I'm so tired of YA trying to push the idea that all you need to be a leader is to be a nice person. She's supposed to be the next leader of her people but instead of spending her time learning to lead she spends it reading fairytales and gardening. She's the kind of person who storms out of rooms when things don't go her way and who sits by and sort of just lets the plot happen to her. Selah is the kind of person who trusts people based on their looks and falls in love days after meeting a guy. Her kingdom would probably thrive more without her so maybe I don't totally blame the stepmother for trying to send her away. She is also the least qualified person to do this. She is the one that is supposed to lead her people into the future and keep the peace. She's 18 years old and the next ruler of Potomac. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her naive, childish ways. There's an evil stepmother (but isn't there always), a godmother, and Selah loses a shoe at one point.īut false advertising wasn't really my main problems with the book. This book is also nothing at all like Cinderella. There's a ship, there's a guy named Homer, and Selah has a dream about Penelope. So, before you get too excited, let me just say that this supposedly The Odyssey retelling, ain't got nothing to do with The Odyssey. This book was advertised as a mix between The Odyssey and Cinderella. Then you can only imagine my disappointment when this book did not live up to the expectations raised by that beautiful cover and that interesting synopsis. So, you can only imagine my excitement when I was granted the opportunity to read an ARC. She seemed nice and was super excited about her upcoming novel and it made me super excited about it as well. Last year, I had the pleasure of meeting Anna Bright at a Stephanie Garber book signing in Washington D.C. Did you see it? Were you impressed? Yes? Good, because I was, and still am, hella impressed by that beautiful cover. So, you can only ima Ok, but first of all, can we appreciate this book's cover? Take a moment to scroll back up to it, I'll wait here. Ok, but first of all, can we appreciate this book's cover? Take a moment to scroll back up to it, I'll wait here. But her stepmother’s schemes aren’t the only secrets hiding belowdecks…and the stakes of her voyage may be higher than any happy ending.more THE BEHOLDER SERIESNow that day has finally come.īut after an excruciatingly public rejection from her closest childhood friend, Selah’s stepmother suggests an unthinkable solution: Selah must set sail across the Atlantic, where a series of potential suitors awaits-and if she doesn’t come home engaged, she shouldn’t come home at all.įrom English castle gardens to the fjords of Norge, and under the eye of the dreaded Imperiya Yotne, Selah’s quest will be the journey of a lifetime. As the only daughter of the leader of Potomac, she knows her duty is to find the perfect match, a partner who will help secure the future of her people. But after an excruciatingly public rejection from her closest childhood friend, Selah’s stepmother suggests an unthinkable solution: S Selah has waited her whole life for a happily ever after. Selah has waited her whole life for a happily ever after.
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