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Showing posts with label Brenna Yovanoff. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday: The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:


Description

Everything is made of steel, even the flowers. How can you love anything in a place like this?

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. But she also discovers, unexpectedly, what it means to love and be human in a world where human is the hardest thing to be.

This second novel by rising star Brenna Yovanoff is a story of identity, discovery, and a troubled love between two people struggling to find their place both in our world and theirs.

About the Author

Brenna Yovanoff's (www.brennayovanoff.com) debut novel, The Replacement, was an instant New York Times bestseller. She has an MFA in creative writing from Colorado State University and currently lives in Denver.

Details

  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Razorbill (November 15, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1595143394
  • ISBN-13: 978-1595143396
Another awesome cover from Brenna Yovanoff -- Another book I NEED right now....


    Saturday, November 13, 2010

    AND THE WINNER IS: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

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    Friday, October 29, 2010

    REVIEW: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

     

     

    Description

    Mackie Doyle is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is fighting to survive in the human world. Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs.
    Edward Scissorhands meets The Catcher in the Rye in this wildly imaginative and frighteningly beautiful horror novel about an unusual boy and his search for a place to belong.

    About the Author

    Brenna Yovanoff is a debut author who has published in various journals. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

    Product Details

    • Reading level: Young Adult
    • Hardcover: 352 pages
    • Publisher: Razorbill (September 21, 2010)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 1595143378
    • ISBN-13: 978-1595143372
    SOURCE: Publisher



    LOVED IT

    This story really defines creepiness and how a seemly normal community has an literally underground magical problem.  Mackie is a replacement child in which the fairy (the author doesn't specifically use that term) switch out a human baby for one of theirs, one mostly likely to die. I feel in love with Mackie and how his family loves him even though he is not really theirs.  His sister Emma states that she decided to care for him by saying "I choose to care for you" and I am paraphrasing here.  I really hope that this will be made into a series since I am still thinking about the characters. You will probably love this one if you enjoy Holly Black.


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    This giveaway is sponsored by ME and Razorbill since they sent me the ARC.
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