A review by amarylissw
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
4.0
This is a hard book for me to rate, simply because of the drastic changes of the tone a quarter way through the book.
We start off with Darcy and her friends, and the new guy, Conn, who seems mysterious, and strangely interested in Darcy. The two become art partners and form a connection. At this point, I was just a little involved with the book. Both Darcy and Conn were a bit bland to me, but then things really picked up. At first, I was a bit weirded out by the onslaught of information and the changes the characters went through. Then, I become actively involved in the story, and I loved it.
While there is much to be desired, the plot, characters, and setting remain fairly solid. I started to fall in love with Conn and Darcy, and their interactions. The side characters had small parts, but they were pretty memorable, something that is nearly unheard of in today's YA books.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and, given some more time to reflect upon it, might even consider buying it. I admit, I was slightly disappointed when I came on Goodreads to see that there wasn't a sequel in the making. Oh, well. It's a great stand-alone novel, nonetheless.
EDIT: I also just found out that I've had experience with this author before in form of "The Winner's Curse." I thought the author's name was familiar. Hm. I might have to watch this one. Two books that I loved each time? I gotta have more.
We start off with Darcy and her friends, and the new guy, Conn, who seems mysterious, and strangely interested in Darcy. The two become art partners and form a connection. At this point, I was just a little involved with the book. Both Darcy and Conn were a bit bland to me, but then things really picked up. At first, I was a bit weirded out by the onslaught of information and the changes the characters went through. Then, I become actively involved in the story, and I loved it.
While there is much to be desired, the plot, characters, and setting remain fairly solid. I started to fall in love with Conn and Darcy, and their interactions. The side characters had small parts, but they were pretty memorable, something that is nearly unheard of in today's YA books.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and, given some more time to reflect upon it, might even consider buying it. I admit, I was slightly disappointed when I came on Goodreads to see that there wasn't a sequel in the making. Oh, well. It's a great stand-alone novel, nonetheless.
EDIT: I also just found out that I've had experience with this author before in form of "The Winner's Curse." I thought the author's name was familiar. Hm. I might have to watch this one. Two books that I loved each time? I gotta have more.