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The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Mar. 31st, 2012 11:01 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Mackie Doyle is the Replacement. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, Mackie comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement – left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood and consecrated ground, Mackie is slowly dying in the human world.
Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practise on his guitar or spend time with an oddly intriguing girl called Tate. But when Tate’s baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place – in our world, or theirs.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Brenna Yovanoff’s debut YA novel is an eerie, strangely compelling and yet frustrating and difficult read, which stands out in the crowded YA fantasy market. I had a number of problems with it – the main character’s difficult to engage with, the story’s slow to start and too quick to resolve and the side characters (with the exception of Tate) feel undercooked and there to serve the plot. But there is an eerie, wrongness to it, the descriptions are haunting and disturbingly beautiful and the story lingered with me after I finished it. For that reason, I think that it’s well worth checking out.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the free copy of this book.
Mackie Doyle is the Replacement. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, Mackie comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement – left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood and consecrated ground, Mackie is slowly dying in the human world.
Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practise on his guitar or spend time with an oddly intriguing girl called Tate. But when Tate’s baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place – in our world, or theirs.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Brenna Yovanoff’s debut YA novel is an eerie, strangely compelling and yet frustrating and difficult read, which stands out in the crowded YA fantasy market. I had a number of problems with it – the main character’s difficult to engage with, the story’s slow to start and too quick to resolve and the side characters (with the exception of Tate) feel undercooked and there to serve the plot. But there is an eerie, wrongness to it, the descriptions are haunting and disturbingly beautiful and the story lingered with me after I finished it. For that reason, I think that it’s well worth checking out.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the free copy of this book.
