![]() ![]() But not just any stories, stories about women and the power of knowledge and the importance of choice. Cherry and her love, Hero, come up with a plan to distract the nefarious villain with stories each night. ![]() ![]() His friend agrees, and is pretty clear that if seduction doesn't work, force will. Cherry is married to an imbecile who challenges his friend to seduce her in 100 nights. The One Hundred Nights of Hero is centered on two women in love. While The Encyclopedia of Early Earth was complex in its layering of stories within stories, the stories themselves were not super complicated (that I remember) and the story was centered on a man seeking love. However, The One Hundred Nights of Hero tackles some really big topics in a gloriously feminist way. I debated whether I should review this book or not because it's one of those books that I just really loved because it was kind and beautiful. ![]() It's all about women being amazing, about the power of stories, about the importance of resisting, even in the face of inevitable failure, and so much more. I adored Isabel Greenberg's The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, so as soon as I heard about her new book The One Hundred Nights of Hero, I put it on hold at the library. ![]()
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