The Raven's Tale

Name: The Raven's Tale
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Cat Winters
ISBN: 9781980048299

Author: Cat Winters

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Nicole Wood

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/04/2019

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Monsters, Historical Fiction, United States

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family?the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead Artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: "Let them see me!"

About Cat Winters

Cat Winters's debut novel, In the Shadow of Blackbirds, was released to widespread critical acclaim. The novel has been named a finalist for the 2014 Morris Award, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2013, and a Booklist 2013 Top 10 Horror Fiction for Youth. Winters lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Isa

“The kindest thing you can do for the dead... is to weave their names into art”. Creo que este es el perfecto ejemplo de un libro que tiene una idea con un potencial increíble y se desperdicia terriblemente. Ay... Aquí nos encontramos con Edgar A. Poe viviendo aún en casa de sus padres adoptivos y a......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

An atmospheric and inventive nod to one of literature's most memorable writers. In portraying a young Edgar Allen Poe, Winters has clearly done considerable research to achieve a sense of authenticity, and her idea to characterize Poe's muse as a "raven-haired maiden in a gown spun from threads made......more

Goodreads review by A.G.

I adore Poe, and really admire how much research Ms. Winters put into this tribute to his teen years. The story almost has a "magical realism" feel to it over straight up fantasy, which gives events a very surreal and dreamlike quality at times. Also, the nods to Poe's prose and poetry throughout ar......more

Goodreads review by Elle

Sad DNF at 42%. After a really interesting and excellent beginning, I think this has stagnated pretty hard – the stakes feel a bit low for the story being told. Edgar's romance with Sarah Elmira Royster and desire to stay at UVA are just not high enough stakes; knowing the history, I'm really strugg......more