This companion to Love in the Time of Global Warming follows Pen as she searches for. Select the department you want to search in. Delivering to Sydney 1171 Sign in to update Kindle Store. Agent: Laurie Liss, Sterling Lord Literistic. Francesca Lia Block’s The Island of Excess Love is available August 26th from Henry Holt & Co. Rainbow Books presents an annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic GLBTQ content, which are recommended for people from birth through. Love in the Time of Global Warming eBook : Block, Francesca Lia: : Books. Because so much of the story revolves around Pen’s visions and dreams, the plot loses momentum, and the classical allusions and parallels feel comparatively forced this time around. Stirring as these events may sound, the net result is muffled. This act shatters the island’s illusions and propels Pen on a journey to seek redemption. Book Cover for Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block. Despite Pen’s best intentions, she is drawn to the king and is eventually unfaithful to Hex. View books by Francesca Lia Block on LoveReading4Kids, the UKs number one book. A shipwreck lands the group on a paradisiacal island ruled by an antlered king. Whereas the previous book drew inspiration from the Odyssey, this story is loosely based on Virgil’s Aeneid, opening with a murky series of hallucinations and events that drive Pen, her lover Hex, her younger brother Venice, and their friends away from their home and onto an abandoned ship that has appeared out of nowhere. Though filled with Block’s characteristically lush language and gorgeous imagery, this follow-up to Love in the Time of Global Warming lacks the adrenaline-charged urgency of its predecessor.
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