The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
Staff Pick - Powell's Books
In an underground labyrinth of books reminiscent of the Neitherlands library in Lev Grossman's The Magicians trilogy, Zachary Ezra Rawlins sifts through story after story, searching for his own. After stumbling across an odd anecdote from his childhood in an authorless book, Zachary seeks answers in the subterranean library, through painted doors and overlapping realities. There, he finds stories barely contained by their pages, riddles of Fate and Time, tales of weary travelers and all-seeing owls, and perhaps even love. Morgenstern's highly anticipated second novel is gorgeously written and highly imaginative. Recommended By Alice G., Powells.com
This is a love story, but it's not the love story you think it might be. Sure, two people fall in love, and their stories are interwoven with other love stories in other times and places. But, ultimately, this book is a love story about stories; about the pull and draw of those stories that stick with you across time and space. About those who keep the stories safe, and those who want to keep the stories hidden, and those who want to share the stories with the world. The Starless Sea is an impeccable story told in many unfolding layers, and I wanted to read it ever so slowly because I never wanted it to end. Recommended By Deana R., Powells.com
Erin Morgenstern is the kind of writer who, as she grew up, never lost her childhood sense of wonder. Her sense of joy. Her sense of innocent anticipation. Every page of this book rings with all of that. And more. The Starless Sea is a puzzle, a quest, a mystery. Not one, not two, but three unrequited love stories are tangled up with this fantastical story of bees, underground libraries, seas of honey, owl kings, keys, swords, masquerade balls, mysterious books, and a million unbearably enticing doors, each hiding something behind them; but what is it? This is a place where time and fate mean more than you think, the moon and the sun share more than the sky, and mere humans try to navigate the swirling waters of the Starless Sea. Morgenstern's story will make you feel like a kid again — taking you to a time when everything was impossibly new, utterly fascinating, and boundlessly thrilling. Gorgeous. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
I loved this impressive, totally immersive tale of a magical library. Morgenstern follows Night Circus with a tour de force of opulent fantasy and compelling adventure. Recommended By Kathi K., Powells.com
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