So when a beautiful girl named Aglaia shows up on their doorstep, Chloe tries to make sure her sisters don’t become attached. They are the three Fates, and they have stayed separate for good reason: it is dangerous for them to become involved with the humans whose lives they shape. They spin, measure, and slice the countless golden threads of human life. She and her sisters have been on their isolated Greek island for centuries, longer than any mortal can remember. She has lived forever and will live forever more. Hers are the fingers that choose the wool, that shape the thread, that begin it. For if they come to love you, they might bring about the end of the world…Ĭhloe is the youngest. Heed this warning, mortal: stay far away from the three sister Fates.
Many of you have probably finished this book.A girl’s dark destiny could cause the unraveling of the world in this spellbinding novel from the author of A Creature of Moonlight, which Kirkus Reviews called “cumulatively stunning” in a starred review. I definitely hope so I’ll be happy to have the excuse to return to the title. With the smaller pool of candidates, I wonder if Hahn’s strong characterization and detailed world building will stand out. We’ve written before about the differences between Printz reading and Morris reading. What I will be wondering about: A Creature of Moonlight‘s chances as a Morris finalist. But time is limited, and we have a mission here! This is the kind of decision RealCommittee members have to make pretty often - when to give up on a good but not entirely Printzly read. The number of readers I’ll be handing this book to is pretty impressive, too there’s certainly appeal within the pages. So don’t get me wrong I’ll be sad to put it aside. Her time at court is clearly wrapping up, and I’m looking forward to lots of upcoming stuff (getting more answers, meeting the dragon, watching Marni navigate the path forward - which will probably involve less revenge than I’m hoping for). It’s also a very slow-paced story Marni’s only just started on knitting her vengeance and hasn’t even taken off for the forest to explore the woodland magic. It’s written in a distinctive first person voice, it’s got a detailed fantasy setting, the passages describing the lure of magic are strong, and it provides a thoughtful exploration of what it means to be different - it’s competent and sometimes compelling, but it doesn’t feel fresh or particularly groundbreaking. I have a second confession: if I were on RealCommittee, I’m not sure I’d finish A Creature of Moonlight. (Sometimes, reading in short bursts on the subway is not my friend, even though it makes for nice visuals.) Somehow, though, even though my review is due, I have to confess that I’m only about half way through. I love fantasy, I love courtly politics, I love dragons and willful ladies. This is a book that, I’m pretty sure, was written just for me.
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