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Een must read!
"Your spirit burns as brightly as the sun. And the sun is not meant to be limited but to soar freely through the sky"
Bride of the Sun by Jes Drew is a retelling of the tale of Icarus, who wanted to fly but got too close to the sun, with dire consequences.
As I love retelling, I have read a lot of those books, but a story like this one I have never read before! It is a fantastic story and I had a really hard time putting the book down. And when I was not reading this beautiful story, I kept thinking about it and counted the hours until I could read further.
From the very first page I was totally captivated by this story. The writing is fast paced and flowing. Without ging away too much to this story, I can say that I loved Icarus. This character comes across so very well. Icarus is feisty, wants to fly, but has to stay in Knossos, Crete, with her father, who has to do mysterious things for the power-hungry King of Knossos. And those who know, will also know what creature resided in Knossos.
Jes Drew made the tale of Icarus completely her own and mixed some other myths in this story as well, as she mentioned in the afterword of the book. It is a retelling of Icarus, Apollo and Daphne (a story I did not know, but looked up) and Swan Lake (a tale I love very much). She weaves all three into a beautiful engaging and unique story.
As I was reaching the end of the story, there were some 100 pages left and I wondered how those pages would be filled, because I thought the story would be ended very soon. But boy, was I wrong! In those pages there was so much happening. Many unexpected twists and turns made that I was glued to the pages.
I can definitely say that Bride of the Sun by Jes Drew is a beautiful and fantastic magical story, with a fast paced and mesmerising writing style, with unexpected turns, danger, romance, betrayal, magic, some humour, with secret identities and with some fantastic side characters plus two amazing main characters who just belong together. I enjoyed reading this book a lot and I can’t wait to read the next (standalone) book in this series, because at the end there is this epilogue chapter, in which Ariadne, friend of Icarus and Princess of Crete, plays a part. And we all know who Ariadne is (or was), don’t we?
If you want to read an amazing retelling, you just have to read this book!
Highly, highly recommended!!
Bride of the Sun by Jes Drew is a retelling of the tale of Icarus, who wanted to fly but got too close to the sun, with dire consequences.
As I love retelling, I have read a lot of those books, but a story like this one I have never read before! It is a fantastic story and I had a really hard time putting the book down. And when I was not reading this beautiful story, I kept thinking about it and counted the hours until I could read further.
From the very first page I was totally captivated by this story. The writing is fast paced and flowing. Without ging away too much to this story, I can say that I loved Icarus. This character comes across so very well. Icarus is feisty, wants to fly, but has to stay in Knossos, Crete, with her father, who has to do mysterious things for the power-hungry King of Knossos. And those who know, will also know what creature resided in Knossos.
Jes Drew made the tale of Icarus completely her own and mixed some other myths in this story as well, as she mentioned in the afterword of the book. It is a retelling of Icarus, Apollo and Daphne (a story I did not know, but looked up) and Swan Lake (a tale I love very much). She weaves all three into a beautiful engaging and unique story.
As I was reaching the end of the story, there were some 100 pages left and I wondered how those pages would be filled, because I thought the story would be ended very soon. But boy, was I wrong! In those pages there was so much happening. Many unexpected twists and turns made that I was glued to the pages.
I can definitely say that Bride of the Sun by Jes Drew is a beautiful and fantastic magical story, with a fast paced and mesmerising writing style, with unexpected turns, danger, romance, betrayal, magic, some humour, with secret identities and with some fantastic side characters plus two amazing main characters who just belong together. I enjoyed reading this book a lot and I can’t wait to read the next (standalone) book in this series, because at the end there is this epilogue chapter, in which Ariadne, friend of Icarus and Princess of Crete, plays a part. And we all know who Ariadne is (or was), don’t we?
If you want to read an amazing retelling, you just have to read this book!
Highly, highly recommended!!
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