6/29/2023 0 Comments Ash by malinda lo![]() The other remarkable thing about the character of the Huntress is that she does duty as a pillar of Lo’s world-building, in addition. ![]() They even have believable conflict as Ash decides for herself how to live her life independently. She felt herself respond to it, a flush of heat rising inside her” reads one typical passage, a vibrant description of Ash’s attraction after pages and pages of dialogue between Ash and Kaisa that have all the wit and parry of the best intellectual seduction. “She raised her eyes, and there was a warmth, an invitation, in Kaisa’s face that she had not expected. Believable tension builds between the two women, on physical and emotional levels. The romance grows out of (mostly) realistic characterizations and situations, which adds an emotional credibility to this love story that lacks in other recent YA SF/F (such as Fisher’s Incarceron or Anderson’s Feed). ![]() Lo’s sexy and mysterious Huntress offers Aisling (Ash for short) a surprising love story. There is much to praise in the way Lo stitches together these different narrative projects. ![]() Malinda Lo’s Ash isn’t just a lesbian love story, a faerie tale or even only a retelling of the Cinderella tale it’s a delicious blend of these genres that combines them in unexpected ways. ![]()
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