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A review by blesstherainss
Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald
4.0
Actual Rating: 3.8 stars
I picked up this book today stuck in a reader's block, unable to continue reading the laborious series I was nearly finished with. I was looking for something fresh, something shameless, and Fitzgerald did just that.
In the lone fantasy city of Occhia encircled and embraced by the red veil, protagonist Emanuela Ragno has no apprehensions about getting exactly what she wants and nothing less. From the very first scene where we see her shred her heritage--and mother's wedding dress--in favor of a scandalous but stylish creation of her own, we know that this book will not go quietly. Times are changing, people change it, and although Emanuela goes about this change in an unconventional mean, readers can sympathize with her reasoning.
In a novel asking us if the ends really justify the means, Mara Fitzgerald poses the question of tradition's worth if it formed on blood-soaked fields, if one should be spared for the good of many, and, almost just as importantly in my eyes, if these two powerful girls are finally going to kiss.
I picked up this book today stuck in a reader's block, unable to continue reading the laborious series I was nearly finished with. I was looking for something fresh, something shameless, and Fitzgerald did just that.
In the lone fantasy city of Occhia encircled and embraced by the red veil, protagonist Emanuela Ragno has no apprehensions about getting exactly what she wants and nothing less. From the very first scene where we see her shred her heritage--and mother's wedding dress--in favor of a scandalous but stylish creation of her own, we know that this book will not go quietly. Times are changing, people change it, and although Emanuela goes about this change in an unconventional mean, readers can sympathize with her reasoning.
In a novel asking us if the ends really justify the means, Mara Fitzgerald poses the question of tradition's worth if it formed on blood-soaked fields, if one should be spared for the good of many, and, almost just as importantly in my eyes, if these two powerful girls are finally going to kiss.