Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I was able to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
***
Voices tells the story of Joan of Arc in verse. We are with her the final hours before her death and the story recounts from how it all started to where she’s ended up and how. The story jumps back and forth between multiple voices: human, animal and inanimate objects throughout. They offer snippets and insight into things most people probably don’t think about. I really loved the inserts of the trial as it happened being included the story.
Voices is a fairly quick read, the poetry streamlines the story and makes it quite easy to zip through. I enjoyed this as someone who finds Joan a completely fascinating historical figure and while it maybe doesn’t offer anything new by way of information it helps make it a fair bit more accessible to those who get bored by history in general.

While not much was added to the story of Joan of Arc in terms of information or new perspectives, the way this book was written added a lyricism to the story that was really refreshing. What the author did couldn’t have been easy, but he makes it look so. I ended up reading the whole book in one sitting, which is rare for me.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book.

What a phenomenal reading experience this book was. I felt so immersed with the storyliine and after ending this book I felt connected to Joan of Arc and I felt like I truly knew her as a person. The best part of this book was the different voices being heard from more than just Joan. I highly recommend everyone give this a read.

Elliott follows up the fantastic Bull with another winner here. He strikes a nice balance between conveying the story of Joan of Arc and offering insight through accessible poetry. My favorite aspect of his style continues to be how well he masters using layout in creative ways to give even more impact for the reader.

Thank you NetGalley for the free ARC. 

I think teenagers will really enjoy this book because of the formatting and short chapters. I enjoyed it, but would have liked something with more depth and background for myself.

Loved the different uses of poetic form, and you certainly don't need to be an expert to enjoy the different forms.  Some might have a problem with all of the different viewpoints( both human and inanimate objects) that tell a snippet of the story, but I feel that it beautifully crafts an intimate portrait of an amazing woman.
Good for fans of history, verse, and strong women.

While I think it is novel to tell the story of Joan of Arc in a verse novel, I feel like this one tried way too hard. The vocabulary was very high and lofty, which is not the best choice for a teen book. Likewise, I felt the point of view changed far too frequently and that the only truly interesting voices were Joan and the actual quotes from the trial. I don't think is recommend this.

Good. Creative use of form and shape in the poetry. Readers that love history and poetry will enjoy this more than I did. I can think of meant library customers that would be really excited about it and that I will recommend this book to.