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This is the completion of the trilogy that began with The Belles, which sounds like a standard "Everyone is ugly and beauty is controlled by the government" dystopia, but it really isn't. It feels more like a lost novel by Tanith Lee with lots of fairytale motifs and canon FF. It's decadent, immersive, and I highly recommend it
The second two books are also very good and worth reading, though I do think the first is the best. They don't answer all the questions that were raised by the first book, but they do answer some of them. They also go in some unexpected and interesting directions.
Worldbuilding spoilers: ( Read more... )
What Clayton is interested in, particularly in the second two books, is how the Bells are exploited, forms of enslavement and resistance, and how people deal with an unjust society. There are still plenty of gorgeous dress descriptions and teacup pets, don't worry.
The second book has an author's note at the end that is pretty jaw-dropping. Don't miss it. The third book has a new narrator, which is fun, and is a bit of a mythic take on the Hunger Games. The end felt a little rushed and oddly paced but the final outcome is satisfying.
Clayton is now on my "buy anything she writes" list. She has an interesting, original voice and set of concerns, and her books are compulsively page-turny and just a pleasure to read.
he has a new book out, a middle grade fantasy, which I will read shortly.
The second two books are also very good and worth reading, though I do think the first is the best. They don't answer all the questions that were raised by the first book, but they do answer some of them. They also go in some unexpected and interesting directions.
Worldbuilding spoilers: ( Read more... )
What Clayton is interested in, particularly in the second two books, is how the Bells are exploited, forms of enslavement and resistance, and how people deal with an unjust society. There are still plenty of gorgeous dress descriptions and teacup pets, don't worry.
The second book has an author's note at the end that is pretty jaw-dropping. Don't miss it. The third book has a new narrator, which is fun, and is a bit of a mythic take on the Hunger Games. The end felt a little rushed and oddly paced but the final outcome is satisfying.
Clayton is now on my "buy anything she writes" list. She has an interesting, original voice and set of concerns, and her books are compulsively page-turny and just a pleasure to read.
he has a new book out, a middle grade fantasy, which I will read shortly.
