Summary: Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.
My Opinion: I love Victoria Schwab's writing. The Archived, A Gathering of Shadows, and Vicious are a few of the books that I've read and absolutely loved. This book, however, has to be my favorite young adult book of hers. I love books that take a different approach to writing, and this book absolutely takes the cake. The book starts off with Kate setting a chapel on fire at her boarding school. I automatically loved her, and it was a great beginning for a story. Then we meet August and get a slight glimpse into his backstory, which draws the reader in even more. The story alternates between Kate's and August's perspective, both in third-person. I never felt bored while reading this book. There was continuous action or dialogue or descriptions. I just wanted to keep reading and reading and reading. Which I did. In the perspective of a future-editor, there were quite a few mistakes. Somewhat frequent typos and a few punctuation errors, but I probably only noticed them because I'm picky. All in all, this book was amazing and I'd recommend it to anyone. Particularly someone who is into fantasy/violent books. Characters: Kate Harker--probably my favorite female character ever. She is clever and ambitious, and she knows what she wants and how to get it. She can be ruthless, but she still has a conscious. All she really wants is for her father to view her as his daughter, and she will stop at nothing to get her way. When she and August are running for their lives, she doesn't let August hide her away. She fights. Hard. With her cigarette lighter/pocket knife. To sum it up: Kate Harker is amazing. August Flynn--I love him. I think what I love most about him, besides the fact that he's a monster (Sunai, Sunai, eyes like coal, sing you a song and steal your soul), is that he plays the violin. Granted, he has to play the violin in order to take souls so he can survive, but he still plays the violin. And it's more than just playing the violin, he loves music, mostly classical. I just loved reading about his passion for music. About how he wants to be human so he can play the violin without fear of hurting someone. I just really love August Flynn and his violin. Some other minor characters (but it was mostly about Kate and Harker): Leo, August's older brother and also a Sunai, is okay. He's a little too cruel for me to really like him. Ilsa, August's oldest sister and the first Sunai, is wonderful. She's one of those characters who isn't quite altogether almost. She reminds me of Luna from Harry Potter. She's sweet, and she loves cats. Which brings me to the last character I'm going to discuss: Allegro. The cat of a deceased man. August brings Allegro back to Flynn Headquarters. He's a cute little kitty. There are other characters, too (such as Callum Harker, Kate's father, and Sloan, a Malchai monster), but these are the ones that I felt like discussing. Rating: Five stars (three-point-eight for grammar/spelling/punctuation) Leave a Reply. |
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