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The Book of Living Secrets
by Madeleine Roux
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The Book of Living Secrets is Lovecraftian horror (love it), with positive LGBTQIA+ representation (fantastic), and is YA to boot. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The central characters are Adelle and Connie - two teens who love a particular book enough to do some dark mojo in order to actually enter the story. But the world they end up in is more hellscape than period romance. Cue the chaos! It's an excellent concept with some truly gruesome monsters.
The pacing was a bit uneven, lagging a bit in the middle of the story. But it did pick up in the end, resulting in a rapid fire final fight that I thought was very entertaining.
But then there's the last page - holy crap. This book is screaming for a sequel. I had to read the very end twice because it totally threw me for a loop. What an ending - I loved it.
The central characters are Adelle and Connie - two teens who love a particular book enough to do some dark mojo in order to actually enter the story. But the world they end up in is more hellscape than period romance. Cue the chaos! It's an excellent concept with some truly gruesome monsters.
The pacing was a bit uneven, lagging a bit in the middle of the story. But it did pick up in the end, resulting in a rapid fire final fight that I thought was very entertaining.
But then there's the last page - holy crap. This book is screaming for a sequel. I had to read the very end twice because it totally threw me for a loop. What an ending - I loved it.