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The Island of Excess Love

Block, F. (2014) The island of excess love. NY: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company.

Media Type: Audiobooks

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Narrated by Julia Whelan

Release Date: August 26, 2014

Summary:

This novel is a sequel to "Love in the Time of Global Warming." The story picks up with Penelope, her friends and brother making a life for themselves in the pink house on the beach. Although it seems the world has ended they have managed to survive. That is until a mysterious ship ends up on the shore of their beach and they begin to have strange visions. Hex had been reading "The Aeneid" by Virgil and believes that everything that is happening could be part of a prophecy. They board the ship in hopes of finding answers but instead they begin to turn on each other. Then a storm tears the ship apart separating the group. When Pen regains conscious she finds herself in a strange island with the corpse of Hex. Soon after, Hex appears still alive and tells he that he discovered her corpse too. They bury their doubles and begin searching for the others after Pen had a vision that they were alive. In the days to come they arrive to where the king lives and he lets Pen know that he has been waiting for his queen (her!). He restores her vision and asks her to marry him. Under what appears to be a trace Pen sleeps with the king and becomes pregnant. Soon after the king is killed by his harpies. The harpies attack Pen and her friends as they try to get away. On their way they find Hex and flee on a boat. They soon arrive at another island where they are taken to the Queen of the Shades. She turns out to be the king's dead sister. The dead king pleas for their freedom and they manage to escape. In the end Pen has a vision of her unborn child and hopes that Hex will forgive her and stay by her side.

Response:

This book had adventure, fantasy, mythology and romance. Not having read the first book I thought I would be completely lost and not understand the characters. However, Block's description of the characters and events pulled me in immediately. I found this book to be so well written that it could stand alone. I would recommend this novel to mature readers as it does have some graphic sexual scenes.

Connection to textbook:
Chapter 12- This book would fall under post apocalyptic science fiction category. The characters are trying to survive in this new world.

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