A review by bookskamila2022
The Gifts by Liz Hyder

challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

This is a story of fallen Angeles, ego centric men who think they are God  or not that far off from God and  quest of women to become visible in a society.

What can I say - amazing - very sobering tale of magical world in 1840 and  human struggle.

It has taken me some time to get into this book as we are introduced to many characters at once with very few things connecting them. Once it all clicked  into place I could not get enough. 

I would like to talk about three topics form this book 

✅ Edward - where do I start ? With his huge ego that he imagines that the fallen angels has been sent to him by God to make his life *better* and further his career ? Or by criminal who thinks he can capture  women for his own gain , not mentioning the awful husband whose pride does not allow him to help his wife when she can’t get pregnant? As you can imagine I did not like this character but felt it was very well written and developed 

✅*fallen angels * these women who became angles with  beautiful and so desirable wings only became ones because of huge pain in their lives. I felt every of theirs story very deeply - again amazing character development. 

✅ situation of women in general - it’s not a shocked that women were treated like sub human and I loved Liz Hyder approach to fight and how it was explained in the book.

I hope you will like it as much as I have