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A review by camipaz02
Night Shine by Tessa Gratton
4.0
I got this arc from the author herself. So thank you so much, Tessa, for give us the chance to read your new book. English isn't my first language, so sorry if I can't write this review well.
This book is weird, but honestly is what I expected it to be, I think. Full of magic, and representation of non binary and queer characters.
Nothing just appeared in the castle. She doesn't have parents, only Kirin, the prince and he gave her the name of Nothing. When he was take away from the Sorceres Who Eat Girls, she and Sky will go in a mision to rescue him.
Is really hard try to explain this book, but the other one I read from Tessa was the same weird and fascinating kind of story. Is like a fairytale, a twisting and a little bit darker one. Full of demons, whitches, sorceress and promises.
I totally loved the things with de names, the importance of the names, just because someone gave it to you or because you chose the name. That was beautiful. And the differents names we can read in here, the meaning of them, so so so great.
Other thing I totally loved was the relationships between the characters. The way Sky and Nothing became friends or something more and complicated and beautiful was my favorite one. The relationship between Kirin and Nothing, so weird, so intense, so demanding sometimes, but still so pure. Same with Kirin and Sky, the love between them was wonderful and a little bit sad. The only relationship I wasn't really into was with the Sorceress. I'm not sure why, but it didn't work for me. I didn't hate it, or the character, but it didn't give me the feelings the others. And that was sad, because it was beautiful, and I loved the way Tessa wrote it and how it was growing little by little, but I couldn't feel it.
I really like the book, the characters and the world, but the story was a little bit of simple. It felt like nothing is happening, I spend the most part of the book waiting for the story to begin. I know it was most a story about characters and people who find them self. I know. But still I would love a little more. The world and the story have a lot more to give. I enjoyed reading the book, but it cost me a lot to find the willing to seat and read because because I wasn't thrilled to know what was going to happen now. My feelings while I was reading were always so calm and relax. I enjoyed the travel, yes, but when I wasn't reading I didn't think in the book.
The last thing I want to mention is about Kirin. I like the character, the dark parts of they and that they were the climax. This books hasn't have a villain as such and I like that. And I like the thing about that Kirin have to be pure, always is about women be pure. It proof that it was the same foolishness that with women, and I enjoy that. It silly, a detail, but I like it.
To finish, I enjoyed the book and the characters. It wasn't that exciting like I was hoping for, but it was good and weird in the most beautiful way. I love so much the way Tessa writes, and how she imagine the same stories we all know, but without the heteronormative restrictions of the society. It feels so liberating.
This book is weird, but honestly is what I expected it to be, I think. Full of magic, and representation of non binary and queer characters.
Nothing just appeared in the castle. She doesn't have parents, only Kirin, the prince and he gave her the name of Nothing. When he was take away from the Sorceres Who Eat Girls, she and Sky will go in a mision to rescue him.
Is really hard try to explain this book, but the other one I read from Tessa was the same weird and fascinating kind of story. Is like a fairytale, a twisting and a little bit darker one. Full of demons, whitches, sorceress and promises.
I totally loved the things with de names, the importance of the names, just because someone gave it to you or because you chose the name. That was beautiful. And the differents names we can read in here, the meaning of them, so so so great.
Other thing I totally loved was the relationships between the characters. The way Sky and Nothing became friends or something more and complicated and beautiful was my favorite one. The relationship between Kirin and Nothing, so weird, so intense, so demanding sometimes, but still so pure. Same with Kirin and Sky, the love between them was wonderful and a little bit sad. The only relationship I wasn't really into was with the Sorceress. I'm not sure why, but it didn't work for me. I didn't hate it, or the character, but it didn't give me the feelings the others. And that was sad, because it was beautiful, and I loved the way Tessa wrote it and how it was growing little by little, but I couldn't feel it.
I really like the book, the characters and the world, but the story was a little bit of simple. It felt like nothing is happening, I spend the most part of the book waiting for the story to begin. I know it was most a story about characters and people who find them self. I know. But still I would love a little more. The world and the story have a lot more to give. I enjoyed reading the book, but it cost me a lot to find the willing to seat and read because because I wasn't thrilled to know what was going to happen now. My feelings while I was reading were always so calm and relax. I enjoyed the travel, yes, but when I wasn't reading I didn't think in the book.
The last thing I want to mention is about Kirin. I like the character, the dark parts of they and that they were the climax. This books hasn't have a villain as such and I like that. And I like the thing about that Kirin have to be pure, always is about women be pure. It proof that it was the same foolishness that with women, and I enjoy that. It silly, a detail, but I like it.
To finish, I enjoyed the book and the characters. It wasn't that exciting like I was hoping for, but it was good and weird in the most beautiful way. I love so much the way Tessa writes, and how she imagine the same stories we all know, but without the heteronormative restrictions of the society. It feels so liberating.