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Summer in Orcus
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Oh my goodness. This was freaking fantastic. What a great young adult fantasy novel. I could read this again and again and again.
T. Kingfisher's "Summer in Orcus" follows a young girl named Summer who somehow is transported to a different world/land called Orcus.
Summer who has a mother who is scared of everything and is constantly worried over her will not allow her to do anything. Summer feels lonely and at times finds herself frustrated with her mother. When Summer sees a house moving about the neighborhood (go with it) she comes across Baba Yaga who agrees to grant her, her heart's desire. From there we are plunged into Orcus with Summer as she comes across three sisters who are not as they appear, a wolf, talking birds, and a talking weasel.
I adored Summer, Glorious, Reginald, and just about everyone in this story. Even the bad guys. Well, not Summer's mother. She was a lot. And exhausting. And yep, I would have been pro weird fairy tale land where I may be eaten over her and the stress of dealing with her day in and day out.
I loved the entire fantasy set-up of Orcus. It feels like our world, but is most definitely not (the talking birds wearing clothes and wigs is a big clue.
The flow of the story moves very well too.
The ending was great and I hope we get a sequel one day.
Oh my goodness. This was freaking fantastic. What a great young adult fantasy novel. I could read this again and again and again.
T. Kingfisher's "Summer in Orcus" follows a young girl named Summer who somehow is transported to a different world/land called Orcus.
Summer who has a mother who is scared of everything and is constantly worried over her will not allow her to do anything. Summer feels lonely and at times finds herself frustrated with her mother. When Summer sees a house moving about the neighborhood (go with it) she comes across Baba Yaga who agrees to grant her, her heart's desire. From there we are plunged into Orcus with Summer as she comes across three sisters who are not as they appear, a wolf, talking birds, and a talking weasel.
I adored Summer, Glorious, Reginald, and just about everyone in this story. Even the bad guys. Well, not Summer's mother. She was a lot. And exhausting. And yep, I would have been pro weird fairy tale land where I may be eaten over her and the stress of dealing with her day in and day out.
I loved the entire fantasy set-up of Orcus. It feels like our world, but is most definitely not (the talking birds wearing clothes and wigs is a big clue.
The flow of the story moves very well too.
The ending was great and I hope we get a sequel one day.
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February 11, 2024
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February 12, 2024
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"I fell asleep to this one last night. I really do love it, but exhaustion got the better of me. I hope to finish this up, this week."
February 12, 2024
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This sounds amazing. Thank you so much for your review and bringing it to my attention!
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Laurie (barksbooks) wrote: "This sounds amazing. Thank you so much for your review and bringing it to my attention!"It was really good. I saw it out there on her works and wondered about it. I thought it was enjoyable.
