A review by alexperc_92
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
4.0
I received an e-ARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Review can also be found on *Milky Way of Books*
Ah my wonderful Anna-Marie! Who takes words and transforms them into pictures and scents, tastes and otherworldly delights! This is yet another masterpiece inspired the fairytale of The Red Shoes but it also is a tale of racism, phobia and deadly magic.
I won't spoiler the plot but I have to say that the story transpires time as the characters try to survive and live in difficult times when being different was reason enough to be an outcast. Romanis are not an ethnic group you see often in books (apart from history-research books of course) and it was very interesting to read how the magic of the shoes was weaved into the characters and their struggle with their own feelings.
Definitely a great book, which I recommend for its superb writing and glorious descriptions.
Ah my wonderful Anna-Marie! Who takes words and transforms them into pictures and scents, tastes and otherworldly delights! This is yet another masterpiece inspired the fairytale of The Red Shoes but it also is a tale of racism, phobia and deadly magic.
I won't spoiler the plot but I have to say that the story transpires time as the characters try to survive and live in difficult times when being different was reason enough to be an outcast. Romanis are not an ethnic group you see often in books (apart from history-research books of course) and it was very interesting to read how the magic of the shoes was weaved into the characters and their struggle with their own feelings.
Definitely a great book, which I recommend for its superb writing and glorious descriptions.