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    Tell the Wind and Fire: Who Will You Save When the Cities Burn?

    Written by Sara Rees Brennan

    Narrated by Lisa Larsen

    3.5/5

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    Tell the Wind & Fire is about a young girl called Lucie who lives in a New York very different from the New York we know: the city is torn between two very different kinds of magic, and Lucie's own family was torn apart years ago by that conflict.

    Lucie wears magic rings and carries a burden of guilt she can't share with anyone. The light in her life is her sweetheart boyfriend Ethan, but it turns out Ethan has a secret too: a soulless doppelganger created by dark magic.

    ©2016 Sarah Rees Brennan (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateApr 12, 2016
    ISBN9781520004525
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    Reviews for Tell the Wind and Fire

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    • 4/5
      I probably ought to start out by stating that I am kind of a big Sarah Rees Brennan fan.

      It would be a problem if I felt like my literary preferences could ever be a problem, but I knew going into this that I was going to really like it or be horrifyingly let down because of how high my hopes were.

      Fortunately, it ended up being the former and not the latter.

      I somehow, perhaps because I may possibly have insta-clicked when I saw the author, knew almost nothing about this going in, and certainly did not realize it bears some intentional resemblances to another story. For the sake of having the same nifty realization moments that I had, I'm not going to mention which story, but it tied together really well and genuinely felt like it was worth of its predecessor, which I loved.

      The characters were actually well-done, and I enjoyed that, for all that everything seems very black and white (and is certainly painted as such for a bit), that is certainly not so. I'd never expect such from this particular author, but it is always nice to see a book where in the end I kind of understand everyone and am fully aware that there is no real way I am going to be completely happy about the ending. Please note the difference between being happy with the ending (I was very pleased with it) and happy about the ending--it could not have ended any other way, I feel, but it was a rough ride.

      The titular arc words were quite beautiful, and I loved them coming back again and again. The strength they personified throughout this family was inspiring and made me smile every time, even when I was actually upset about what caused their repetition.

      Lucie is a bit divisive for me: I understand her quite a bit, but her view on things is occasionally oddly simplistic given her background. She does learn from her mistakes, though not always in time, and I liked that. The only thing I couldn't quite forgive her for was her love interest, who is a Nice Guy. I like nice guys as love interests, I honestly do--I've never been a "bad boy" kind of girl. My problem here is that I don't really know that much else about him. He's really...nice? And he does nice stuff. To be nice to her.

      Fortunately, the focus is more properly on the plot and less on the romance, or this might not be getting the score it is getting from me just because of that.

      As far as I can tell, this is a stand-alone novel, which I appreciate in these days of sequels and prequels and sidequels and all the other bits and pieces we get of a universe. It has a solid beginning and a solid ending. It doesn't need more to finish the story in a satisfactory way.

      Having said that, however, if the author ever wishes to revisit her very divided New York, I would certainly be willing to poke my head back in and see what is going on there...

      This book was provided to me for free via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      Received via Clarion Books in exchange for an completely unbiased review.
      Also posted on Silk & Serif

      Tell the Wind and Fire is based on Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and comes with a fantasy twist. New York City is divided between the Light City and the Dark City – a distinction that creates a world of inequality based on birth and magical abilities. Light is good, Dark is bad, or is it?

      Our story follows Lucie, a girl born in the Dark city who earns her way into the Light city. Her experiences border on shock that the Light city is so comfortable while those in the Dark City are condemned to live in poverty and darkness. Meanwhile, the Dark City uses Lucie’s rise as a motivation for a bloody revolution.

      In the end, I found Tell the Wind and Fire a pleasant and entertaining read, but after some time away from the story I've come to realize the novel was not particularly memorable. The world building, strife and larger issues explored in this novel were more memorable than he characters themselves. I needed to return to the novel to remind myself of most of the plot concerning the love triangle and Ethan's own issues with his family.

      After some time away from this novel I've realized that overall my response to this novel is largely a "meh" feeling with memories of pleasant prose. I wouldn't necessarily say this is a bad thing, I really enjoyed this novel, but it didn't impact me very deeply emotionally.

