In a world where all men wear masks until they find their
Goddess, their one true love, and that love is returned,
Noll
struggles with her circumstances. She has lost so many of
her
friends when they find their goddesses, as everything else
fades for them, except the woman they love. If their
Goddess
refuses them they must leave for the commune, and live a
hopeless existence yearning for their love. Or the goddess
may
choose to take part in the Returning ceremony and
marriage, in
the hopes that love may develop, so the man must wear
their
mask until such time. For if a woman gazes upon a man she
does
not love, they vanish for eternity. This is the power of
the
first goddess, and the Lord in his castle maintains this
power
and provides for this village, in his own way.
When Jurij finds his goddess in Noll's sister, Noll is
devastated. She has always loved Jurij and cannot believe
that
he would belong to her sister. Going to the Lord's castle,
where no woman may look upon or enter, Noll begins a chain
of
events that will transport her to the past, fight for a
village very like her own, hurt many people, and finally
realise her true heart and purpose. With magic, violet
swords,
healing powers, and true friendship will Noll find her
place
in her own world? And will her actions change everyone's
lives
forever ?
NOBODY'S GODDESS by Amy McNulty is a fantasy tale with
many
twists and turns. Although I like the idea of the plot,
the
story did not flow naturally for me. I didn't connect with
the
main character of Noll, and I struggled to feel anything
for
the situations she found herself in. For me, NOBODY'S
GODDESS
by Amy McNulty was missing that little spark of magic that
pulls me into the story.
In a village of masked men, magic compels each man to love
only one woman and to follow the commands of his "goddess”
without question. A woman may reject the only man who will
love her if she pleases, but she will be alone forever.
And
a man must stay masked until his goddess returns his
love—and if she can’t or won’t, he remains masked forever.
Where the rest of her village celebrates this mystery that
binds men and women together, seventeen year old Noll is
just done with it.
She’s lost all her childhood friends as they’ve paired
off,
but the worst blow was when her closest companion, Jurij,
finds his goddess in Noll’s own sister. Desperate to find
a
way to break this ancient spell, Noll instead discovers
why
no man has ever loved her: she is in fact the goddess of
the
mysterious lord of the village, a Byronic man who refuses
to
let Noll have her right as a woman to spurn him and who
has
the power to fight the curse. Thus begins a dangerous game
between the two: the choice of woman versus the magic of
man. And the stakes are no less than freedom and
happiness,
life and death—and neither Noll nor the veiled man is
willing to lose.
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