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A review by ecladragon
The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski
5.0
Now I haven't read the Winner's trilogy, but I have read both this and The Midnight Lie and I have greatly enjoyed them both. While I enjoyed The Midnight Lie for how grounded the story was, I enjoyed this The Hollow Heart for both expanding on the magic and gods hinted at in the first book while also answering the questions that remained unanswered. There may be spoilers in this review.
I think at its heart this is a story about two girls who are trying to figure out what they want in life. Sid is coming to realize that what she doesn't want is to marry a prince to give her country an advantage and instead what she wants is to have an adventure and be with Nirram, while Nirram wants to be with her and get rid of tyranny even if she is often misguided in her actions and lacks the compassion at the time to not become a tyrant herself.
What I especially liked about this novel was how it felt kind of like a fairy tale. It made me cry a bit at the end. A also liked how the gods really did feel like beings that no mortal can completely comprehend and how the perspective of the god acted as foreshadowing and gave the reveal later more weight. This was a good book.
I think at its heart this is a story about two girls who are trying to figure out what they want in life. Sid is coming to realize that what she doesn't want is to marry a prince to give her country an advantage and instead what she wants is to have an adventure and be with Nirram, while Nirram wants to be with her and get rid of tyranny even if she is often misguided in her actions and lacks the compassion at the time to not become a tyrant herself.
What I especially liked about this novel was how it felt kind of like a fairy tale. It made me cry a bit at the end. A also liked how the gods really did feel like beings that no mortal can completely comprehend and how the perspective of the god acted as foreshadowing and gave the reveal later more weight. This was a good book.