The Deep and Dark Blue
The Deep and Dark Blue Summary (by Little Lion)
Twins Hawke and Grayson have lived their whole lives at their noble house, their grandfather being a part of the Council of Lords, and they are expected to live the rest of their lives the same way. But when their entire family is killed in a political coup and they are the only living heirs to House Sunderlay left above their murderous older cousin, they're forced to hide – hide as girls 'Hanna and Grayce' in the magical Communion of Blue. As a trainee in the Communion, Grayce builds a life as a girl, finally feeling as if she belongs. But Hawke is eager to get revenge and take his rightful place, no matter what it takes. With help from an old friend, the twins must stop a murderer from joining the Council and find the place that feels like home to them.
Little Lion’s Review:
The Deep & Dark Blue is an excellent combination of real-life problems and emotions and brilliant impossibility and magic that any fantasy reader will love. Grayce and her struggles with finding who she is give a wide range of acceptance for real people who live the same way, while the Communion's ability to spin blue (the thread that the Holy Mother spun the world from and the magic that she passed on from mother to daughter) gives us a fantastical feel of a world we'll never get to live in. Hawke and his desperation to get his home back, versus Grayce and her love of her new one, show us two different sides, both with ideas that we can connect to and compare to ourselves. While most people haven't quite gone through what the twins did, we can see why Hawke would be angry and distraught over what he lost and the danger he and Grayce are in, and confused why Grayce seems so calm about their whole situation, and in no rush to leave. Grayce, on the other hand, obviously doesn't want to let the murderer of their family get away with it, but she also doesn't want to leave the Communion, the only place she's felt at home, the only place she belongs, and the only place where people treat her the way she's always longed to be treated – as a girl.
