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Ferragost (2012)

by Melina Marchetta(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 5

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Review of Australian Fiction

review 1: Ferragost is a nice little extra for those who can't get enough of the Lumatere Chronicles (read: everyone who has read them). It focuses on Celie's attempt to obtain a Yut chronicle from a neighbouring kingdom for the priest-king of Lumatere. She is staying in a castle on an isolated island, and the story quickly turns into a locked-room mystery, as one of her fellow guests winds up dead. Celie's investigation into the death is interesting but not really relevant to the main Lumatere series. The budding relationship between Celie and Banyon, the keeper of the castle, was the best part of this story for me; the tension between them was delicious and left me wanting more. I was a little disappointed there wasn't a bit more about Banyon and whether he and Celie ended up toge... morether in Quintana of Charyn, although with all the private discussions she had with Isaboe... I'm guessing yes!
review 2: See, here's the thing about short stories: you get intrigued, you begin to fall in love with the characters, and then BAM, it's finished and you find yourself pining for more. So it was with Lady Celie's all too brief murder mystery at Ferragost Castle in Belegonia. My only solace is that I shall have her presence with me once more in less than a month when Quintana of Charyn is released (that is, if fishpond gets its act together and puts up the Australian version on its website for everyone to purchase). less

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