Essay On Soundless By Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead is queen. I’ve said it before and I will say it over and over again. Vampire Academy, Bloodlines, Succubus Blues, Dark Swan, Gameboard of the Gods… each and every story she has created is full of life, laughter, and heartbreak. Soundless was no exception. Sure there were things that could have been better and things that I did not like, but the overall power of Mead’s writing was still there – and it was breathtaking.
Soundless is about a village that rests up on top of a mountain. Fei, and all the other villagers, know only what the people before them knew. They are at the mercy of the line keeper, the man who sends them rations of food in exchange for precious metals. People in the village are beginning to lose their sight, even Fei’s sister, and with each passing day more and more people are falling ill. Their output to the line keeper slowly dwindles, and he responds in kind. One day, the line keeper withholds the supply as punishment – and soon cuts them off all together. Fei, a miraculous girl who regains her hearing, must work together with her childhood friend Lei Wei to save their village before they plunge into darkness and starvation.
I don’t know what it is – but each and every book strikes me to the core. Ever since Shadow Kiss, the third Vampire Academy novel, I’ve been obsessed with her style. Her characters are always so original and multidimensional – they are never the same. Rose Hathaway, Sydney Sage, Mae Koskinen, and now Fei. All of them have their own quirks, ticks, and overall demeanor. Fei is calm, levelheaded, and an artist. But, she also isn’t afraid to be adventurous – say, like scaling down the mountain to bring food back to her family. Fei is tough and willing to stand up for what she believes in, but she is also vulnerable, terrified, and unsure of how her actions will affect the village as a whole. She had a compelling voice, especially when she begins to regain her