Thursday, January 30, 2014

FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS, by Diana Peterfreund

The story: Elliot North sacrificed the thing she loved most to keep her home and family safe. Now, four years later, Kai Wentforth has returned--no longer the boy she grew up with and servant of the household, but an explorer who's found both fame and fortune. Elliot sees the contempt Kai has for her moneyed, land-owning class, and knows that things can never be the same between them. At least...her head knows it. Her heart is a different thing.

June Cleaver’s ratings: Language PG; Nudity G; Sexual Content PG; Violence PG; Substance Abuse G; Magic & the Occult G; GLBT Content G; Adult Themes PG; overall rating: PG.

Liz' comments: This is a dystopian story that channels, amazingly, Jane Austen's PERSUASION. Elliot and Kai do a weaving dance around their emotions--and although it's occasionally frustrating that they don't just come out and SAY what they feel (after all, that's what we'd do today) Peterfreund convinces us that society has regressed back into class-consciousness to such an extent that it's like 19th-century England all over again. I really liked this story, but its post-apocalyptic New Zealand setting requires some thought to understand--making it better for the high school crowd, despite its PG rating.
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