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Psyche in a Dress

by Francesca Lia Block

Love, self-doubt, and mythic trials in verse

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Love, self-doubt, and mythic trials in verse

Francesca Lia Block frames Psyche’s search for herself through the language of myth and a novel-in-verse form. After a brief, fragile experience of love, Psyche wrestles with self-doubt and a desire for transformation. Gods and demons test her as she seeks beauty in darkness and works to recover her faith. The mythic elements give shape to questions of identity, love, and the cost of looking back, while the verse format distinguishes the book’s storytelling from conventional prose fiction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in novels in verse
  • Readers drawn to mythic figures and stories of self-discovery
  • Readers interested in themes of love, faith, and transformation

Themes

Self-doubt and identityLove and lossMyth and transformationFaith

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Book overview

But this is what
I could not give up:
I could not give up myself
Psyche has known Love—scented with jasmine and tasting of fresh oranges. Yet he is fleeting and fragile, lost to her too quickly. Punished by self-doubt, Psyche yearns to be transformed, like the beautiful and brutal figures in the myths her lover once spoke of. Attempting to uncover beauty in the darkness, she is challenged, tested, and changed by the gods and demons who tempt her. Her faith must be found again, for if she is to love, she must never look back.
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