Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett || Book Review

Mother of Eden

Always remember that women are just as good as men. Don't ever treat someone differently because the way they look or because of the color of their skin. Just because someone thinks they are important doesn't mean they're better than anyone else, and nor does having a lot of stuff. Don't treat people like they are just things and watch out for men who thinks the story is all about them. 

This books tells a story of a young girl who bloom into a strong women, making the kingdom a better place. Long ago, the grounds were divided into two kingdom. Both were swore enemies and fought for one thing;  mother's love, Eden. When Starlight married Greenstone, who was the Headmen of his kingdom, she became the mother of the people. As a mother, she tried to do the rights to the wrongs, a deep mark that crave in the kingdom for history. She tried to bring fairness and equality to the people. To her, there's no big people or small people, no one should be destine with their future based on their looks, and no one has the right to take away the wills of the people. She believed that every one was equal, man or women, black or white, and rich or poor. Her determination and courage won peoples heart and surely the readers'.

Not everyone agreed with her unfortunately, especially the chiefs and the head of the Councils. They tried to turn against her and Greenstone. Chief Dixon, a powerful chief, husband to the daughter of the previous king, crave to be the Headman and take over the kingdom. He destroyed Starlight and Greenstone empire. Starlight fled but Greenstone wasn't that lucky. He was chained and killed. As the kingdom rule under Dixon and his wife Lucy, Starlight escape.

However, she never give up. To her, she was till the people's mother and what mother would abandon her children?

People say that Eden was never dead. She only transform and dwell in different bodies. The people believed that Eden walks on their grounds again and is going to bring the kingdoms back together. They believe Starlight has Eden's spirit.

This book was fascinating and so different. It delivered a strong message to the readers; women are just as good as men. The strength and courage of a young girl inspired me to make a change.

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NightBird || Book Review

Night Bird

Towns all have secrets, small towns especially. In this small town where Twig lived, there's a monster. A monster that steals your apple pies at night; a monster that hunted everyone. People don't believe that monsters exist, but they do here. Twig lived with her mother in an old house, like any ordinary family but there's nothing normal about Twig's family. The truth is when her mom moved back to this small town from Boston, she didn't just bring back a daughter, she also had a son. In a small town, everybody knows everyone, but not Twig's brother, James. He is like any other boy but stronger, more good looking, funny and the fact that he have wings. It was a curse, so to say. Twig's family was cursed for 200 generation that their first born son would be able to fly. This traced back to the ancient days where an old witch cursed Twig's family because of a broken heart. Now being able to fly seemed like a super power to us; however, wasn't fair for James, or Twig because they couldn't live a normal life, they couldn't have friends, they couldn't accept invitation and they certainly couldn't invite people over. Think what they would do if they found a 17 year old boy with huge blue purple wings? James, unfortunately, fallen in love with Agata, the great grand daughter of the old witch. In addition to that conflict, people in town were building up a committee to hunt the monster down. What they didn't know was that the monster was just an ordinary boy, with a curse to fly.

It's a beautiful love story with a hint of magic and a dust of mystery thrown all over. The character in this book felt real as you dive deeper into it and before you know it, you felt drawn to them as part of the story. There' little sayings in this book that made my inner self thrown glitter into the air.

From then on, I didn't cry when I was disappointed. I just stored up my hurts, as if they were a tower made of fallen stars, invisible to people, but brightly burning inside of me.

Like a bird in a cage, he grew silent.

Book on sale on March, 10 2015

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