Really boring..... nothing really happens...

Edit: December 20,2012

Can't bring myself to finish this novel....



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I have to admit I wasn't expecting all that much from this series really. It's gritty and loose, but then there were moments that utterly stole me. Where the careless, heartlessness of someone surprised me. Where the hope and tenderness made me suddenly tear up. There was more to keep me here than there was to encourage me to leave.

(And it was this series that had me track down much of what Ms. Black has written.) ( )

I liked this one a little less than Tithe, but I really enjoyed how it was all tied back together so you know that this is the same world in the same era. I believe this book focused too heavily on the idea of Never while that should have just been a side note. As a character, Val didn't seem to have the addictive personality and her tendacy towards physical outrage also seemed a little odd, compared to how she acted and the choices she made. I guess it made for an interesting main character, though. I look forward to the next book, however, as I do enjoy Black's writing. ( )

Odd, I didn't care for Holly Black when I read her first book, but now I can't get enough. Go Holly! Great book, very dark. Fairies, mostly frightening ones, youth and grief, drug use, betrayals, and destructive behavior dealt with well. ( )

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