This post has reminded me that Silver Phoenix (& it has a sequel, hurrah!) has been on my To Read list forever now and I need to get my hands on a copy. I was just thinking to myself the other day that I wanted more fantasy stories not based in European lore/legends.
Oooh, I really need to read this. I've been trying to find some YA series that don't make me want to scream and rip my hair out! And I LOVE novels that have folklore aspects in them.
Love it, loved it, loved it! I don't want to say more than the first one (although I've got to say I think that a few writing kinks like repeated adjectives were swept aside in this one) because they're so different and each so great in their own way.
On the subject of Zhong Ye being forgiven, I really liked that although the reader is encouraged to forgive him and Ai Ling sees the same things from his past as the reader (I think so anyway, are all the flashbacks presented as visions), she still feels revulsion for him at the end even when she's setting his soul free. So the reader can get that his past is sympathetic without being encouraged to totally embrace him?
PS Excited that someone else sees the capatin/first mate ship!
Yes! That is an excellent point, it's not a story of complete redemption in any way, but it is a story of grace coming to everyone, no matter how evil. Thanks for pointing that out. :D
And YESSSSS, I'm glad it wasn't just me! Did you like how every time Ai Ling burst into his quarters they were leaning close together with their heads almost touching. Awwww.
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oh, oh, I think you will LOVE it!
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ohhhhh, then you would really enjoy this series. The first one especially is bursting at the seams with folklore and mythological motifs.
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On the subject of Zhong Ye being forgiven, I really liked that although the reader is encouraged to forgive him and Ai Ling sees the same things from his past as the reader (I think so anyway, are all the flashbacks presented as visions), she still feels revulsion for him at the end even when she's setting his soul free. So the reader can get that his past is sympathetic without being encouraged to totally embrace him?
PS Excited that someone else sees the capatin/first mate ship!
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Yes! That is an excellent point, it's not a story of complete redemption in any way, but it is a story of grace coming to everyone, no matter how evil. Thanks for pointing that out. :D
And YESSSSS, I'm glad it wasn't just me! Did you like how every time Ai Ling burst into his quarters they were leaning close together with their heads almost touching. Awwww.
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