Morrighan The beginnings of the Remnant universe

Mary Pearson

Book - 2022

Against all odds, Morrighan and Jafir, members of opposing tribes, fall in love and set history in motion.

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Subjects
Genres
Fantasy fiction
Romance fiction
Novellas
Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Mary Pearson (author)
Other Authors
Kate (Illustrator) O'Hara (illustrator)
Edition
First edition. Illustrated and expanded edition
Physical Description
225 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Audience
Ages 14-18.
Grades 10-12.
ISBN
9781250868350
Contents unavailable.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

A prequel to Pearson's popular Remnant Chronicles trilogy. She is Morrighan, a child of the Remnant. He is Jafir, a scavenger. In the turbulent landscape of a world reeling from some nameless calamity, their kind live as mortal enemies. But when their paths crossed as young children, Jafir spared Morrighan's life, and over the years, their lives continued to intersect. Against all odds, they fall in love. Will outside forces tear them apart? Or will their love weather all storms, heralding a better future for their fractured world? There's a poetic delicacy to Pearson's prose and a liveliness to O'Hara's beautifully detailed illustrations that mask the light treatment other aspects of the storytelling receive. The romance develops disconcertingly quickly relative to the book's length and its prominence in the story as a whole; in contrast, the action doesn't pick up until over halfway through. The inner lives and motivations of the leads, Morrighan especially, are not well developed, making it difficult to become invested in their stories, and supporting characters are uniformly nebulous. There's a sense of a richly drawn world lurking beneath the surface, but its history and mechanics are rarely revealed, bolstering the impression that this is more dream than fleshed-out novel. Jafir is pale with blond hair and light blue eyes; Morrighan has wavy dark hair and appears to have light brown skin in the illustrations. A somewhat undeveloped labor of love that devoted fans may nevertheless enjoy. (map, author's note) (Fantasy. 14-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.