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The fact that no matter how bad you fall, if you want, you can always rise again.

I love this fantasy book as it uses medieval Spain and the Middle East to form an interesting and different magical world. Taylor also uses this space to discuss the aftermath of violent revolution on all of its survivors.

I love Lizzie as a character, I feel like she is relatable, even with the couple hundred time gap since publication. I love her lack of dependancy on a man and I feel like that is both bold and brave for that time. I feel like you could also take parts of the story from Austen's life in itself which is admirable.

A delicate story beautifully told .

These brilliant comedians and authors aren't falling for politico flim-flam and arrive to save the world from double-speak, flat writing and worthless words. I kept breaking out into proper laughing on the train. The guy next to me had ordered it to collect from Waterstones before we pulled into Paddington. It will make you put your head in your hands, smile, groan and roll your eyes - but most importantly - it is seriously funny.

The form of story-telling is engrossing - we follow the main character through a life-changing event that is reflected not only in his experiences, but also the author's style of writing.

Beautiful plot, and very educative. The characters and events envoked such strong feelings for me, and although it is a (very) long read - I completed it in 3 sittings, it's absolutely riveting.