The Boy from Ilysies (Libyrinth)

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Well that's a bit harsh, but then I'm a woman and their society was patriarchal. For the Libyranians, men and women were seen as being equal and shared all the jobs, responsibilities, and rewards. Ilysies was matriarchal -- women ran everything because men were too unstable to be trusted with responsibility and decision making. Po grew up in Ilysies and had been training to become worthy to be chosen as a woman's consort.

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He felt adrift and alien among the Singers and the Libyranians -- he was having difficulty adapting. The food is running out and crops are difficult to grow in the harsh climate and soil around the libyrinth. It doesn't help that there are now so many more people to feed since the Redemption. Po is chosen to be one of the chorus that is to travel to the Citadel of the Singers to teach the villagers along the way about the Redemption, ask for their help, and try to learn about the ancients and their ability to make the deserts bloom.

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The Boy From Ilysies is an exciting, fast-paced novel about acceptance, growing up, and learning to trust oneself. Hardcover , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Boy from Ilysies , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Apr 15, Lawral marked it as read-but-unowned Shelves: I guess when I read Libyrinth I missed something key about Ilysies. I knew it was a matriarchal society, but I failed to notice that men are greatly outnumbered and treated as second class citizens.

It is this second class status that has Po all mixed up in The Boy from Ilysies. Not only is he having problems thinking of Princess, I mean, Libyrarian Selene as just one of the girls and no more than anyone else, but he's also having trouble seeing himself as no less than. He's used to serving women like Selene, not working alongside them, and he's used to being emotionally taken care of, in return, by a matriarchal figure. All of this equality has left him feeling very alone and unsupported.

Much of the book is spent on this dilemma. It's interesting and important and turns gender stereotypes on their heads, but it wasn't what I was looking for in a sequel to the action-packed, literature-rich, POC and LGBTQ-featuring Libyrinth. I wanted more action than intrigue, more of Clauda's brashness and less of Po's confusion, more of the books' wisdom and less erections as feelings, more of the look-how-I've-grown Selene and less of the back-to-the-beginning Selene, more Nod s , more Haly, and for the love, more Clauda AND Selene.

When Po finally left on a quest, along with former Censor Siblea, Selene, and a few others, I was so happy. I just wish that moment had come before I was halfway through the book. But that second half of the book was totally worth it for me. The above group sets out for the former Singer headquarters to look for a tool from the legends of every major cultures' folklore that will hopefully make the land around the libyrinth fertile enough to support the community living there.

Of course, when they get there, things do not go as planned, but in the course of the search and the fighting, we find out more about the foundations of the Singers' society. Their former reasoning behind the fear and demonization of the written word isn't exactly spelled out, but it makes a lot more sense now. Their still present culture of abuse and neglect of women also butts up against Po's sensibilities in a way that makes him take action rather than wallow in confusion and self-pity.

The trip is also filled with danger, suspense, a cute but damaged girl for Po, and a cliff-hanger of an ending. I'm re-sucked in to this trilogy or series? May 17, Jen rated it it was ok Shelves: This one started off a little rocky. There was a lot of Po trying to get a girl and not fitting in with anyone in the new settlement, and trying to get a girl, and reading too much into innocent conversations and looks from girls, and trying to get a girl.

A little much when it seemed like the whole first part of the book was about one boy trying to get laid. The second half picked up when the Chorus of the Word goes back to the Citadel to search for the pen and discovers that a band of outlaws This one started off a little rocky. The second half picked up when the Chorus of the Word goes back to the Citadel to search for the pen and discovers that a band of outlaws has taken over and is terrorizing the town.

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first in this trilogy, but I enjoyed the way it ended and am intrigued enough with the direction North is headed to read the final book. Feb 26, Angie rated it liked it Shelves: I really enjoyed Libyrinth, but found this book a bit of a disappointing followup. For one thing, Po is just not as much fun as a main character. Yes, the role reversal is interesting, but after a while his issues just got repetitive and annoying. He was flitting from one woman to another and always having the same reaction.

I really wanted him to just man up.

We learned to I really enjoyed Libyrinth, but found this book a bit of a disappointing followup. We learned to love Haly, Clauda and Selene and she barely uses them here. I think Clauda probably has a total of 25 pages in the entire book and Haly not much more. The book really could have used their presence.

But I really do hope that it is better than this one.

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Nov 03, Michelle rated it liked it Shelves: This is the second book in the series. Now that there is peace between the Libyrarians and the Singers, they now must turn to the task of surviving. They begin reaching out to the neighboring communities, spreading the word of what has happened. A new character, Po, becomes the focus of the story. He is an Ilysian, and in their female dominated culture, the men are the consorts and fight between themselves for the privilege.

Hurting a woman is against their culture. Po is tricked and becomes an This is the second book in the series. Po is tricked and becomes an outcast, but his powers as a healing adept may be his salvation as he joins the search for a legendary object, that has the power to green the desert. The new elements will lead to some interesting changes in the third book in the series. Mar 08, Virna rated it did not like it. Another one that I just could not torture myself anymore by reading. I honestly wanted to DNF. Jan 21, Madigan Mirza rated it really liked it Shelves: I picked up this novel on a whim, and from the first page was completely hooked.

I had not realized that the book is actually a sequel to Libyrinth.