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Illyria
Illyria | Elizabeth Hand
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Madeleine and Rogan are first cousins, best friends, twinned souls, each other�s first love. Even within their large, disorderly family�all descendants of a famous actress�their intensity and passion for theater sets them apart. It (…more)
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Illyria | Elizabeth Hand
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"Madeline and Rogen are first cousins, best friends, twinned souls, each other's first love."

This is how the description started. I suppose I thought it was a young & innocent first love, but instead, it's just incestuous. Yeah, these Tierneys might as well be Lannister cousins. The writing wasn't bad & had a few good spots, but this short, YA book took a taboo topic and tried to make it acceptable. ??
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TheAromaofBooks I think I'll give this one a hard pass!! 5y
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Illyria | Elizabeth Hand
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This time last year, I was reading 'Illyria' after having read "Twelfth Night" (by Shakespeare.) I was under the mistaken impression that 'Illyria' was loosely based on the play. It totally wasn't; but that's not the reason I ultimately disliked EH's novel: The promised magic was just an odd bit in the story; the relationship came across sordid; and it felt less like a YA novel than a reminiscence of the author slightly dressed as fiction. #TBT

Lindy I was the only person in my YA book club who found this book unconvincing. I was disappointed because I like her other novels. 8y
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