Sure, there are plenty of books I had fun reading; books that made me laugh, cry and think really hard about my world view.
(Can you tell these are the sort of stories which I like the most? ^^ )
So I'm really glad I had enough sense not to pay attention to first impressions with Brenna Yovanoff's The Space Between.
Pandemonium, otherwise known as hell, is a city of steel and metal.
"Daphne is the half-demon, half-fallen angel daughter of Lucifer and Lilith. Life for her is an endless expanse of time, until her brother Obie is kidnapped—and Daphne realizes she may be partially responsible.
Determined to find him, Daphne travels from her home in Pandemonium to the vast streets of Earth, where everything is colder and more terrifying. With the help of the human boy she believes was the last person to see her brother alive, Daphne glimpses into his dreams, discovering clues to Obie’s whereabouts.
As she delves deeper into her demonic powers, she must navigate the jealousies and alliances of the violent archangels who stand in her way"
Everything about it just didn't appeal to me - the cover (which I now find really awesome XD ), the storyline, even the characters - though I was rather impressed with Brenna's debut, The Replacements.
There's just so many YA novels out there about girl goes on quest, meets love of her life, external parties interfere, yada, yada, yada. What's the diff, right?
I was so wrong.
The difference is in the quality of prose, immaculate pacing, well fleshed out and lovable characters whom you accept flaws and all, and - dare I say it - the humanising of demons so much so that you actually feel a sliver of sympathy for what we traditionally think of as the bad guys.
I only wish Truman's name wasn't Truman. Okay, I admit I'm shallow but Truman, seriously? He's supposed to be some skinny, tragic, self-destructive kid and all I can think of is Truman Capote. The old one. Yeah, not sexy, at all. :P
Hmm..
Everything about it just didn't appeal to me - the cover (which I now find really awesome XD ), the storyline, even the characters - though I was rather impressed with Brenna's debut, The Replacements.
The eerily haunting image everyone was talking about.
There's just so many YA novels out there about girl goes on quest, meets love of her life, external parties interfere, yada, yada, yada. What's the diff, right?
I was so wrong.
The difference is in the quality of prose, immaculate pacing, well fleshed out and lovable characters whom you accept flaws and all, and - dare I say it - the humanising of demons so much so that you actually feel a sliver of sympathy for what we traditionally think of as the bad guys.
I only wish Truman's name wasn't Truman. Okay, I admit I'm shallow but Truman, seriously? He's supposed to be some skinny, tragic, self-destructive kid and all I can think of is Truman Capote. The old one. Yeah, not sexy, at all. :P
Hmm..
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