![]() This is fairly long book at 496 pages (according to Goodreads for the hardcover), but it feels like I sped through this in no time. One of my favorite things about Malice-other than Alyce, of course, who is endlessly captivating-is how immersive it felt. Until she meets Princess Aurora, that is. ![]() It's this darkness that really seems to drive Alyce throughout the book and motivate all of her actions. Her sarcastic comments and general negative thoughts about everyone are at times humorous, but there's always an undercurrent of darkness that hints at a true hatred towards those who around her. Alyce is deeply bitter and angry (and rightly so) about her lot in life and her treatment from the Graces and society as a whole, and that bitterness is stark in her narrative voice. I've never been an outsider to quite the same extent as Alyce, but I certainly have felt like an outsider throughout a lot of my life and have felt that same lack of connections that she has, which made this a particularly meaningful read. Alyce is ostracized from the society she has grown up in and is constantly cast aside and shunned as something abhorrent. ![]() ![]() The story is told entirely from Alyce's perspective, and her voice and experiences were unbelievably compelling for me. ![]()
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