aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! This book is awesome! I think it's my favorite book now (Princess of the Midnight Ball is a close second though) :)! I love the cover, it's so beautiful, it's what drew me to the book, but I don't know if I would've even tried reading (because I didn't know how morally good it would be) it if I hadn't read some of the comments that I saw on goodreads.com and that it's a christian fiction book. I was so happy when I saw that one girl wrote that she would recommend it to "Those who like their YA books clean" and also when I read the rest of her comment. I found out after reading it that it is very loosely based on Sleeping Beauty and looking back at the story I can see how, but while I was reading it I didn't ever think about it (probably because I was too into what was happening).
I have to rate it a little over PG (it seems all the books I'm finding are PG, not a bad thing, just not quite the best thing) for scariness and a little grossness, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger than 13 or 14 year old, not because there's anything BAD in it (because there isn't anything), but because it's a romance novel.
Here's the summary from the back of the book.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7826101-the-healer-s-apprentice
I seriously cried when I read the happy ending. All those stupid romance novels in the world... when I read this one I suddenly realized that I had the wrong idea of physical love. I thought that physical love was bad... not that I ever fully voiced the thought. But the whole thing with the natural man and constantly fighting it, and its awkwardness and completely dark side... I forgot that I was only ever thinking of a twisted version of an originally absolutely beautiful thing. In this book it addressed both kinds of love... or 'love'. One just physical and empty, demanding to be fed, demanding possesion! And the other emotional and caring and respectful... holding out until it was appropriate... and then that beautiful kiss. The first one that the author brings you through feels scary and unsure, and it is; its empty,making light of sacred things... hurts the soul, and you can feel that heaviness. And when she brings you through the second one, I practically gained a testimony of the importance of chastity. Of waiting. And of waiting for a love both physical, emotional, and righteously bound. It made me cry, I was so happy :)
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