“'Déjà vu. Déjà su. Déjà vecu.”

Adeline LaRue, short Addie, is a girl almost of age to marry. But Addie doesn’t want to marry. 'I want a chance to live. I want to be free'. So she prays to the gods, but forgot the advice of a dear friend: never wish for gods after the dark.

It might be a crime, but can you believe I waited for almost two years to read this? And why? I can’t remember because I adored this little, almost fairytale like, novel. I was so pleased to read it together with the lovely @ginaluciareads, especially when the POV switched away from Addie, as I found that a little less interesting.

Books with strong female characters are one of my favorite tropes so I was excited to read about Addie and her progressive ideas. She felt almost like the first feminist.
Besides, it gave more insight in living life’s with repetition, but also about the question how to leave a mark in this world, mostly when people can’t capture your image or can’t seem to remember you. This book felt almost like a dream at times. It even occasionally felt like Alice in Wonderland but with a romantic twist.

And all the while this book felt overly structured with some hints about the key subject of every part by describing art works. Speaking of artworks, I read the anniversary edition which contained these amazing fan artworks. An absolute plus!

On the whole I really liked this almost feminist fantasy novel. And if Schwab might see this: I wouldn’t dislike a novella about Luc.