![]() ![]() It is eyecatching, it matches the novel within, and it doesn’t closely resemble any other book. I read this book because of the cover, which broadcasts all the best parts of this novel. She can join an elite army of girls like her who will be trained to kill deathshrieks, the demonic creatures that are slowly invading the empire.įirst things first: I love the cover. In times past she would have no recourse but to die death after death until one sticks-these gold-blooded girls are immortal but for one specific death, which is individual to each-but Deka luckily has another option. If it runs gold, it means that they are unpure and are subject to the Death Mandate. ![]() At age sixteen, girls undergo the Ritual of Purity during which they are bled. When she has tightened her craft a bit, I’ll happily give Forna another shot, but I think I’ll skip the rest of the Deathless series.ĭeka lives in a fiercely patriarchal society in which women are taught above else to court piety and purity. ![]() ![]() The strong ideas are disserviced by uneven pacing and tired tropes that do nothing for it. I’m excited to read Namina Forna’s third or fourth book because her first, The Gilded Ones, has good ideas but middling execution. ![]()
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