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The Dark Vault
by V.E. Schwab
Disclaimer: I bought this on my own for my book club!
Book Series: The Archieved 1-2.5
Rating: 3/5
Publication Date: August 14, 2018
Genre: YA Paranormal
Recommended Age: 15+ (language, some gore, some violence, some mature scenes involving what can be seen as sex)
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 704
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Synopsis: Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost, Da's death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself may crumble and fall.
Review: I felt, overall, that this was a great book. The character development was amazing and the world building was very well done. I loved the writing and I felt that, if you’re a horror fan and/or a ghost fan, then this is a good book/series for you. The book is made up of two books and a short story. The first book went very well done, the pacing was really good, and it was the superior of the two books.
However, I felt that the pacing in the second book was so slow and both books took awhile to get into. The beginnings are the weak points of this book and sometimes the world building is overdone to the point of making the book extremely tedious for the reader. I had issues with the second book of this book. The book was very disjointed and I feel like a lot of the elements I liked in the first book was not present in the second. The second tended to focus more on the high school life of this girl rather than the supernatural aspect of it.
Verdict: It’s a bit tedious, but it’s worth the read if you’re a Schwab fan.
Book Series: The Archieved 1-2.5
Rating: 3/5
Publication Date: August 14, 2018
Genre: YA Paranormal
Recommended Age: 15+ (language, some gore, some violence, some mature scenes involving what can be seen as sex)
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 704
Amazon Link
Synopsis: Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost, Da's death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself may crumble and fall.
Review: I felt, overall, that this was a great book. The character development was amazing and the world building was very well done. I loved the writing and I felt that, if you’re a horror fan and/or a ghost fan, then this is a good book/series for you. The book is made up of two books and a short story. The first book went very well done, the pacing was really good, and it was the superior of the two books.
However, I felt that the pacing in the second book was so slow and both books took awhile to get into. The beginnings are the weak points of this book and sometimes the world building is overdone to the point of making the book extremely tedious for the reader. I had issues with the second book of this book. The book was very disjointed and I feel like a lot of the elements I liked in the first book was not present in the second. The second tended to focus more on the high school life of this girl rather than the supernatural aspect of it.
Verdict: It’s a bit tedious, but it’s worth the read if you’re a Schwab fan.