The Power of Love
Of course it is a cliche to talk about the power of love, but it's sort of surprising how it comes up as a unifying theme in literature. I read a couple of books this week that made me think about how powerful love is. The first one was called "Iron Hearted Violet" by Kelly Barnhill. It's about a princess named Violet who is not at all beautiful. The storyteller describes how in all the stories, the princess is ALWAYS beautiful. Since Violet is not beautiful (but IS the only daughter of the king and the queen) she starts to question if she REALLY is a princess. Exciting and bad things happen and Violet figures out who she really wants to be, all based on the power of love.. the love of her father and mother, the love of her people she serves, the love of her friends. It's a really great story. It has some interesting artwork... it's almost anime, which I found a bit distracting. It didn't seem to match the story to me... the story is sort ...