“One of the best patterns in the writing style is the frequent use of alliteration, especially when describing the setting or the senses, a nod to Oksana’s personality and humor amid ancient forces at work.”
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews-1/The-Matriarch-Mission-by-Maxime-Trencavel.html
The Matriarch Mission: A Mythic Historical Novel of Love, Sacrifice, and the Divine Feminine
Tail of the Bird Books
Duty. Honor. Obedience. These words are almost like a mantra for Oksana Mangupli, a Krymchak girl caught up in the middle of divine myths and ancient beings. She’s new to the mythologies, stories of history, and origin tales of the matriarchs, left trying to make sense of her destiny and what she needs to do. At the very beginning, Oksana is a young, confused teenager, thrown into myths she doesn’t fully understand. By the end of this first part of the series, she’s able to make some choices for herself and confidently answer a few of her own internal questions. Much of her journey is about finding a satisfactory response—not for the world, but for herself, really—to the timeless question: What is love?
This depth of Oksana’s inner life is one of the greatest sources of the book’s character development. Told in italics, her thoughts aren’t intrusive or jarring to the story’s progression or dialogue. Instead, they fold seamlessly into each scene, like a commentary one could’ve scribbled in the margins. Because of that, Oksana grows in knowledge and, importantly, in her opinions of the myths in which she became immersed, just as someone new to the series does. There’s no judgment for not knowing the thoroughly researched history behind topics such as the Cheka labor camps or the Romanovs in exile. These italicized thoughts allow for a reader’s reactions, doubts, and astonishment as Oksana matures, too. One of the best patterns in the writing style is the frequent use of alliteration, especially when describing the setting or the senses, a nod to Oksana’s personality and humor amid ancient forces at work.
