Victoria Strauss' Passion Blue
It's the 1400s, and a young woman, the illegitimate daughter of a recently deceased count, is told she's being sent to a convent (against her will). Attempting to circumvent her fate, she visits a sorcerer to get a talisman that will allow her to marry instead. But here is the thing: she is a moron. This book was enjoyable, don't get me wrong, but OH MY GOD. It took her the entire book to figure out what is immediately obvious to the reader (re: both her heart's desire and her love interest). It's hard to be too sympathetic to someone who is terminally idiotic. On the other hand, this is very different than most YA books and I have to give it props for that. B. (The terrible title actually refers to a color of paint, if you were wondering.)
What do you expect from a writer who based an entire novel on some newly invented plow? See "The Arm of Stone," another Victoria Strauss masterpiece. Now that's a real yawner. I keep it around for insomnia.
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