The Island of Excess Love, Francesca Lia Block
The Island of Excess Love, Francesca Lia Block
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The Island of Excess Love

Author: Francesca Lia Block

Narrator: Francesca Lia Block

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/26/2014

Synopsis

In The Island of Excess Love, Pen has lost her parents. She’s lost her eye. But she has fought Kronen; she has won back her fragile friends and her beloved brother. Now Pen, Hex, Ash, Ez, and Venice are living in the pink house by the sea, getting by on hard work, companionship, and dreams. Until the day a foreboding ship appears in the harbor across from their home. As soon as the ship arrives, they all start having strange visions of destruction and violence. Trance-like, they head for the ship and their new battles begin.This companion to Love in the Time of Global Warming follows Pen as she searches for love among the ruins, this time using Virgil’s epic Aeneid as her guide. A powerful and stunning audiobook filled with Francesca Lia Block’s beautiful language and inspiring characters.

About Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of Love in the Time of Global Warming and many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books, Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales, and Secrets, and the adult novel The Elementals. Her work has been translated and published around the world. She lives in Los Angeles with her two children. Learn about her books and writing classes at francescaliablock.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie (brightbeautifulthings)

I was really impressed with Francesca Lia Block’s Love in the Time of Global Warming. Naturally, since I am incapable of doing thirty seconds worth of research on a book before I read it, I didn’t realize it had a sequel until I finished it. I try to never quit a series unless I’m really not feeling......more

Goodreads review by Summer

I was not as impressed with this book as the first. It still had lovely imagery due to Block's writing. I just didn't like how the story was told or the choices the characters made.......more

Goodreads review by Jamie (Books and Ladders)

I was meh about LOVE IN THE TIME OF GLOBAL WARMING but THE ISLAND OF EXCESS LOVE didn't even live up to the first. The retelling aspect was even looser this time around and the characters acted poorly to one another specifically because there needed to be conflict rather than it feeling natural to t......more

Goodreads review by Asher

Oh man... I love Francesca Lia Block, and this was totally going to get five stars from me. Spoilers spoilers spoilers. BUT. Pen has sex with the Enchanted King on the Island, after Hex throws a fit about illusions and storms off without saying a) where he's going, b) if he's even coming back. It doe......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

This sequel is loosely based on Virgil's Aeneid. The adventure that Pen finds herself on in this story is not as enjoyable as the first. In 'Love in the Time of Global Warming', Pen meets new people after the great "Earth Shaker". She is on a mission to find her family. She fights Giants and becomes......more

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