Even the threats and challenges the characters face honor this attention to smaller things-on a quest to save a dying world, danger comes most often in the crossing of rivers, cliffs, and the deep woods. The scenes from Huntress that stick most in my memory are curiously mundane, in the grand scheme of things dumplings eaten in the rain, archery lessons in the predawn gray outside an inn, a humble feast for a daughter come home. The book takes its time, lingering by small details and never forgetting the quiet but meaningful moments other novels might rush past. The main characters spend the entire book making a long and perilous journey, and it is the act of travelling that serves as the engine for the story. I’ve joked before that the best fantasy books are road novels, and Huntress definitely fills that bill (although it might qualify better as an Otherworld tale in the Arthurian sense, but that’s splitting some very esoteric hairs!). Fans of Ash will find the Kingdom a much more overtly Asian-inspired fantasy realm than before-a welcome change that really helps Huntress come into its own as a novel. Though technically a prequel to Ash, knowledge of Malinda Lo’s debut novel isn’t required, as the story of Huntress is set several centuries earlier. Occasionally the narration will dip into the perspective of other characters for a paragraph or two, which always feels a little jarring, but otherwise the writing in Huntress is phenomenal. Both are well written and incredibly likeable, and almost until the end of the book it’s hard to say which, if either, is the true protagonist. Kaede, on the other hand, is proactive and down to earth rather than striving towards an honored place in society like Taisin, she is trying to escape one. Taisin is an apprentice sage, whose studious and responsible nature sits at odds with a prodigious magical talent. Huntress is the story of Taisin and Kaede, two very different young women who are tasked with saving their kingdom from a slow but devastating disruption to the natural cycles of the world. This is certainly not the case with Huntress, whose slow, detailed, and deeply emotional storytelling pays off in one of my favorite books of all time. But, more often than not, I find that lesbian young adult novels tend to leave me feeling like there’s just not enough to really sink my teeth into. Which isn’t to say anything bad about young adult literature! As a publishing category, YA is so broad that you can hardly say anything general about it at all. I’m not sure exactly how many times I’ve read this book, but it must be close to a half-dozen-a number that stands out even for me, especially for a YA novel. Winter is finally here, which means it’s perfect weather for me to re-read Huntress by Malinda Lo again. We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you.Amazon Affiliate Link | Affiliate Link
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The translated version of this book is available in Spanish, English, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian / Malaysian, French, Japanese, German and many others for free download. Award Nominee for Longlist (2010), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2011)įantasy, young adult, lgbt, romance, fictionĮPUB(Android), audible mp3, audiobook and kindle. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2010), James Tiptree Jr. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2010), Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), William C.
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