I thought today would be the perfect day to review this unicorn of a book. It is All Saints' Day—a fitting day to revisit all the crooked ones, no? It is also the first day of November and so, today, . . . well, you know the rest. What I'm saying is, today is kind of the perfect day to do all the Maggie Stiefvater-related things! Which is, of course, why I'll be attending her signing event later this evening at my local indie, key in hand. I know. I win today. I do. What I do not do is take it for granted. My good fortune or this book. This beautiful, beautiful book. But before we get into my reaction, I want to make a brief request. If you haven't yet had a chance to read Maggie's post on how this book came about and what it was originally going to be and what it actually became, I straight up implore you to do so. It is one of my favorite things I've read this year and it is something I needed to read this year. My favorite line? "I discovered that I wa…
Definitely following the YAckers escapades!
ReplyDeleteEm, hope they amuse. :)
DeleteI have a "lone downer" sign if you want to borrow it. I can make copies.
ReplyDeleteDonna, I'll take two. One for me and one to hand out when the occasion requires.
DeleteJust read over there. While I did end up liking the book, the instalove thing got to me too. I know there was a justification for it, but still, I didn't find Akiva a compelling love interest.
ReplyDeleteEmilia, in general instalove bugs me. It can work in some cases, but this was sadly not one of them. He wasn't compelling. He should never have fallen for her.
DeleteHah, lone downer. I definitely have to laugh a little at that.
ReplyDeleteApril, laugh it up fuzzball. ;)
DeleteI've definitely been the lone downer on certain books, but I loved this one.
ReplyDeleteI know you did! It makes me feel worse. I don't know what happened but I fell out of love along the way.
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