7/4/2023 0 Comments Fateful by claudia gray![]() ![]() Though there’s room for sequels, the book has a solid ending, which is a rarity in the era of series □ Separately, the werewolf premise and the Titanic premise are not very original, but combining them together certainly produces a unique blend. The werewolf plot isn’t as shoe-horned in as you may think. The supporting cast is interesting too, from the imperious Lady Regina to Tess’s sensible Lebanese cabin mate Myriam. She’s so easy to sympathize with – I got angry when unfair things happened to her and cheered at her successes. Tess probably has to be the toughest ladies’ maid ever. In fact, the ship’s sinking seems to go much faster in this novel – it is a plot point, but not more than that, whereas in the film it seems that it takes half the movie for the ship to go down. Oh sure, there are a few similarities: snobby rich people, an inter-class romance, that whole thing about the ship sinking… Again, though, this is not James Cameron’s Titanic. When we think of Titanic, we all think of:īut don’t worry, this is not the same story. One of them is a handsome young man traveling in first class. What Tess doesn’t know is that there are two problems:ġ) She is traveling aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. ![]() ![]() When she accompanies her employers on a voyage to the United States in 1912, she decides she’ll quit her job and start a new life in a new country. After many years being a maid to the spoiled, wealthy Lisle family, she cannot take the mistreatment any longer. Summary: Eighteen-year-old Tess Davies has had enough. ![]()
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