A review by ryan_dm
The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey by Shawn Speakman
2.0
What a pretty cover!
What about the story?
What a pretty cover!!!
No, seriously. What about the story?
I abandoned it after reading 25%. There's only so much stupid and clunky writing I can tolerate, even from YA.
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A collection of aggravating excerpts:
“Do you think they would have killed me?”Antiquity asked. The old woman squinted. “Maybe. The Dreadth family has always delighted in violence against others. And that Manson . . . he likes it more than most his age.”
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Vestige darkened. “You are naive and foolish, Antiquity. I have seen what happens to those who challenge the Dreadths,”the old woman hissed, growing angry. “The men, gone. Buried in the mines. Women too. I have lives to keep safe beyond your own. If you do this, I will have to denounce you as a heretic, in public before the Elders. You often do the opposite of what I tell you. It will be the only way to keep the few of us left alive. There will come a time when your discovery will matter. For all of us. That time is not now. Not yet.”
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“Trust me. I am old and have seen much. I have a plan to deal with the Dreadths. Always.”
“What plan?”
“In time, you will come to know it and see as I do,” Vestige said. “In time.”
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New anger flooded through Antiquity. Vestige Angelus had used her sixteen-year-old granddaughter’s life to barter. For societal standing. Used her. One word echoed inside her. Betrayed. “The families of Dreadth and Angelus shall be wedded through the union of my son Manson and Antiquity,” Jackson Dreadth said.
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Thanks to Netgalley for providing this ARC.
What about the story?
What a pretty cover!!!
No, seriously. What about the story?
I abandoned it after reading 25%. There's only so much stupid and clunky writing I can tolerate, even from YA.
___________
___________
A collection of aggravating excerpts:
“Do you think they would have killed me?”Antiquity asked. The old woman squinted. “Maybe. The Dreadth family has always delighted in violence against others. And that Manson . . . he likes it more than most his age.”
_____________
Vestige darkened. “You are naive and foolish, Antiquity. I have seen what happens to those who challenge the Dreadths,”the old woman hissed, growing angry. “The men, gone. Buried in the mines. Women too. I have lives to keep safe beyond your own. If you do this, I will have to denounce you as a heretic, in public before the Elders. You often do the opposite of what I tell you. It will be the only way to keep the few of us left alive. There will come a time when your discovery will matter. For all of us. That time is not now. Not yet.”
_________
“Trust me. I am old and have seen much. I have a plan to deal with the Dreadths. Always.”
“What plan?”
“In time, you will come to know it and see as I do,” Vestige said. “In time.”
__________
New anger flooded through Antiquity. Vestige Angelus had used her sixteen-year-old granddaughter’s life to barter. For societal standing. Used her. One word echoed inside her. Betrayed. “The families of Dreadth and Angelus shall be wedded through the union of my son Manson and Antiquity,” Jackson Dreadth said.
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Thanks to Netgalley for providing this ARC.