A beautiful adventure story full of plot twists, mythical style magic, and heart, The Girl of Ink & Stars is a splendid story of courage that highlights Kiran Millwood Hargrave's immense talent and creative majesty.
From the blurb;
'Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway lands her father once mapped. When her best friend disappears she's determined to be part of the search party. Guided by an ancient map and her knowledge of the stars, Isabella navigates the island's dangerous Forgotten Territories. But beneath the dry rivers and dead forests, a fiery myth is stirring from its sleep...'
Divided into four sections The Girl of Ink & Stars moves the reader through this novel based on where our main character Isabella is through her maps, each section entailing a new map, and a whole new region for both the reader and the characters to explore.
Starting off this novel lays out a tantalizing mystery which rules over every aspect of our characters lives. Restricted in their movements, and their options, our character's are left struggling while they long for a past long lost. This desire to know more carry's throughout the novel; while Hargrave ensure's that it is Isabella's heart and longing to protect those she loves that keeps her venturing into the dangerous unknown, the reader is kept hooked by the mystery, the questions that arise throughout the story, the mythical powers that seem to be at work in the background.
This perfect balance of love and adventure ensures that the books biggest plot twists have lasting emotional impact and that the overriding story arc will live long in your mind after reading.
We can't help but cheer of Isabella as her bravery flourishes throughout the book, with a build to an explosive conclusion, which will rock readers and leave them astonished by Hargrave's bold character arks.
We advice reading The Girl of Ink & Stars to any reader looking for a short, heartfelt, myth filled adventure story this season.
We give The Girl Of Ink & Stars Four Stars
ISBN - 978-1-910002-74-2 Cover Price - £7.99 First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Chicken House
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