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likeactualsoulmates 's review for:
Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche
by Maria Llovet
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book for my honest review!
I absolutely loved every minute of this, the art style was just stunning and it pulled me right in. The story starts being told in past tense like someone is reminiscing about something past, and the way the story is slowly unfolded was so very intriguing. We get thrown into this magical school and its very simple rules (or it seems) and we get this slow melancholic progression of events as the two main characters go through a school year of their lives.
I was so worried it wouldn't acknowledge the title at all (Because the myth of Eros and Psyche is one of my favourites and it would have been a shame not to acknowledge it).
But Eros directly translates to "romantic love" and psyche to "soul", and their myth fits what we see happen very well. Not in the literal sense that it is being relayed, but the grief and the love, how the events unfold, it feels fitting this myth was chosen as a title for this book.
The story from the start eludes to some big mystery that is to change the course of the book, and it gets revealed right at the end with crushing weight. Because we slowly see these two girls develop a romantic love between them, and share more and more of their days, so the tragic end feels bittersweet.
I absolutely loved every minute of this, the art style was just stunning and it pulled me right in. The story starts being told in past tense like someone is reminiscing about something past, and the way the story is slowly unfolded was so very intriguing. We get thrown into this magical school and its very simple rules (or it seems) and we get this slow melancholic progression of events as the two main characters go through a school year of their lives.
I was so worried it wouldn't acknowledge the title at all (Because the myth of Eros and Psyche is one of my favourites and it would have been a shame not to acknowledge it).
But Eros directly translates to "romantic love" and psyche to "soul", and their myth fits what we see happen very well. Not in the literal sense that it is being relayed, but the grief and the love, how the events unfold, it feels fitting this myth was chosen as a title for this book.
The story from the start eludes to some big mystery that is to change the course of the book, and it gets revealed right at the end with crushing weight. Because we slowly see these two girls develop a romantic love between them, and share more and more of their days, so the tragic end feels bittersweet.