![]() ![]() ![]() She tries so hard to shut everything painful out of her head that she practically becomes a head-case like poor Elle. As the book goes on we witness time and time again how her sheltered shyness hinders her and it takes almost two-thirds of the book to finally see some change in her. She doesn’t want to be useless, she’s just not sure how to go about changing it. It upsets her and yet she’s always been shy and such a thing is not so easy to change. Even she knows she lacks the will or confidence to do anything. This anonymous protagonist is so weak, so pathetic, so woefully useless that it’s almost harrowing to read except that no one, including herself, ever excuses her helplessness. Her whole life she has lived as Clara’s shadow but by the end there is nothing left but her and now it is time to find out who exactly that person is. It’s almost agonizing to read…okay that’s an exaggeration but it’s a little difficult to adjust to the protagonist after having read a slew of books with characters like Katniss, ya know? But I did actually like how she doesn’t have a name…it sort of makes sense because throughout the book it’s quite evident that she doesn’t really know who she is. She can scarcely talk to anyone, she cries incessantly at the bloody truth of nature, and she can’t make her body move even to save a life. The protagonist is a lovely girl but her shyness is life inhibiting. Her best friend, however, is cripplingly shy and shamefully hopes that she never has to enter the maze. Clara is strong, vivacious, devout, and praying every second of every day for the honor to enter the maze and become an angel. For a while she is called ‘Clara’ but that is the name of her best friend. The main character is never given a name. I couldn’t put it down and now I wish I had a sequel to find out what the heck will happen next. I don’t quite know what it was but I read this whole book in one afternoon. But it doesn’t take long for the truth of the labyrinth to reveal itself…at least to those who survive it for the rest are shredded and devoured with no time to process the cruel betrayal of Icarus. Parents weep with joy, people cheer with pride, and the children enter the gates of the labyrinth blessed. Everyone is utterly deluded into thinking that their children are special chosen ones whom enter the labyrinth gifted with great destiny. In this book, each year children between ages 10-16 are chosen to enter the Labyrinth and solve their way to Alyssia (sort of like Heaven, I suppose) and become angels. Also like Suzanne Collins’ amazing trilogy this book takes great inspiration from Greek mythology. It’s almost like The Hunger Gamescombined with The Maze Runnerand then twisted into something new via Smith’s imagination. Wow, not what I expected but what an intriguing concept! Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy to review! Now the girl who has never left the city walls must fight to survive in a living nightmare, where one false turn with who to trust means a certain dead end.”Įxpected Publication Date: August 01, 2016 Within minutes, they are torn apart forever. But so is the girl who has always lived in her shadow. “It’s Clara who’s desperate to enter the labyrinth and it’s Clara who’s bright, strong, and fearless enough to take on any challenge. YA Fiction | Dark Fantasy/Mythology | Horror Blurb: Children of Icarus (Children of Icarus #1) by Caighlan Smith (2016) ![]()
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