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Michelle Zink

Författare till Prophecy of the Sisters

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Verk av Michelle Zink

Prophecy of the Sisters (2009) 1,191 exemplar
Guardian of the Gate (2010) 363 exemplar
A Temptation of Angels (2012) 273 exemplar
Circle of Fire (2011) 223 exemplar
Lies I Told (2015) 91 exemplar
Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes (2012) — Bidragsgivare; Redaktör — 89 exemplar
This Wicked Game (2013) 88 exemplar
A Walk in the Sun (2016) 32 exemplar
Promises I Made (2015) 24 exemplar
Temptation's Heat (2012) 15 exemplar
Whisper of Souls (2012) 7 exemplar
Temptation's Kiss 4 exemplar
Mistress of Souls (2012) 4 exemplar
Rise of Souls (2012) 4 exemplar

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Vedertaget namn
Zink, Michelle
Andra namn
St. James, Michelle
Födelsedag
20th Century
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Bostadsorter
New York, USA

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This is a four for now, based on the ARC ending. Michelle confirmed via twitter the final published edition would have a different ending (though how different I din't know). When it comes out I'll update this to reflect how I feel about both.

For now I'm a ball of grief for what happened, though it felt a somewhat abrupt. Will there be another book to resolve the dangling threads? Does the published ending resolve them better?

Grace is at times hard to feel sympathetic for. She may not have been born to this life but she continues being part of it. And as she admits the only truly unforgivable thing is being naive. As this is from her point of view (and knowing something goes badly) it's hard to see the signs.… (mer)
 
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lexilewords | 2 andra recensioner | Dec 28, 2023 |
Gothics! I miss gothics. Or rather I should say, I miss historical gothics (since modern set ones annoy the hell out of me). I knew going into Prophecy of the Sisters that the book was a mystery and a bit of a thriller and supernatural. In a lot of ways it reminded me of the anime Noir (more on that later) or even of the old time Noir movies with Bogart.

We're introduced to the scene by Lia, at the site of their father's grave. She slowly introduces the family and people there, giving small descriptions of the scene itself. The tone is somber, lightly depressed and gloomy. Which, as it happens, matches the house they live in to perfection.

Prophecy of the Sisters is not an action filled book, or a book that is driven the events themselves. Instead its driven by Lia's reaction to the changes in her world, to herself and to her sister and to the family in general. The new tattoo on her wrist, Alice's creepy visits to the 'Dark Room' (their deceased mother's old room), a mysterious book given to her by James (Lia's suitor and friend). The narrative is character centric in other words.

The sister's relationship is what intrigued me the most. Lia freely admits that even as children she and Alice had little in common interest wise and even less in common personality wise. Alice was always the dreamer, the whimsical one who said and did strange things while Lia was the more practical, down to Earth twin. They shared touching moments as children, though less frequently as they grew older and the gap between them widened, but always there was the affection, a certain closeness that nothing could separate out.

And yet they are diametrically opposite in everything. Competitive even, at least on Alice's side. I mentioned I felt this reminded me of the anime Noir, which I doubt many of you know. In the anime there are two characters--Kirika (a young japanese girl with amazing abilities to kill) and Chloe (also a young girl with amazing abilities to kill. On the surface they are very similar--same age, similar fighting styles (though not methods of killing) and there is a sort of bond between them. The differences are however that while Chloe embraces who and what she is, Kirika wants nothing more then to be normal and live a normal life. She has affection for Chloe, but also realizes that Chloe will be the instrument of her death if she doesn't find another way.

This is how I feel Lia feels about Alice. Once things begin to happen, once the prophecy begins to play a stronger influence on their lives, the two of them begin to view the other as an obstacle to what they want. Alice wants the Prophecy and Lia's refusal creates problems for her. Lia wants things to go back to normal, to be a family again, but by the end Alice is the cause of something she can never forgive.

The novel is slow-paced, dwelling on the atmospheric details and ways of life in Victorian America. These points are important though, underscoring the difficulties that both girls face no matter their direction or inclination. There is a lot of pain in this book, but I choose to believe in Lia, that she will find another way hopefully.
… (mer)
 
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lexilewords | 83 andra recensioner | Dec 28, 2023 |
I read this probably 5 years ago, I don't really remember a whole lot about it. It was good enough for me to want to read the rest of the series, so I would probably recommend it based on that alone.
 
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SassyCassi | 83 andra recensioner | Jun 28, 2023 |
Tras descubrir que puede reunir el poder necesario para enfrentarse a las fuerzas del mal y con la esperanza de hallar las restantes llaves, Lia decide emprender un largo viaje al encuentro de su destino, «hacia esa oscura y amorfa sombra» que la aguarda. Londres es la ciudad elegida. La acompañará su buena amiga Sonia, quien desempeña también un papel fundamental en la profecía durante tanto tiempo escondida en el Librum Maleficii et Disordinae, el Libro del caos. Ahora, Lia sabe que las páginas perdidas están en algún lugar y que debe descifrar sus palabras para evitar que la profecía se cumpla.… (mer)
 
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Natt90 | 1 annan recension | Mar 6, 2023 |

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ISBN
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