining of The Twelve Dancing Princesses that manages to also gently explore how people should treat those who are different, weaker, or less privileged than themselves.
A retelling of the twelve dancing princesses set in Transylvania, though in this version, they are not princesses (despite living in an old castle) and there are only five sisters. There's also a sort of mash-up with the frog prince story going on here as well. Our MC, Jena, was a standard faery tale heroine, not the prettiest of the sisters, but the most responsible and the one who fixes all the problems. The story opens with their father leaving for the winter for his health, and their rather cruel, hateful cousin slowly beginning to take control of their home, threatening their secret visits to the Other Kingdom and their friends who live there.
This is only the second book I've read by Marillier, but both were retellings of classic fairytales that I've loved for years, and I think in both cases I like her versions the best. In this one, like in Daughter of the Forest, she does an exceptional job creating an atmosphere of tension and sacrifice, where nothing comes without a price. She stays very close to what I think of as the classic fae trademarks and plotlines--mysterious old women who appear to make deals, portals that open in the middle of the night, dreams and visions and spells and magic as both gifts and punishments and instruments of character formation. But she also adds in friendship, sisterhood, and a beautiful winter setting in Romania that adds a lot of depth to the storyline and the mysterious Other Kingdom the girls visit.
This book was exactly what I expected it to be in every way, and I mean that as a compliment. It was not a surprising or really even unique take on the twelve dancing princesses or the frog prince, but it was a well done one, and a satisfying one. 3.5/5 stars because although it didn't exactly blow me away, it made me very happy.
This is only the second book I've read by Marillier, but both were retellings of classic fairytales that I've loved for years, and I think in both cases I like her versions the best. In this one, like in Daughter of the Forest, she does an exceptional job creating an atmosphere of tension and sacrifice, where nothing comes without a price. She stays very close to what I think of as the classic fae trademarks and plotlines--mysterious old women who appear to make deals, portals that open in the middle of the night, dreams and visions and spells and magic as both gifts and punishments and instruments of character formation. But she also adds in friendship, sisterhood, and a beautiful winter setting in Romania that adds a lot of depth to the storyline and the mysterious Other Kingdom the girls visit.
This book was exactly what I expected it to be in every way, and I mean that as a compliment. It was not a surprising or really even unique take on the twelve dancing princesses or the frog prince, but it was a well done one, and a satisfying one. 3.5/5 stars because although it didn't exactly blow me away, it made me very happy.
Insta-love, vampires (how did I not realize??), infuriating bully, weak and annoying main character... Noooope. Gave up around Chapter 5.
An interesting story. A little bit haunting and sometimes seemed illogical. Clean language. Probably a 3.5. May pick up the next in the series.
great book loved the characters it reminded me of little women gone fantasy
I think if I had read this book earlier, it would have been one of my classic childhood favorites. It has all the elements one would expect from a classic. A wonderful heroine who grows as a person, a flawed villain who you can understand but still feel so frustrated against, fantastical beings and creatures and a happy ending.
It's a story I'll share with my daughter one day, should I be blessed. <3
It's a story I'll share with my daughter one day, should I be blessed. <3
Not quite as good as the Shadowfell series (so far), but it turned out to be rather engrossing. I rolled my eyes near the beginning when I thought the book was going to be cliché, but it ended up turning out rather surprising (although I figured out one of the big surprises very early on) and I do love when things turn out completely differently than expected. The book resolved itself very nicely and I do wonder what a sequel would include.
