Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.
To play along just do the following:
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig.
Have you ever stared at an old map long enough that you were convinced the creatures in the margins moved? I certainly have so it should come as no surprise that I was easily caught by the intriguing net this story spins.
If the person on the helm of the ship believes in the map and the cartographer did an accurate version of the place and believed in it as well at the time, you can sail anywhere and anywhen if you have the right map … and if you haven’t used that map before. This is such a great idea and the places described are just fantastic. So many possibilities. But for this particular crew it’s also a curse as the captain is fixated on returning to a time and place to change the past to what he thinks is the better outcome on a personal level.
I love how this is simultaneously a historical story set in Hawaii before the fall of the kingdom and also a fantastical story with the ability to hop around to other places with a very unique system of rules and conditions. I’m still not quite sure how that last manoeuvre works, but I’ll have a deeper look at it when I’m more awake and not trying to figure out everything all at once.
The other thing I deeply enjoyed was how the main character Nix is the very focus, her ambitions and future or possible lack thereof, how she relates to her surroundings of people and places alike, and how she finally manages to take the helm (sorry, there had to be a seafaring pun) for her destiny. Even though her methods and moral are definitely in the ambiguous grey area. Well, not considering where she’s from as she has her pick and choose there. But I like how she is her own person first and for example the potential love interest of someone else second. Or third. It’s a very subtle thing but quite well done in the whole scheme of things while still veering on the romantic side.
On to the next book, wherever the winds may lead us … did I mention that duologies are nice, especially when both books are already out?
If you could travel to any place, any map, real or fictional, which one would you go to? Share your choices and teasers in the comments!
To play along just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig.
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| The Girl From Everywhere – Hot Key Books |
“I won that money fair and square. Or do you disapprove of gambling too?”
I weighed the purse in my hand. “Yes … but not enough to give it back.”
— Chapter 8
“Paradise is a promise no god bothers to keep. There’s only now, and tomorrow nothing will be the same, whether we like it or not.”
— Chapter 33
Have you ever stared at an old map long enough that you were convinced the creatures in the margins moved? I certainly have so it should come as no surprise that I was easily caught by the intriguing net this story spins.
If the person on the helm of the ship believes in the map and the cartographer did an accurate version of the place and believed in it as well at the time, you can sail anywhere and anywhen if you have the right map … and if you haven’t used that map before. This is such a great idea and the places described are just fantastic. So many possibilities. But for this particular crew it’s also a curse as the captain is fixated on returning to a time and place to change the past to what he thinks is the better outcome on a personal level.
I love how this is simultaneously a historical story set in Hawaii before the fall of the kingdom and also a fantastical story with the ability to hop around to other places with a very unique system of rules and conditions. I’m still not quite sure how that last manoeuvre works, but I’ll have a deeper look at it when I’m more awake and not trying to figure out everything all at once.
The other thing I deeply enjoyed was how the main character Nix is the very focus, her ambitions and future or possible lack thereof, how she relates to her surroundings of people and places alike, and how she finally manages to take the helm (sorry, there had to be a seafaring pun) for her destiny. Even though her methods and moral are definitely in the ambiguous grey area. Well, not considering where she’s from as she has her pick and choose there. But I like how she is her own person first and for example the potential love interest of someone else second. Or third. It’s a very subtle thing but quite well done in the whole scheme of things while still veering on the romantic side.
On to the next book, wherever the winds may lead us … did I mention that duologies are nice, especially when both books are already out?
If you could travel to any place, any map, real or fictional, which one would you go to? Share your choices and teasers in the comments!
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