An inspiring literary fantasy about two gifted girls. The Life of Elves sings of the human spirit and conveys a message of hope and faith. Muriel Barbery's new novel is the first of two books about Maria and Clara, unforgettable heroines of a world facing annihilation. Animated by a large cast of endearing characters, it is a timeless story about the forces of good and evil and a moving meditation on the power of nature, music, art, storytelling, and love. When the harmony between living beings turns to discord, the seasons will be loosed from their moorings and the natural world thrown into disarray; human beings--no longer capable of feeling either empathy or enchantment--will abandon themselves to hate, violence, and war. An epic battle between forces that wish to re-establish harmony in the world and those that wish to shatter it definitively is being waged on earth and in the mysterious land of mist, where the elves dwell. A ragtag army of rural peasants gathers in readiness for the fight--their weapons, an age-old kinship with the land and an affinity for magic. But humankind cannot hope to win this battle alone. Victory depends on help from the inhabitants of a world that is hidden from human sight. Hope rests with Maria and Clara, two girls whose prodigious artistic talents and deep connections with nature make communion with the numinous realm possible.
If you look up the book on Goodreads you will see that it has bad reviews and a bad average score. For me it was an average read. I wouldn't say that is as bad as the average score is, but it also wasn't anything special. There will also be a sequel and I will read it, and this means it was good enough for me to read the second part.
The nail polish is from Essence and still available, it's from The Gel line. The name is Pure beauty, a muted dust pink. The application is not the best, I don't know if it the brushes fault, but it wasn't smooth. I would expect more from a new nail polish.
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