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 "goddessβ
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
loveβand if she canβt or wonβt, 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.
Sheβs lost all her childhood friends as theyβve paired
off,
but the worst blow was when her closest companion, Jurij,
finds his goddess in Nollβs 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 deathβand neither Noll nor the veiled man is
willing to lose.
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