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Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe
4.0
Mysterious and magical, this plot will dazzle you!
I really enjoyed this, a theme on family and love - the depths loyalty goes and the strength to stand on your own will and not that of others.
Mae longs to belong to the island that she calls home, the only ones who truly belong are those of the wealthy family, the Prospers. Lord Prosper first harnessed the island's magic, and now he controls it, harvesting it as fuel source. Mae longs for use of that magic, and begins to questions everything in her quest to do so. What she finds may not be the dream she has built up.
Though I've seen complaints, I truly thought this was a nice re-imagining of The Tempest. It's a loose fit and with things definitely rearranged, but that is the entire purpose of retellings, the ability to take a theme or plot and run with it in many directions. Although, if I hadn't known going in that it was set in the 20's I really wouldn't have known from anything in the story/plot.
The ending could be a touchy spot, as it leaves a lingering question on the tongue.
Thank you so much to St. Martins Press, Wednesday books and Samantha Cohoe for the gifted advanced review copy!
I really enjoyed this, a theme on family and love - the depths loyalty goes and the strength to stand on your own will and not that of others.
Mae longs to belong to the island that she calls home, the only ones who truly belong are those of the wealthy family, the Prospers. Lord Prosper first harnessed the island's magic, and now he controls it, harvesting it as fuel source. Mae longs for use of that magic, and begins to questions everything in her quest to do so. What she finds may not be the dream she has built up.
Though I've seen complaints, I truly thought this was a nice re-imagining of The Tempest. It's a loose fit and with things definitely rearranged, but that is the entire purpose of retellings, the ability to take a theme or plot and run with it in many directions. Although, if I hadn't known going in that it was set in the 20's I really wouldn't have known from anything in the story/plot.
The ending could be a touchy spot, as it leaves a lingering question on the tongue.
Thank you so much to St. Martins Press, Wednesday books and Samantha Cohoe for the gifted advanced review copy!