e-ARC, 384 pages
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Published by: Harlequin Teen
The Twixt, #1
Source: Netgalley
For fans of: Fantasy, Romance, YA, Fairies, Sparkly CoversSome things are permanent.
Indelible.
And they cannot be changed back.
Joy Malone learns this the night she sees a stranger with all-black eyes across a crowded room—right before the mystery boy tries to cut out her eye. Instead, the wound accidentally marks her as property of Indelible Ink, and this dangerous mistake thrusts Joy into an incomprehensible world—a world of monsters at the window, glowing girls on the doorstep, and a life that will never be the same.
Now, Joy must pretend to be Ink’s chosen one—his helper, his love, his something for the foreseeable future…and failure to be convincing means a painful death for them both. Swept into a world of monsters, illusion, immortal honor and revenge, Joy discovers that sometimes, there are no mistakes.
Somewhere between reality and myth lies…
*MY THOUGHTS*
If you’ve followed my blog for awhile, you will know that this is my first review about a book with fairies. I don’t normally like fairies, but I saw the cover for this one and decided I wanted to read it… (Yes I know its a bad habit lol) But overall, it wasn’t a terrible read. There were some things I was annoyed at, but it wasn’t bad enough for me to swear off the rest of the series.
One thing I was a little unnerved about was the use of unnecessary facts. I call that “fluff.” They are fillers to make the book longer. For example, “She got up, wincing around an old injury of two broken toes…” I just didn’t see the relevance to the rest of the story. It was just something I could do without. Now if that were the only time, I would have been ok with that, but it was throughout the ENTIRE story.
Another thing I didn’t like was the choppy writing style. I’m not sure if it was because this was an e-ARC or what, but there weren’t any chapter markers and it was driving me insane. I was confused whenever they jumped from subject to subject. I felt like it was just all over the place. It was a lot to process.
What I did like was the way it jumped right into the action. There was honestly never a dull moment in the book. It kept me going and worried about what would happen next. I just wish the creepy parts were a bit more creepy.
Overall, I’m happy I decided to pick up this book. It really opened up my world to a different genre. But there were some things I wish I could change.
