Lucy Timeless by Kiersten White
Lucy Timeless is a shocking continuation of the story of Lucy Westenra following the occasions of Dracula. If you happen to assume you recognize Dracula, assume once more. This novel introduces us to Lucy in an entire new gentle. From her journal entries of her time as a human, to the life that ensued following her transformation right into a vampire, Kiersten White has crafted a story of longing, love, want, self-doubt, soul-searching and acceptance, tied up in a heartwarming sapphic romance constructed on affirmation.
For a lot of the novel we’re introduced with three factors of view: Lucy “then” instructed by her letters, Lucy “now” as she recounts her escapades to her therapist and Iris Goldaming, a sassy, fiery younger girl with a large company to her title and no want to say it. Because the novel progresses, we start to understand how Iris is linked to the inside workings of Lucy’s story, and as their paths intertwine, their pasts, presents and futures mixing and mingling, what unfurls is a sweeping story that latches onto your coronary heart from the earliest pages and sinks its enamel in till the very finish. That includes the enduring characters from Dracula, reminiscent of Jonathan Harker, Mina and naturally, the basic vampire himself, Lucy Timeless is one other stellar entry into the present resurgence of vampire books hitting the cabinets.
Lucy Timeless is stuffed with gloriously written characters with distinct, vibrant voices: each the protagonists we root for and the villains we like to hate. Lucy and Iris specifically are written with such nuance, produced from so many layers of their previous, their experiences, their hopes and desires and fears, and White has achieved a superb job at unveiling them to us increasingly because the story progresses. As they study themselves and one another, we notice that what we thought we understood is being turned on its head — who we thought they have been, what we thought drove them to do what they did — as they’re studying for themselves who they honestly are and who they wish to be on this world.
I cherished studying the chapters from every of their views as a result of their voices are so lovely. Lucy has a way of caprice to her: half the time she appears to drift wherever she goes, and different occasions she’s so confused or emotional that she bursts into moonlight and flits about in a mad dance of vengeance and bloodlust, however nonetheless with that very same underlying effervescence. Iris alternatively is fierce, with a implausible sense of sarcasm and humor in her voice. Combine the 2 collectively and also you’re in for a implausible learn. Past Lucy and Iris, we meet so many different stunningly crafted characters — The Physician, The Lover, The Queen, Vanessa and extra — every developed in such a manner that had me hanging on to their each phrase, drawn into their tales as in the event that they have been outdated familiars.
White is a talented storyteller. The world that she has crafted out of Stoker’s unique idea is extremely vivid and vigorous, even in the dead of night and dusty corners of outdated mansions or the sterile examination rooms of Goldaming Life buildings. White wields her phrases each as weapons and because the softest caress, taking us into the woods to be stalked by Dracula after which to the acquainted consolation of the arms of the lady you like greater than anything on this world. Lucy Timeless is an epic journey that spans a long time and thru all of it — the wars, the lovers, the manipulations — we’re reminded of what it means to seek out worth in oneself, to like oneself and settle for who you’re in every second of your life. To know that you simply deserve love, that you simply need to be cherished and that you’ll be able to love in return as totally as you want. It’s a wonderful story, wrapped up inside the pleasure of vampires and schemes, and provides a completely new world of risk and fervour onto a basic piece.
Lucy Timeless is a wide ranging journey from begin to end. From the very first pages, you’re swept away on a whirlwind of emotion, flowing with the moonlight as White delves into what it means to like and be cherished, what it means to be human and what it means to be alive. If you happen to love a ebook with powerfully written characters, sapphic romance, journeys of self-discovery, plot twists that go away you gasping and naturally, vampires, then Lucy Timeless is for you.
Kiersten White is the #1 New York Occasions bestselling, Bram Stoker Award–successful, and critically acclaimed creator of many books, together with Disguise, Mister Magic, The Darkish Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, the And I Darken trilogy, the Camelot Rising trilogy, and Star Wars: Padawan.White lives together with her household in San Diego, the place they obsessively care for his or her deeply ambivalent tortoise, Kimberly. Go to her on-line at kierstenwhite.com and authorkierstenwhite on Instagram and Threads.
Publish Date: 9/10/2024
Style: Thrillers
Creator: Kiersten White
Web page Depend: 464 pages
Writer: Del Rey
ISBN: 9780593724408