      Of course our heroine meets her prince charming in Ethan, who is the son of one of the ruling families in the Light City. I honestly found myself rolling my eyes at how attractive Ethan was, how powerful his family was and how kind Ethan is regardless of his family’s beliefs. The ensuing love triangle pretty much put the nail in the coffin for the romance aspect of this novel for me. Sorry, just love triangles are never written well or necessary. Period. Tell the Wind and Fire is no exception, the plot could have been further developed without any kissy face with another guy.

      Fortunately, I liked the world building with magic, the story of the struggles between opposing peoples, the overarching historical details and the lovely imagery. Although Tell the Wind and Fire could have come with more details of where the magic came from in the first place rather than “it just appeared” and the disjuncture between “dark” and “light” magic is never explained in a satisfying manner – the story has some serious promise. Tell the Wind and Fire is a standalone, but is written more like a first installment of a series which I believe will largely hinder this novel in satisfying its intended market. YA readers love their series.

      Brennan creates a beautiful city of light and contrasts the city of dark exceptionally well. I found it easy to be enveloped in a world where the virtues of birth makes you part of the ruling class or part of the lower caste. I especially enjoyed the idea of a bloody revolution where a people oppressed fight against their oppressors, but is led by a leader who creates the revolution for very personal and very wrong reasons.

      This was my first novel by Brennan, but I was pleasantly surprised by the writing style and the interesting plot she created. I will definitely check out more of her work when I get the chance to compare it to Tell The Wind and Fire.

      This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy fantasy, classic novel re-adaptations, strong female heroines, struggles between 'good' and 'evil' (although in this novel the good and evil aren't entirely obvious) and young adult stand alone novels. I suggest this as something to read to enjoy the language and world building rather than looking for the next "book boyfriend" or new relationship to "ship" - I don't really think Luice and Ethan were on the same level as many YA "power couples".
    • 4/5
      A young adult futuristic dystopia in which New York City is divided into a dark city and a light city. It is more complex than it sounds as a rivalry emerges between the two sections, A Romeo and Juliet type scenario is evident as Lucie (symbol for unity for the dark side) falls for Ethan (part of the leadership family for the light side). Another unique facet is that Ethan has a doppelganger. Doppelgangers are seen as second class citizens and this adds another layer of complexity to the story. Almost too convoluted for some teens.
    • 2/5
      Recently there have been all these modern retellings of classic stories, whether it's Anne Tyler's version of A Taming of the Shrew in modern day Baltimore (Vinegar Girl) or Curtis Sittenfeld's modern version of Pride and Prejudice. So I was excited to read this story - a fantasy/future version of A Tale of Two Cities which is probably one of the best love triangle stories out there. But I have to say that given that the outline of the plot was already done by Dickens, then the world building should have been fantastic. Instead, it was a bit confusing and disappointing. Like every other YA fantasy romance, there was the elite class and the oppressed, we-need-a-revolution class. And the love triangle has that Romeo and Juliet theme that you can't love someone from the other side of the tracks. But what could have been a spectacular and intricate world ended up just another version of NYC, but instead of people being divided by address, they are divided by whether they are light or dark magicians. The story can be finished in one sitting and there is enough action, but if you are choosing between this book and A Tale of Two Cities, my recommendation is to reach for the real thing. I received a free digital copy of this book through Net Galley.
    • 4/5
      Another powerful story about a girl who has been through horror and has to grow out of her instinctive shell. The best part is her learning how she has misunderstood the people she loves, and using that to understand herself better. I loved the echoes of Tale of Two Cities.
    • 4/5
      This story is rather loosely based on Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities but set in a future New York City separated into parts because of the different kinds of magic practiced. Light New York is where the powerful, light magic users live in a life of luxury. The control Dark New York where those who practice blood magic live. Lucie Manette was born in the Dark half but through careful actions she is now in the Light city. She is a celebrity because of her "escape" from the Dark and is now the girlfriend of Ethan Stryker whose father and uncle are key members of the Light government.Revolution is brewing. The Dark city has been oppressed and the people abused by the Light government. Lucie would just like to keep her head down and live a happy life with her boyfriend but Ethan has secrets.When Ethan was a baby, he was very sick. To save him, a doppelganger was created. Besides being despised for not having souls, doppelgangers are against the law. They are condemned to live in the Dark city and most do not live long. Ethan's doppelganger Carwyn has made his escape from the Dark city and complicates the plot nicely.This is the story of a young woman who is swept into the upcoming revolution as a figurehead for both sides who is feeling very out-of-control until she has to decide what she wants and become strong. It is a love story with a love that grows despite secrets being kept by both lovers.I really enjoyed this book and really liked Lucie.
    • 2/5
      My experience reading this story was not a good one. I hate huge info dumps but this book has the exact opposite going on: it drops the reader into an unfamiliar word without enough backstory to get it properly off of the ground. It was like flying a plane with only one wing, or maybe reading the sequel to another book. There's a lot happening in the beginning, but without a decent backstory it didn't hold my interest. All of the excessive mentions of Light and Dark speckling each page meant nothing to me and the story made no sense. Perhaps it gets better later on but I stopped reading. I got bored with it.
    • 4/5
      4 stars only because I wanted a better ending for my favourite character. Overall this is a very good stand alone.
    • 3/5
      I'm a little torn on this book. I like the concept of the Tale of Two Cities (although, since I haven't read the original, it was lost on me). I'm not 100% sold on the realities of the world she creates here -- too black and white, too extreme and the logic for the divide is not all that convincing, but there is a fine and fierce young woman narrator, a certain amount of sarcastic and delightful dialogue, and a pleasantly convoluted plot. I enjoyed it.

