BookChick Recommends “Prophecy of the Sisters” by Michelle Zink
When it comes to high-concept storylines in young adult literature, they’ve pretty much all been done — wizards, faeries, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, witches, dystopian futures, zombie apocalypses, even werewolf nookie now. So it’s a daunting task for an author to surprise you with a new, fresh world. Michelle Zink does just that in her debut “Prophecy of the Sisters,” the first in a trilogy. Lia, the eldest of twin sisters, discovers she is the heir to an ancient prophecy concerning nothing less than the possible destruction of, oh, just the ENTIRE FREAKING UNIVERSE!
Zink doesn’t think small or write small - all the action and consequences are big and involve issues like the end of days, good and evil, chaos and peace. The story isn’t religious at all, but her characters must deal secularly with the fates they have been handed - the very fate of the world. What is so fresh and original in this novel is the world Zink creates, or rather the “Otherworlds,” the places inhabited by those bad guys - very bad guys - our heroine must keep out.
“Prophecy of the Sisters” brings a new and unique mythology to the young adult genre and leaves you with a feverish desire for its sequel!
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