The Madman's Daughter
Quotes from the Book
I am a monster because I have too much of something.
You and me, we look out for each other. But I will take care of you a little extra, because I am your person, and you will always be my special horse.
I was afraid that I'd forgotten all the colors of the rainbow, but I know just where I can find them again.
We fly above the spectral shield that shall never be quite finished, but it's all right. We are our own prism of light now.
Perhaps they never die at all. I quite believe that myself, and it is a comfort, don't you think? That there is a place where no one ever grows old?
I know for certain that darkness can be defeated by hope, and I know that one girl, no matter how small, can make her dreams come alive. (From the Author's Note)
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There are winged horses that live in the mirrors of Briar Hill hospital. In the mirrors that line its grand hallways, which once belonged to a princess. In those that reflect the elegant rooms, now filled with sick children. It is her secret.
One morning, when Emmaline climbs over the wall of the hospital’s abandoned gardens, she discovers something incredible: a white horse with broken wings has left the mirror-world and entered her own.
Tucked into the garden’s once-gleaming sundial, Emmaline finds a letter from the Horse Lord. He is hiding the wounded white horse, named Foxfire, from a dark and sinister force—a Black Horse who hunts by colorless moonlight. If Emmaline is to keep the Black Horse from finding her new friend, she must collect colorful objects with which to blind him. But where can Emmaline find color when her world is filled with gray?
Book details
- First published
- 2016
- Author
- Megan Shepherd
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Goodreads rating
- 3.99 (2k ratings)
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