      Advanced reader copy provided by Edelweiss.
    • 4/5
      Excellent! It would be perfect for readers who like:
      *swoon worthy romances
      *underground revolutionaries/untidy political resolutions
      *smart/independent/messy teen girl protagonists who make mistakes and learn stuff and set boundaries and are generally amazing
      *evil twins

      I loved the characters and the writing is beautiful, painting a vivid picture of an art deco-ish New York. There's a mix of sparkly glamorous magic and bloody conflict that works on many levels, and the story manages to feel timeless and really immediate at the same time. Highly recommend!


      Thoughts before reading:
      I intended to try and read Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities before this book came out, but then I got approved for an eARC and, sorry, Sarah Rees Brennan writes things I almost always love unreservedly. I couldn't wait to start the ARC, so I'm probably going to miss lots of excellent allusions and stuff. In my defense, I bet there are many teens who also haven't read it, so I'll know what I'm getting them into. In conclusion: !!!
    • 5/5
      I can’t find a word to describe this book.I take that back. There are so many words to describe this book, I don’t know where to choose. It’s sad and beautiful. It’s heart-wrenching and lovely. It’s fast-paced and steady. It’s all the things I hate and love. I haven’t felt anything like this reading this book for a very long time.Tell the Wind and Fire is a retelling of A Tale of Two Cities. Reading Sarah Rees Brennan’s works is always a miracle for me. And she definitely didn’t let me down this time. The book was inspired deeply by A Tale of Two Cities, and is similar enough to be called a retelling, but still bears a beautifully unique aspect that makes the book special. SRB did a wonderful job on creating the characters, remade Charles Dickens’s into something even more in-depth and splendid.The character developments in this book are phenomenon. It’s a masterpiece that was carefully crafted and endorsed with magnificent writing. Everyone has a secret, from the mystery Lucie to golden boy Ethan. Their transitions, their desires, their pains… All were portrayed in such a vivid and incredible way. And the plot, although it was expected to be a retelling, the plot is absolutely intricate and fully SRB’s. I found this book very unexpected.Tell the Wind and Fire is a gorgeous, alluring book. It was incredibly deep and meaningful, and a lot, a lot of feels. Beautiful heartbreaking can’t even fathom this wonderful book.**Big thank to Netgalley for providing me the ARC. It was an amazing read.
    • 4/5
      Author Brennan’s clearly demonstrates her love for Charles Dicken’s “A Tale of Two Cities” through her adaptation of plot elements from his book in her book for youths. The struggle between light and dark, poor and rich is illustrated through Ethan, his doppelganger Carwyn, and heroine Lucie actions as they face a revolution between two cities two societies. The swords fight and the light romance provide a balance that will appeal to teenagers regardless of gender. This book is appropriate for either middle or a high school library.
    • 4/5
      I would like to thank Clarion Books & NetGalley for a copy of this e-ARC to review. Though I received this ebook for free, that has no impact upon the honesty of my review. Goodreads Teaser: ""Tell the Wind & Fire" is about a young girl called Lucie who lives in a New York very different from the New York we know: the city is torn between two very different kinds of magic, and Lucie’s own family was torn apart years ago by that conflict. Lucie wears magic rings and carries a burden of guilt she can’t share with anyone.The light in her life is her sweetheart boyfriend Ethan, but it turns out Ethan has a secret too: a soulless doppelganger created by dark magic, who has to conceal the face identical to Ethan’s with a hood fastened by a collar nobody but a Light magician with magical rings can take off… and who introduces himself to both of them by, for reasons nobody can understand, saving Ethan’s life…"A beautiful blend of action and emotional introspection, this story mirrors aspects of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities in more ways than simply appropriating the phrase used throughout the story by Lucie and her Aunt Leila. Even the title of the book is taken from the quote out of A Tale of Two Cities, "[sic], tell the wind and fire where to stop, but don't tell me." The lead character, Lucie Manatte is very loosely based upon a character of the same name in A Tale of Two Cities, right down to the golden hair, blue eyes, and being caretaker for her father, the doctor. Dickens' Lucie is also "...the golden thread...," and guided