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Deathless
by

Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)

Kai Spellmeier's review

Apr 02, 2015

really liked it

"Her heart was so cold that she could hold ice in her mouth and it would never melt."

This is so hard to rate, for this was a stunning and breathtaking novel. Full and rich of poetic language that leaves you sitting and thinking and forgetting about everything that is around you. It reads like a fairytale. Actually, it is the retelling of an old Russian fairytale, but Valente worked a lot of her own magic to make this precious book such a gemstone.

And by the way, this cover and the title result in some serious book porn.

I guess the only thing I can criticise is that this miracle of a book is sometimes just too overwhelming. It confused me at times and I'm still confused now that I've finished it.

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“But her heart was so cold that she could hold ice in her mouth and it would never melt.”
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“I know you loved both he and I, the way a mother can love two sons. And no one should be judged for loving more than they ought, only for loving not enough.”
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“War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.”
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“Magic does that. It wastes you away. Once it grips you by the ear, the real world gets quieter and quieter, until you can hardly hear it at all.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

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