Ash -

Malinda Lo

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

2009

272 páginas

9h 4m

ISBN-13: 9780316040099

In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, re-reading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.

The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Though their friendship is as delicate as a new bloom, it reawakens Ash's capacity for love—and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.

Entrancing and romantic, Ash is an empowering retelling of Cinderella about choosing life and love over solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.

Resenhas (4)

3 (Bom)

Releitura sáfica de Cinderela, sem grandes elementos.

O livro todo oscila entre ser médio e fraco, aí nos últimos 10 ou 15 porcento, ele fica bom e depois fofo e aí acaba.

O que o impede de ter sido mais agradável, ao meu ver, foi a falta de profundidade da protagonista. Na verdade, de todos os personagens.

As descrições das florestas e roupas são mais ricas do que as dos mundos internos das pessoas da história, então não consegui me conectar ou mesmo me importar muito com elas.