![]() ![]() ![]() The stories reflect and refract the different elements of each other. ![]() Each story occupies a different genre, though they all have the dreamlike quality that pervades the entire novel. Midwinterblood writes the short stories into its plot, making them indispensable parts of the story's soul. The book travels back in time telling the story of Merle and Eric's previous reincarnations via short stories, which means we see their characters in many different roles and come across many different facets of their personality. Merle and Eric are both wonderfully real and relatable characters, something which is true even at the very beginning but becomes even more so by the end of the book. The description of the island is infused with an eerily haunting magic. ![]()
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