Hi ForeverBookers, How are you? I hope you’re well. I’ve just finished reading “A Winter’s Promise” by Christelle Dabos and I enjoyed it as a whole. It was too long, I thought. Whether this was a translation issue because it’s translated from French, I don’t know but there were definitely parts that could have been taken out and it wouldn’t have made the plot not work. Also, the characters weren’t all fleshed out, I didn’t think. 3 stars! A Winter’s Promise tells the story of Ophelia, a young girl that works in a museum, who gets taken to the Citaceleste, which is on another Ark, the Pole to the one she lives on, Anima. I thought of the arks as different countries on Earth, like Anima is England and the Pole is a cold Australia. She gets sent there by her family, who don’t really like her. Her mother in particular doesn’t think much of her. However her Great-Uncle does think lots of her. He offers support at the beginning of the novel. From the beginning of “A Winter’s Promi
Hey ForeverBookers, How are you doing today? I hope you’re all well and that you had a great Christmas! I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me since November. I had a really busy December! Anyway, I’ll post my favourite books of 2023 next, probably in a few days! I have just finished reading my first book of 2024, though. It was… “An Enchantment Of Ravens” by Margaret Rogerson. I enjoyed it, although I do think it would have been better as a solely adult book. I thought making it YA made the story lacking in a few ways that I’ll get onto later. 3 Stars! We follow the perspective of Isobel throughout “An Enchantment Of Ravens.” She’s an artist who paints the fae because they’re forbidden from painting themselves or ANY sort of art/creative work (singing songs/writing poetry/stories etc). Why? You’ll have to read to find out for yourself! She is asked to paint the prince of the autumn court, Rook. He’s our other main character. When it seems something has happened to the artwork