Niniko Miqaberidze Miqaberidze itibaren De Graff, OH 43318, USA
I read this book for my American Ethnic Literature class in college. I tried to start reading it over the summer to get a head since it so long, but that didn't really happen. I had a bit of a hard time starting the book because I didn't really understand where or who the narrator was. Once it got to telling the story though, I really liked the book. I think my professor really helped with that though. I remember him saying that the main character never learns his lesson though or the book would be wicked short. I actually think I never read the end! Oh my, hmmmm. Maybe I should do that. I also wrote a paper I was pretty proud of on this book. I remember my professor writing that the end seemed rushed and I thought, well, the end was rushed because I didn't read it!
This is a very loosely related sequel, five years after the young 'princesses' have managed to break the dancing spell. Tati is still separated from her sisters. Paula takes center stage on a trading trip to Istanbul where she runs into a culture even more restrictive than her native Transylvania. Cybele's Secret has everything: mystery, supernatural goings-on, treachery, search for a missing sibling, violence, trust and faithfulness, and finally, twu wuv. No, I'm kidding, it's not saccharine or yukky romantic at all. It just does happen to end with, you know, true love.