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The Department Of Alterations (2012)

by Gennifer Albin(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1466829567 (ISBN13: 9781466829565)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tor Books

review 1: I liked this look into an average female living in the male-dominating world of Arras.I've read Crewel and I'm savoring Altered (reading with lots I breaks in between because I don't want it to end!). It makes perfect sense to me and you'll see Deniel again in "Altered".Poor Karoline... And What a bastard of a husband she got stuck with!This side story also helps me to visualize the citizens of Arras as "human beings" and not mindless drones. Although Albin (eventually) provides us with a detailed account of the world she created, I tend to forget that "people" not directly dealt with in the book are "normal", with real live human emotions and problems. Maybe because the setting of "Crewel World" is based on people of power (men, in this case) controlling the world they li... moreve in down to its very strand of matter.If you haven't read Gennifer Albin's debut novel "Crewel" that begins the series, give it a try. It's definitely one of my new favorites, and Top 5 in YA Fiction.
review 2: 3.5 starsI LOVED Crewel, so of course as soon as I finished it I looked up the author and bought this short. And it wasn't disappointing, but it was very short, which was a bit of a bummer; I was hoping it would do more to tide me over until I can get my hands on Altered. Still, it was excellent writing, and it gave some much appreciated insight into Arras and more of its ways and citizens and showed what some of its people are willing to try behind closed doors. less

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