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Napoli, Donna Jo

Dark Shimmer

358 pp. | Random/Lamb | September, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-74655-7 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-90892-4 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-375-98917-9
(2) YA In this fairy-tale revisioning set in fifteenth-century Venice, Dolce believes that she's an ugly monster. Father and daughter Marin and Bianca introduce Dolce to Venetian high society, where she is considered beautiful. Though Dolce, soon married to Marin, loves stepdaughter Bianca, the girl's increasing beauty fills her with dread. Napoli's characteristic lush prose relates Dolce's journey from monster to stepmother to monster again.
Reviewer: Sarah Berman | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2015

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