Tia Nevitt
Teoksen The Sevenfold Spell tekijä
Sarjat
Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Organisaatiot
- Romance Writers of America
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- EPIC Ebook Award (Fantasy, 2012)
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Not even a stint in the military as an aircraft mechanic could erase Tia Nevitt’s love of fairy tales. To this day, she loves to read (and write) books that take her to another place, or another time, or both. Tia has also worked on an assembly line, as a computer programmer, a technical writer and a business analyst. Over the years, she has suffered from TMI (too many interests) syndrome, and under its influence she also learned calligraphy, and how to play the violin and piano. All these activities occasionally distract her from her true calling, the writing of fiction, but she always comes home. When she’s not writing, she keeps a book blog called Debuts & Reviews, where she focuses on debut novels. She lives in the southeast with her husband and daughter.
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 3
- Jäseniä
- 72
- Suosituimmuussija
- #243,043
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.8
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 17
- ISBN:t
- 2
I think the important part is that Nevitt didn't exploit or judge Talia's actions. Her first time is with the only guy who has ever shown an interest in her, who enjoys her company and if not because of an awful father, would have been her husband. There is obvious affection between the two, but like any other young girl Talia doesn't recognize the difference between real love and fairy tale love.
She continues because a) it helps save her and her mother from starving to death, b) she carefully chooses men who can help 'better' her (teach her usable skills) and c) she gives a certain amount of confidence and companionship to men who would otherwise be overlooked. Oh and she enjoys it too of course.
I thought the way it weaved into the plot of Sleeping Beauty was gracefully done. The resolution was also tastefully done and had a certain ring of Talia thumbing her nose at those people who had treated her so cruelly. Talia was a strong character, resourceful and pragmatic. What use was her virginity if the only man she wanted to marry was to become a monk? Why be the mistress to wealthy men who leave you cold and dry, instead of men who can teach you skills to survive?
By the end I was rooting for Talia to have her happy ending. She had a lot of disappointments in her life, made a lot of sacrifices, but any regrets she had were mostly centered around not marrying Willard and not having children. Its what she wanted most and had been denied it for a stupid reason of a petty man.
This is the first in Nevitt's planned 'Accidental Enchantments' series of retold fairy tales. I'm definitely looking forward to the next installment!… (lisätietoja)