This has the usual misunderstood quirky yet gorgeous main character trope which I hate. I found it hard to look past that part of the book. The actual plot was pretty good, though the ending was weak.

Some books are so powerful that they stay with you forever, haunting: this is one of them.

Bridge of Clay. In the beginning this book was unassuming, a simple, run-of-the-mill story about family. Or so I thought. By the end of this book I was stunned, crying in bed, because this is the most perfectly executed book I have ever had the pleasure of reading.

This is a book about family, about brotherhood, about love, about a typewriter. It is a book about grief, loss and redemption. It is about the Dunbar boys; the bonds they make, the relationships they have, the things they treasure.

When I finished this book, I was drained. I physically couldn't start another book - because what's the point? After reading something so poignant, so perfect, why read anything else again? I picked this book up because I loved The Book Thief, also written by Markus Zusak - this book couldn't be more different, and yet, strangely, it was the same. In the corners of this book loiters death, but leading the charge is life, love and family.

I cannot recommend this book enough. Each time I think about it I feel teary-eyed and shell-shocked. It's a book that defies expectations, it worms its way into your heart and it stays there, haunting. I know this is a book that will never leave me - and that's fine with me.


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This book is still amazing and hilarious - I can't believe I've stayed away for so long.

Landy's world is enchanting, dangerous and magical in all the best ways. Skulduggery never fails to make me smile and I want to be Valkyrie just as much as I did as a child.

I can't wait to reread the rest of the series and continue to fall in love with the characters all over again.