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A review by latad_books
The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc
3.0
The story opens with a horse who falls for a woman. He transforms into a human, has a relationship with her but is forced to flee when his children are born and are clearly not human. They are returned to the forest and their father.
Some time later, a terrible cataclysm occurs, just after Heather gives birth to twins. The world is essentially over, and only with a great deal of constant work does Heather, the man she lives with, and some others find a way to cobble an existence together. Heather finds new motherhood incredibly hard, as the twins will not sleep unless she keeps herself moving constantly. She keeps walking close to a bordering forest, where a centaur she knew when she was a child watches over her. Heather tells no one of Estajfan, and he tells no one of Heather, as his people are violently opposed to any connection with humans.
Heather tells the twins stories to soothe them on her walks, while she finds herself becoming estranged from the father of her children. Heather is drawn perpetually back to the forest, and the mountain it covers, and the natural world watches the remaining humans struggling to live.
So, a really weird story. It's not an easy story to read, as I was never really sure where things were going, but knew that the Heather's and Estajfan's stories were connected, and life was going to become pretty bad for everyone if the two began interacting again.
Though I didn't enjoy this book, I did love the tales Heather relates to her babies throughout the book.
Some time later, a terrible cataclysm occurs, just after Heather gives birth to twins. The world is essentially over, and only with a great deal of constant work does Heather, the man she lives with, and some others find a way to cobble an existence together. Heather finds new motherhood incredibly hard, as the twins will not sleep unless she keeps herself moving constantly. She keeps walking close to a bordering forest, where a centaur she knew when she was a child watches over her. Heather tells no one of Estajfan, and he tells no one of Heather, as his people are violently opposed to any connection with humans.
Heather tells the twins stories to soothe them on her walks, while she finds herself becoming estranged from the father of her children. Heather is drawn perpetually back to the forest, and the mountain it covers, and the natural world watches the remaining humans struggling to live.
So, a really weird story. It's not an easy story to read, as I was never really sure where things were going, but knew that the Heather's and Estajfan's stories were connected, and life was going to become pretty bad for everyone if the two began interacting again.
Though I didn't enjoy this book, I did love the tales Heather relates to her babies throughout the book.