her father out of madness through the sheer strength of her will. I could go on and on with list of similarities between the two books, but I imagine this will suffice for those already familiar with this one of Dickens more famous stories. Though the characters may have resemblances to other fictional characters, they are very much their own, unique beings. Lucie is a wonderful character in how she grows and develops throughout this story, as is Ethan, the boyfriend that saved her at one of the very lowest points in her life. They both have good hearts and mostly good intentions, they simply express them differently. Much of that has to do with their own misunderstandings of each other, and of themselves; a problem that is deftly handled as the story progresses. While I wanted Lucie to stand up for her beliefs, it is very easy to understand why she struggled so hard to do so. And may have also explained, in part, why she didn't see the real Ethan until it was almost to late. While this wasn't just the Lucie and Ethan show, they were the main protagonists and subsequently got the largest portion of time devoted to there issues. Of course having Lucie tell the story also pretty much ensured that we'd follow were her thoughts & heart led. I found the arc of the story to match the characters' development family neatly, making for a mostly smooth and seamless series of transitions as the story progressed. Though slower in the beginning that was virtually required in order to set up the backstory, and it was never to slow that I lost interest. Once the story was well anchored things pretty much exploded from there, with the last quarter or more being full of intense, dynamic events, and hair-raising action. Yet through it all the message embedded in the story was never lost, nor did it ever supersede the actual tale being shared with us. And the messages are solid, important, and useful; all without feeling as if I'd just been force fed, or preached at rather than having just enjoyed an unusual, yet engaging and entertaining, story. Certainly not what I was expecting, but it did not disappoint in any way, shape, or form!
    • 3/5
      Loosely inspired by A Tale of Two Cities. Lucie Minette is a hero to the people of the Light city; she saved her father and herself from the Dark city, where those who use Dark magic—drained from the blood of those of the Light—are forced to live. Light magic is powerful, but builds up in the blood; Dark magicians are therefore required, but still despised. Lucie finds her perfect boyfriend accused of treason, then immediately discovers that has a doppelganger—a creature created only through the use of deeply Dark magic, and one known to be soulless and dangerous. She’s plunged into a dangerous political situation, and forced to pretend that the doppelganger is the boy she loves. I didn’t like this as much as Brennan’s earlier work; Lucie spent most of the book whining, usually repetitively, about how she didn’t want to participate in politics but was forced to stay silent and smile. Rather than applauding her journey, I just wanted to shake her. Also, I desperately wanted an editor to come and strike out all the repeated tropes of her silent suffering.
    • 3/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Ominous and dark tale of a girl who unwittingly becomes a pawn in a war she didn’t even know was coming. Based off of A Tale of Two Cities.Opening Sentence: It was the best of times until it was the worst of times.The Review:Tell the Wind and Fire is a young adult novel that is heavily inspired by A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The theme of the story is the same just some details and facts have been changed to make it more of a “modern” story. This story is set with an ominous tone and throughout the story I couldn’t help but think over and over again about how unfair life is. The good guys and the bad guys are just relative to what side you are siding with. What happens when you become the symbol (pawn) in a civil war (rebellion) that you didn’t even know was happening?The story follows Lucie as she two years after she was liberated from Dark New York City to Light New York City. Lucie is happy and content now with her life in the Light. She doesn’t talk much about her life from before because there are too many secrets that would endanger her status. Secrets that would have her killed. At the beginning of the novel, Lucie and her boyfriend, Ethan, are on vacation. As they are traveling back to Light New York, Ethan is ripped from her arms and sentenced for immediate execution because he was seen giving secrets to the sans merci, a Dark group bent on rebellion. Lucie can’t save him, she can’t think of a valid excuse to keep him alive until a doppleganger wearing Ethan’s same face