A review by annsbibliotherapy
Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe
4.0
This is the perfect blend of reality and magic, the integration of reality and the spirits was seamless, they truly seemed like characters they weren't malicious or evil and I found myself hurting each time something happened to one of them .
The story telling put me into a magical island in the 1920s and I loved it. The story telling was so vibrant and detailed I could imagine the smell of the ocean coming onto the island, I could see the estate as it would have been through Maes eyes and I could feel the emotions that were put onto the page.
Mae was an orphan, living every day in fear of what could happen if the Prospers remembered that the promise to her father had a time limit, she would do anything to keep from having the only world she's ever know taken away from her, she never imagined there was even a possibility that would include marrying a Prosper, just not the one she wanted.
There were twists and turns in this one that kept me guessing till the very end what would happen with our group of characters, and the spirits too of course.
I enjoyed the audio book version of this immensely, the narrator has a true gift when it comes to bringing words on a page to life and I look forward to listening to other stories she's lent her talents to.
This is a solid 4.5 book in my opinion.
The story telling put me into a magical island in the 1920s and I loved it. The story telling was so vibrant and detailed I could imagine the smell of the ocean coming onto the island, I could see the estate as it would have been through Maes eyes and I could feel the emotions that were put onto the page.
Mae was an orphan, living every day in fear of what could happen if the Prospers remembered that the promise to her father had a time limit, she would do anything to keep from having the only world she's ever know taken away from her, she never imagined there was even a possibility that would include marrying a Prosper, just not the one she wanted.
There were twists and turns in this one that kept me guessing till the very end what would happen with our group of characters, and the spirits too of course.
I enjoyed the audio book version of this immensely, the narrator has a true gift when it comes to bringing words on a page to life and I look forward to listening to other stories she's lent her talents to.
This is a solid 4.5 book in my opinion.