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The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton
5.0
I love Tessa Gratton’s writing, and I make no secret of it. I met her at an author visit and thought she was super sweet and fun.
The Lost Sun has such beautiful language. Sometimes I would just read certain passages again and again.
“The words sink down through my skin and embed themselves in my bones.” – pg 5.
“He is the only god who dies at all. And that makes him the one most like us.” – pg 17.
The novel has a certain intensity. It questions what it means to accept your fate or choose to challenge it. (I can totally imagine Merida from Brave reading this book and saying “If you had the chance to change your fate, would you?”)
The Norse mythology is well-written, but definitely not quite what I expected. The mythology element just blends so well with the modern setting that it never once seemed like too much or too odd. It is a very unique element, and I always love when a book gives me something I’ve never read before.
There is some excellent character growth throughout the whole novel. Everyone in the story plays a role and changes in some way as the novel progresses, which is a tendency I’ve noticed in Gratton’s writing.
The ending is perfectly imperfect. I am eager to read the second book in The United States of Asgard series.
Review and giveaway also posted at italicbooks.wordpress.com.
The Lost Sun has such beautiful language. Sometimes I would just read certain passages again and again.
“The words sink down through my skin and embed themselves in my bones.” – pg 5.
“He is the only god who dies at all. And that makes him the one most like us.” – pg 17.
The novel has a certain intensity. It questions what it means to accept your fate or choose to challenge it. (I can totally imagine Merida from Brave reading this book and saying “If you had the chance to change your fate, would you?”)
The Norse mythology is well-written, but definitely not quite what I expected. The mythology element just blends so well with the modern setting that it never once seemed like too much or too odd. It is a very unique element, and I always love when a book gives me something I’ve never read before.
There is some excellent character growth throughout the whole novel. Everyone in the story plays a role and changes in some way as the novel progresses, which is a tendency I’ve noticed in Gratton’s writing.
The ending is perfectly imperfect. I am eager to read the second book in The United States of Asgard series.
Review and giveaway also posted at italicbooks.wordpress.com.