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samantha_randolph 's review for:
The Archived
by V.E. Schwab
Short and Sweet:
I am completely blown away by this book's awesomeness. There's so much great action that it was hard to put down!
To Elaborate...
Mac is a Keeper, someone who works to keep Histories where they belong in the Archive, a place where the dead are categorized and kept. Since her family moved to a historical hotel after her brother's death, more and more Histories have gotten loose, enough to make Mac suspect maybe someone in the Archive is helping them. She has to figure out exactly what's going on before chaos is unleashed everywhere.
I had heard so many good things about Victoria Schwab's books that I was so happy to finally pick up a copy of The Archived and read it. It absolutely lived up to the wonderful expectations I had. Schwab's writing is perfectly unique and full of insanely beautiful descriptions. There's a kind of mesmerizing and smooth quality to the writing that had me constantly turning the pages and not realizing just how lost I was getting in the story.
The Histories and the Archive were a little confusing at first, but mainly because I haven't read anything like it before. Mac lives in our modern world, but she has the task of working with the Archive to keep Histories in their place and out of the Narrows, or her own world. Histories are kind of like dead people but it's more they just have their human body shape while there actually 'filling' is their history and memories, their 'records' of their life. That probably sounds confusing, but it makes total sense once you really get into the story, and it's completely fascinating.
There is a touching romance/friendship with Wes going on, and I love how Schwab does it. The romance isn't a big focus at all, but there are some warm and fuzzy swoons that give it the perfect dose of potential shipping. I know that as much as I love a strong romance, I often find myself wishing for something that might have romance, but focuses majorly on something else like the action or mystery, and The Archived does exactly that.
Overall, this is such a beautiful and gorgeous read. I need to buy the sequel as soon as possible. I definitely recommend this one!
Originally posted at I Heart YA Fiction: http://iheartyafiction.blogspot.com/2014/09/throwback-thursday-review-archived-by.html
I am completely blown away by this book's awesomeness. There's so much great action that it was hard to put down!
To Elaborate...
Mac is a Keeper, someone who works to keep Histories where they belong in the Archive, a place where the dead are categorized and kept. Since her family moved to a historical hotel after her brother's death, more and more Histories have gotten loose, enough to make Mac suspect maybe someone in the Archive is helping them. She has to figure out exactly what's going on before chaos is unleashed everywhere.
I had heard so many good things about Victoria Schwab's books that I was so happy to finally pick up a copy of The Archived and read it. It absolutely lived up to the wonderful expectations I had. Schwab's writing is perfectly unique and full of insanely beautiful descriptions. There's a kind of mesmerizing and smooth quality to the writing that had me constantly turning the pages and not realizing just how lost I was getting in the story.
The Histories and the Archive were a little confusing at first, but mainly because I haven't read anything like it before. Mac lives in our modern world, but she has the task of working with the Archive to keep Histories in their place and out of the Narrows, or her own world. Histories are kind of like dead people but it's more they just have their human body shape while there actually 'filling' is their history and memories, their 'records' of their life. That probably sounds confusing, but it makes total sense once you really get into the story, and it's completely fascinating.
There is a touching romance/friendship with Wes going on, and I love how Schwab does it. The romance isn't a big focus at all, but there are some warm and fuzzy swoons that give it the perfect dose of potential shipping. I know that as much as I love a strong romance, I often find myself wishing for something that might have romance, but focuses majorly on something else like the action or mystery, and The Archived does exactly that.
Overall, this is such a beautiful and gorgeous read. I need to buy the sequel as soon as possible. I definitely recommend this one!
Originally posted at I Heart YA Fiction: http://iheartyafiction.blogspot.com/2014/09/throwback-thursday-review-archived-by.html