Comments on: Book Review: Ash by Malinda Lo

By: Review: Ash, Malinda Lo (2009)

Review: Ash, Malinda Lo (2009) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:41:48 +0000

[...] reviewed by: The Book Smugglers and [...]

By: The Book Smugglers » Blog Archive » Book Review: Huntress by Malinda Lo

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:33:57 +0000

[...] was a huge fan of Malinda Lo’s first book, Ash (understatement of the century – that book made my top 10 of 2009) and when I heard that she was [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:15:58 +0000

By: Ash Fan :)

Ash Fan :) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:37:03 +0000

I love your review of the book…….exactly what I thought when I read it! LOVEEEEE THIS BOOOOOK

By: The Book Smugglers » Blog Archive » Smugglivus 2010 Guest Author: Malinda Lo

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:02:14 +0000

[...] which Cinderella falls in love not with Prince Charming, but with another girl (Ana’s review HERE). Malinda is also the author of the upcoming Huntress, which looks MADE OF [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:47:51 +0000

love he book

By: Scarab

Scarab — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:37:28 +0000

I just discovered this book myself while browsing my local Waterstones: I expected a fairytale retelling and I got that. I did not expect the open minded attitude towards sexuality.

I was so pleasantly surprised to read this and think “Hey… this was in the TEENAGERS section.” A brilliant book which deserves a thank you for neither shying away from a delicate issue, not MAKING it into an extreme and book-filling issue. I look forwards to Lo’s next book immensely.

By: alana

alana — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:15:58 +0000

I know this is an older post, but I just read this book and I adored it. The main reason I wanted to comment though, was because I was wondering if you’ve read Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal about the Transformations in a Woman’s Life. In the book the author puts forth the idea Cinderella suffers because she knows she has to for her own transformation from an adolescent to a maiden. I think it’s an interesting idea since so many fairy tale heroines either suffer or fall asleep during the time they’re transforming from young girls into sexual beings.

I also don’t think Cinderella is saved by the prince in the original story (even though a lot of people look at it that way). The prince is more of a metaphor to show that Cinderella is in a different place in her life. In most of the older stories I’ve read, Cinderella had the power to ask for a nice clothes and jewels all along, but she wasn’t ready yet. I feel like this book did a good job of expounding that idea (since Ash’s asking for the gifts from Sidhean showed a shift in her consciousness). Of course this is just way to look at the story but I think it’s pretty interesting.

By: Tiah

Tiah — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:19:52 +0000

Oh the book covers are beautiful! I would have gotten the book cause of the cover alone.

By: SonomaLass

SonomaLass — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:37:58 +0000

I loved this book too. It reminded me of Robin McKinley’s reworked fairy tales, as well as a little Patricia McKillip in style. It’s a beautiful book in many ways.