Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Me on Waiting on Wednesday (225)

Waiting on Wednesday is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. :)

Title: A Thousand Nights
Author: E.K. Johnston
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

From Goodreads:

Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next.

And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time. But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Something went wrong.

Far away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air.

Back at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to the rule of a monster.

I'm so excited for this because it's a chance to read more of Kate's words. Kate words are like Tessa Gratton words and Maggie Stiefvater words to me, they mean different things at different angles and they're all about people. They tell magical and heartbreaking stories, and they jab be right in the heart. And the sibling part, the idea that it's just as much, if not more, about the girl and her sister than it is about the girl and Lo-Melkhiin. That's what hooked me.

4 comments:

  1. This sounds really good, and I definitely want to read it. Great pick, and thanks for sharing! :)
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  2. Th cover is amazing and I can't wait to know the reason why the girls end up dying. Maybe a curse?
    Waiting on Wednesday

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  3. I have never heard of it but it sounds really interesting. This is not my normal read but I think I will pick it up nonetheless. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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  4. This sounds absolutely fantastic! I can't wait ti read it! great pick!

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