Shadows
Just finished reading "Shadows" by Robin McKinley, published by Penguin Books back in 2013.
Yes, "Shadows" has been quietly gathering shelf dust in my ever growing tsundoku - antilibrary of unread books - for a little over 12-years now.
I discovered Robin McKinley fist novel, a paperback version of "Beauty" that was released as part of Ballentine Books Adult Fantasy line that was edited by Lin Carter back in the late 1978 on the New Arrivals shelves of the Science Fiction and Fantasy section of Michelle's Bookstore in Jacksonville, North Carolina and I've been a fan of her writing every since.
Of note, McKinley did dedicate this book to the late and great Diana Wynne Jones, and "Shadows" does have a similar style to some of Jones' fantasy novels.
Maggie knows something’s off about Val, her mom’s new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won’t have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. But—more importantly—what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is illegal in Newworld, which is all about science. The magic-carrying gene was disabled two generations ago, back when Maggie’s great-grandmother was a notable magician. But that was a long time ago.
Then Maggie meets Casimir, the most beautiful boy she has ever seen. He’s from Oldworld too—and he’s heard of Maggie’s stepfather, and has a guess about Val’s shadows. Maggie doesn’t want to know . . . until earth-shattering events force her to depend on Val and his shadows. And perhaps on her own heritage.
In this dangerously unstable world, neither science nor magic has the necessary answers, but a truce between them is impossible. And although the two are supposed to be incompatible, Maggie’s discovering the world will need both to survive.
A great novel of coming to terms with who you are and your place in the universe.
Strongly Reccomended!
Five Stars!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BPDN2SI/...
Yes, "Shadows" has been quietly gathering shelf dust in my ever growing tsundoku - antilibrary of unread books - for a little over 12-years now.
I discovered Robin McKinley fist novel, a paperback version of "Beauty" that was released as part of Ballentine Books Adult Fantasy line that was edited by Lin Carter back in the late 1978 on the New Arrivals shelves of the Science Fiction and Fantasy section of Michelle's Bookstore in Jacksonville, North Carolina and I've been a fan of her writing every since.
Of note, McKinley did dedicate this book to the late and great Diana Wynne Jones, and "Shadows" does have a similar style to some of Jones' fantasy novels.
Maggie knows something’s off about Val, her mom’s new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won’t have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. But—more importantly—what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is illegal in Newworld, which is all about science. The magic-carrying gene was disabled two generations ago, back when Maggie’s great-grandmother was a notable magician. But that was a long time ago.
Then Maggie meets Casimir, the most beautiful boy she has ever seen. He’s from Oldworld too—and he’s heard of Maggie’s stepfather, and has a guess about Val’s shadows. Maggie doesn’t want to know . . . until earth-shattering events force her to depend on Val and his shadows. And perhaps on her own heritage.
In this dangerously unstable world, neither science nor magic has the necessary answers, but a truce between them is impossible. And although the two are supposed to be incompatible, Maggie’s discovering the world will need both to survive.
A great novel of coming to terms with who you are and your place in the universe.
Strongly Reccomended!
Five Stars!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BPDN2SI/...
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