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REVIEWS: Maresi
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The Guardian
Kirkus
GoodReads
Book Companion
An idyllic abbey of women is attacked by men. The island
of Menos’ only inhabitants are the Mother, learned sisters, and
novices of Red Abbey. Girls come fleeing poverty and
persecution; they receive shelter and sustenance, plus knowledge
and wisdom they can sometimes take back to their homelands.
Thirteen-year-old Maresi arrived four years ago, escaping the
“hunger winters” that killed her younger sister. The Abbey’s
victory—wrought by vague power based in women’s hair and a
last-minute bailout by the Crone—sits alongside a mass near-rape
that’s prevented when the sister currently embodying the Maiden
places the rapists “under the enchantment of her radiant beauty”
and sacrifices herself, in a way the text portrays as glorious
and noble, to rape. Maresi is strong on neopagan religion and
ritual.
Characters: 43. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre:
Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
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