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Kapre:A Love Story 33-41 by Rin Chupeco

“Monsters know nothing of lies;these are human enterprises.”

“What are you going to do? Faith asks. “Replace me with a soulless little drone? A more palatable version of me?“
Leto does what she’s asked to do by her mother but never questioned or thought about it in terms of the way the woman is altered
Can she make her own decisions or did her mother make her to be completely obedient

14 short stories
afterword by Nancy holder

1. The Genetic Alchemist’s daughter by Elaine Cuyegkeng
16-31

Rate story 5*
Story split into 4 sections:
A. Genetic alchemist
B.The dowager
C. Faith
D. Harmony
Setting - Manila
Genetic alchemist changes the traits of women and makes them more appealing
Leto - made by Ofelia without a father
“They’re like fairy godmothers: granting obedience as a gift.”

Beautiful formatting and interior illustrations
Cranes in paragraph breaks

Physical book sent as arc by RDS press but got put to the side and forgotten about

Themes:
1angry women
-seen as unacceptable feeling
—should keep silent or feelings inside

2Others feelings put first before own
-maintaining image

3 Things not said outloud =not real

4 Being what others want them to be rather than being themselves