How did you feel about the ending?
The part that I thought was the ending or the ending ending? Haha. I threw the book and refused to read it for the rest of the night after Hwyn died. Of course, I picked it back up again. Trenara being the Hidden Goddess boggled my mind a little, but it made sense. I was just so happy that Hwyn came back to Jereth–if that’d hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t have reread the book so many times.

I’ve been looking for online discussion of this book ever since I first read it years ago. My mother brought it to me one day when she returned from shopping. I never even bothered to ask her where she bought it…I just started reading. I’ve read it over a dozen times since then. I’m so excited to find this post :D So here is my review!

What themes did you notice in The Eye of Night?
It’s been so long since I very first read it that I can barely remember my first impression. I think I was too busy wishing really, really hard that Jereth and Hwyn would get together to notice any themes in the beginning :P I will admit that the first theme I noticed was definitely the whole ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ thing. I picked up on the fact that Hwyn was the smart one and Trenara was the simpleton almost immediately. After reading it so many times I’m much more able to see the underlying themes of balance and unity. The Gods on the Wheel, the water that took Jereth’s family but gave him Hwyn, even Jereth and Hwyn themselves–neither was whole without the other.

What did you think about the love story between Jereth and Hwyn?
Man I was rooting for that to happen the whole time–from the moment he dove on Lord Dannoth to protect her! The first time I read his confession of love in the prison, I’m pretty sure I said “YES!” really loudly.
How did you feel about the ending?

What was your favorite part of the book?
I loved the time they spent in Folcsted for some reason. Maybe because that was when Jereth finally let himself realize how crazy he was about Hwyn.

Do you think the author gave Hwyn such a lovely voice to compensate for her lack of physical beauty?
Sort of. Think about it…if Hywn didn’t have that voice, she’d have no way to earn her way in the world other than laboring and stealing. Times would have been a lot harder for her, her life a lot worse than it already had been. Singing was, very obviously, her escape from the crueler parts of the world. She must have been so much happier when she could sing AND have Jereth with her :)

Did the book make you cry?
I don’t think so…but books rarely do.

Thanks Ms. Alama for the great insight into the first person.

Susan, You are right about the naming. It is even more pronounced at the end of only through the naming that the rebirth occurs.

Thanks Ms. Aguirre for the book. I appreciate reading a great book that I would not have found by myself. This is what I have become addicted to the reading blogs to expand my reading materials.

The Eye of Night – Pauline J. Alama

Okay going back to my hole now. Must clean house and make cake.

What did the beginning brokeness of the hidden goddess say? So, one part of her is in Eye of the Night Stone and the other in Trenara. When we are hurting, confused, angry…have we left a part of ourselves somewhere and thus feel these broken emotions?

The relationship between Hywnn and Jareth is so bitter sweet. As Hywnn laid dying and Jareth wanted to take her place…such love made me cry all the more.

The ending…I love the thought that certain people are born as the world needs them. I also thought of the ones that were not reborn or miscarried. How much more would the world have changed if they had been brought back?

With the rebirth of Hwynn, do you think that is when the Mirror of St. Fiern was found by Warfast or was it ever found?

Okay, I have a bad cold/flu and have been blowing my nose consistently. You throw this book in there that made me cry…my nose is doomed to be red for days but it was worth it.

Sorry for the thoughts going all over the place…I will blame it on being sick.