A review by rosekk
Smoulder by Brenna Yovanoff

5.0

I read her other book, 'The Replacement', years ago and loved it. I was pleased when I found this one, but a little worried that her writing wouldn't be as good as I remembered it. There are a lot of teen books/writers that I loved at the time but find lacking now, and only a few who have withstood my changing tastes. Yovanoff remains as good as ever to my eyes, and I hope to read more of her work. Her ideas seem unique when compared to other YA fantasy stories - the standard themes are the same: the replacement features fairies, and this features demons, but she works with them very differently. For one, her work feels genuinely dark - not just angsty etc. The architecture of Pandemonium was different and interesting. All in all a good read.