interrupts his execution. Lucie, Ethan and Carwyn (the doppleganger) are brought back to the city to face justice but instead it is swept under the rug. No one can know Ethan has a doppleganger because it is illegal to have one.He looked like Ethan. I hadn’t confused the two of them, but seeing the familiar, beloved lines of his face, even on someone else, had confused me. I’d been able to be familiar with him, to take chances on him without feeling as if they were the deadly, life-altering risks they were.Because of that, I’d trusted him, much more than I should have, when I shouldn’t have trusted him at all. He was my beloved’s shadow self, an image made out of darkness, but worse than that he was a stranger, and I did not know what he was capable of.Lucie is swept unwillingly into a revolution in her name. As the Golden Thread in the Dark, the Dark believe that she will save them. They believe that Ethan’s family has been holding her as a prisoner. Lucie is just trying to keep herself and her friends alive. She hates what has been going on in Dark New York but she really hasn’t been doing much to change it since she left. Ethan begins to act funny and when he is arrested for real, Lucie must come up with a plan to save his life.Tell the Wind and Fire has more of a “modern” feel with current technology but with the added achievement of magic. Light and Dark magic was created many years before, not everyone has a propensity to magic. Light and Dark magic users are separated from one another but they dependent on each other. Since there are more Light magic users, the Dark have been quarantined into certain areas of cities because they are scared of their powers. Light magic poisons their users so they must be drained by Dark magic.We need them. That is the truth everybody knows and nobody speaks. That’s why we resent them and fear them and tell stories describing how they are evil, how they deserve all they get and we deserve all that we have.People always hate those they rely on.***When the power of Light and Dark was discovered, the world was transformed. There was no going back: the shine and shadow of magic swallowed the old world up.That was when the world was torn between those who practice Light magic, born of sun and moon and stones, and those who practice Dark magic, which comes from life instead of light. Dark magic uses blood, and the dead.No wonder the people who could do no magic were scared of Dark magicians, and not of Light. Besides, there were always more of the Light magicians—ten times more. We were always stronger, and we were told that meant we were better.What I liked about Lucie was that she really was unremarkable. She became famous, a national symbol, even though she barely had powers of her own. She wasn’t super powerful, she didn’t have special powers that came out of nowhere. The power lay in the symbol that she became for a rebellion. It was helped by her good looks and why she became the Golden Thread in the Dark.My father told the truth and was punished. I told a lie and was richly rewarded.Overall, this novel has a dark, ominous feel. A lot of bad, unjustifiable things happen. If you have any idea of how A Tale of Two Cities ends then you have an idea how this one will go. My only complaint was the ending was too quick. It has an open ending and I just don’t have any faith that the story gets any happier from there.Notable Scene:“I’m sorry,” Ethan breathed into my hair. “I never meant to mess up this badly, I never, never meant to draw you into all this. That’s why I treated you like I did on the show. I don’t want you associated with any of the trouble I’ve caused. I’m so sorry.”He didn’t seem to realize the implications of all he had said on television: that people truly would think he was guilty of conspiring with rebels. He’d led a charmed life, easy and luxurious. He’d never had to face horror and death. He could not help being naive, expecting there to be no consequences forever. I could not help wanting to shield him from those consequences.“It’s okay,” I breathed back. “It’s going to be okay.”But I had lost the power to convince other people of a lie, and I had never been able to convincingly lie to myself.FTC Advisory: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt provided me with a copy of Tell the Wind and Fire. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 5/5
      I cannot tell you how good this story is, you have to read it for yourself. Brennan brings to life the story of Lucie and Ethan, of Light and Dark New York, of Evil and more Evil and the prevailing goodness of these young lovers. If you loved Hunger Games snap this one up as quick as you can. Absolute brilliance. Can’t wait to read the next instalment. Thank you NetGalley for sending this one to me to review it is pure brilliance.