In the course of the final 100 or so pages, this is exactly what readers are given, gradually gaining more and more of the answers they crave as Olivia unravels the secrets of Gallant and her family’s story- including the ones of her father and the confusing messages of her mother’s journal.
The final part, the final answer needed for them to piece together the puzzle that is Gallant. Though not as fast-paced as some, Gallant sets a steady rhythm that leaves readers only able to keep reading in anticipation, waiting to finally find the answer they’re looking for. A house she could call home, despite a less-than-friendly cousin and mysteries only getting more complex as she investigates further. When she arrives, however, she isn’t met with a welcoming uncle but rather more mysteries, more secrets, and a house so startlingly different from Merilance. And to venture to the very place her mother warned her against. When a letter arrives from her uncle, she makes the decision to leave Merilance, to search for her family, her home.
Ones that seem to document her descent into madness. They’re her mother’s words, the only memory she has of her. Schwab, quickly gained popularity since its original publication, gaining a Goodreads Choice Award as Winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction for 2022.įilled with enticing illustrations to reference back to while reading, the story carries with it an air of mystery as it follows the story of Olivia Prior, an orphan left at Merilance School for Girls with an ability to see things others don’t see and she can’t feel, no voice to express herself, and her mother’s journal- composed of drawings, messages to her father, and a warning, on the only message to Olivia, not to go to Gallant.
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