Exposing the tension between the lives we lead as adults and the experiences that form us, Eaton probes us to consider how our memories as adults compel us to reexamine our pasts. Suspenseful, provocative, and compulsively readable, The Divines is a scorching examination of the power of adolescent sexuality, female identity, and the destructive class divide. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self. With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the violent secret at the heart of the school’s scandal. Ruminating on the past, Josephine becomes obsessed with her teenage identity and the forgotten girls of her one-time orbit. The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. Yet now Josephine inexplicably finds herself returning to her old stomping grounds. She hasn’t spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes.
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His books include The Scholar of Moab, which won 2011 Best Novel by the Association for Mormon letters and was a 2011 Finalist for the Montaigne Medal Eric Hoffer Award, and A Short Stay in Hell, which is being made into a movie. He is an active, faithful Latter-Day Saint. Peck is a BYU biology professor and an evolutionary biologist, ecologist, and a writer. I love this era so so much, especially the times of King Arthur (which are referenced quite often throughout). I was really looking forward to picking up Between Two Fires after reading Avelynn by Marissa Campbell which has a very similar premise and is set in the same time period: Medieval Wales during the times when Saxon’s attacked constantly. **I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review** Reminiscent of classics like The Mists of Avalon and A Game of Thrones, and newer popular titles like Hild, Branwen’s story combines elements of mystery and romance with Noce’s gift for storytelling. Somehow she must save her people and remain true to herself, before Saxon invaders and a mysterious traitor try to destroy her. But when she falls for a young hedge knight named Artagan, her world threatens to tear itself apart.Ĭaught between her duty to her people and her love of a man she cannot have, Branwen must choose whether to preserve her royal marriage or to follow her heart. A young woman in a world of fierce warriors, she seeks to assert her own authority and preserve Wales against the barbarians. But the fledgling alliance is fraught with enemies from within and without as Branwen becomes the target of assassination attempts and courtly intrigue. Lady Branwen becomes Wales’ last hope to unite their divided kingdoms when her father betroths her to a powerful Welsh warlord, the Hammer King. Saxon barbarians threaten to destroy medieval Wales. 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