First off, I'll start this review of sorts by saying that I have a wide assortment of styles and genres of books that I read - and enjoy - but the lifestyle of prostitution has never been a reading interest of mine. Sub Rosa is a beautiful, gutsy, fantastical allegory of our times. Not long after she is initiated into this family of magical prostitutes, Little is called upon to lead them through a maze of feral darkness: a calling burdened with grotesque enemies, strange allies, and memories from a foggy past. Sub Rosa's reluctant heroine is a teenaged runaway named "Little" she stumbles upon an underground society of ghosts and magicians, missing girls and would-be johns: a place called Sub Rosa. Not long after she is initia In this stunning, Lambda Literary Award-winning debut novel, Amber Dawn subverts the classic hero's quest adventure to create a dark post-feminist vision. In this stunning, Lambda Literary Award-winning debut novel, Amber Dawn subverts the classic hero's quest adventure to create a dark post-feminist vision.
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