It feels so good to be reading, again!
These Things Hidden was a real page turner. I gulped it in just a couple days. Alison is twenty-two and has just been released from jail for murdering her newborn five years earlier. Her parents and younger sister want nothing to do with her.
Her younger sister Brynn is trying to make a life for herself away from her hometown but can't get past the horrible events that happened the night her sister gave birth.
Now, Alison must try to find a way to go on with her life and make amends with her family.
This is a chick book, to be sure, but I liked it.
If any of you participate in Sunday Scribblings, you'll recognize the name Laini Taylor as one of the original authors of that meme. That's where I first found her. I checked out her blog just as she was getting ready to give birth to her adorable daughter Clementine Pie and keep going back to see pictures of her as she grows up.
Laini writes a genre (YA fantasy) I don't normally go for but I thought I'd give her book a try since it was getting rave reviews. I'm so glad I did. She's a wonderful writer!
Karou is a blue-haired teenager living in Prague going to art school. But she isn't like most normal teenagers; she was raised by devils and must occasionally leave her regular world to collect teeth for Brimstone, her "father."
Then she meets Akiva, an angel, and her enemy. They are drawn to one another even though Akiva is still in mourning for his lost love Madrigal.
The age-old enemies-faling-in-love theme is given a new twist in this novel. But, even more than the compelling scenario is the writing. Ahhh, the writing! It is so beautiful! Not a page goes by where there isn't a wonderful description to please my poetic heart.
And, now, I'm on to Stephen King's latest 11/22/63. More fantasy! Hmmm...what's going on with me?
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