Malinda Lo
Hardcover | Pages: 264 pages Rating: 3.62 | 30638 Users | 3327 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ash (Ash #1) |
| Author | : | Malinda Lo |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 264 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2009 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. LGBT. Romance. Fiction. GLBT. Queer. Fairy Tales |
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Cinderella retoldIn the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.
The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Though their friendship is as delicate as a new bloom, it reawakens Ash's capacity for love-and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.
Entrancing, empowering, and romantic, Ash is about the connection between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.
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| Original Title: | Ash |
| ISBN: | 0316040096 (ISBN13: 9780316040099) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Ash #1 |
| Characters: | Aisling, Kaisa, Sidhean |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2010), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2010), Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2010), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2010) Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2011), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2011), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2009) |
Rating About Books Ash (Ash #1)
Ratings: 3.62 From 30638 Users | 3327 ReviewsJudgment About Books Ash (Ash #1)
I will pick Disney's version of Cinderella over Ash any day and without the slightest hesitation. For a book with such a provocative, potentially controversial premise, Ash is dreadfully, painfully dull and lacking in strong emotion and vibrant characters. This retelling is both familiar and slightly new (albeit in an uninteresting and directionless way). In this version, orphaned Ash is forced to be a serving maid to her (not so evil) stepmother and stepsisters. But instead of sneaking into theEvery time you come near me, he said, you come closer to the end of everything.It does not feel that way, she said. It feels like I am coming closer to the beginning. The characters felt so flat and dull. I didn't care whatever happens to them. The plot was also predictable and slow, and there were no twists! The world wasn't developed well, I felt lost for the most part of it, but a part of it was because I skipped a lot of pages. Couldn't help it! I didn't buy the romance. I have no problem
When I give a book this low of a rating I feel the need to explain why. Ash is a retelling of the Cinderella story with added fairies and bisexuality, although the bisexuality is fairly understated. Basically Ash is treated badly by her step mother and two step sisters. She often goes for walks in the woods, where sometimes she meets a fairy(male) and sometimes a huntress. She has pretty dull encounters with both although we are supposed to get a sense of her being torn between them, I think. I
I feel like a deserve a medal for finishing this lacklustre (in my opinion) book!I read 2 books specifically for Pride Month this year: Ash and What if it's us and sadly I wasn't a fan of either. But this one was especially boring.I'm down for a lesbian retelling of Cinderella but this book was snooze fest. I don't understand how people actually liked this book. There was a great idea and I would've loved it had it not all felt so flat. Disney's Cinderella has more depth to it's characters than
What starts out as a simple retelling of Cinderella turns into so much more, and the Prince is all but forgotten ...If you know the story of Cinderella then you know most of the beginning of the book, but somewhere near the middle it starts to veer off on its own path. Ash has a fairy(godfather?) who watches over her named Sidhean (pronounced Sheen - I looked it up because it was driving me nuts!) In order to feel some sort of freedom from her stepmother and stepsisters, Ash takes every
4.2 out of 5 stars. ❝Its smart to be afraid of things that smell of death.❞ Ash is a queer f/f retelling of Cinderella set in a fantasy world where homophobia doesn't exist. Now doesn't that sound tantalising! WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT The author, Malinda Lo, described it best herself: ❝Whenever Im asked what Ash is about, I say that its not about being gay. Its about grief and love, and these are emotions we all experience, regardless of sexual orientation.❞ The authors portrayal of grief doesn't
(3.5 stars)Malinda Lo combines several highly creative ideas in her debut novel, Ash. We all know the tale of Cinderella, but it's never been told quite like this. Cinderella (here called Aisling, Ash for short) falls for a young woman instead of the prince. And the fairy who helps Ash break free of her stepmother is no rosy-cheeked godmother, but a coldly beautiful fairy lord right out of the older, darker legends of the fey folk, and he demands a steep price for his aid. On paper, I love
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