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A review by thelibraryofklee
Extasia by Claire Legrand
4.0
"You truly think there is anywhere in the world that would treat us kindly? You think there is anywhere safe besides the spaces we make for ourselves?"
Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain—an evil which has already killed nine of her village’s men. She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing in the elm grove. Today she will be a saint of Haven. She will rid her family of her mother’s shame at last and save her people from destruction. She is not afraid. Are you?
Anything with the word witch is instantly going to have me intrigued. This new YA horror, fantasy, dystopian type novel will be one I am sure the teens will enjoy. It is a real genre-bender and
really had me on my toes! It started off giving me The Village vibes (M. Night Shyamalan) then some serious The Handmaids Tale juju ... then it just went to "I did NOT see that coming" energy. It is cleverly disturbing, incredibly morally-grey, and def a young feminist (with a hint of LGBT) ride. Would recommend for the school library.
"They hate us, Amity, and they hate you too, and so does the world they have made. The world then, and the world now. So I feel no remorse for doing what I must to take back a little more f the power that has been taken from me, and from my mother before me, and hers before her, and so on and so on, back to the beginning off time."
Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain—an evil which has already killed nine of her village’s men. She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing in the elm grove. Today she will be a saint of Haven. She will rid her family of her mother’s shame at last and save her people from destruction. She is not afraid. Are you?
Anything with the word witch is instantly going to have me intrigued. This new YA horror, fantasy, dystopian type novel will be one I am sure the teens will enjoy. It is a real genre-bender and
really had me on my toes! It started off giving me The Village vibes (M. Night Shyamalan) then some serious The Handmaids Tale juju ... then it just went to "I did NOT see that coming" energy. It is cleverly disturbing, incredibly morally-grey, and def a young feminist (with a hint of LGBT) ride. Would recommend for the school library.
"They hate us, Amity, and they hate you too, and so does the world they have made. The world then, and the world now. So I feel no remorse for doing what I must to take back a little more f the power that has been taken from me, and from my mother before me, and hers before her, and so on and so on, back to the beginning off time."