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A review by mollywetta
The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff
3.0
We're hosting Brenna and the rest of the Merry Fates [a:Tessa Gratton|3111338|Tessa Gratton|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1328563756p2/3111338.jpg] and [a:Maggie Stiefvater|1330292|Maggie Stiefvater|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1268241579p2/1330292.jpg] at the library so I wanted to read some of each of their novels in addition to [b:The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories|13556425|The Curiosities A Collection of Stories |Maggie Stiefvater|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1332779639s/13556425.jpg|19127701] prior to their visit.
I'm a fan of demon-and-angel stories in general, and while this certainly wasn't as good as [b:Daughter of Smoke and Bone|8490112|Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, #1)|Laini Taylor|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1338613368s/8490112.jpg|13355552], it was a quick, enjoyable read.
Daphne, the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer, lives in Pandemonium, the city in hell. The description of her home, with the furnace and the metal and Lilith's garden, the scene for the gorgeous cover, was a beautiful fantasy world.
When her brother Obie decides to move to Earth permanently to be with a woman he has fallen in love with, even though the archangel Azarel hunts and kills demons who live on Earth, Daphne is distraught and goes to find him. From there, we are all but promised she'll fall in love as well.
The plot was a bit thin and the twists not all that exciting. Not a whole lot happened, and the explanation for what did was not always supported. Truman needed more of flushing out, his "inner demons" needed more development. There wasn't enough time for me to grow attached to Obie, so the quest to find him wasn't all that exciting.
I am generally a fan of Catholic mysticism in literature, but the elements that were used didn't seem crucial to the story.
I've said lots of negative things about the book, and really, am not sure that one star separating it from my gushing review of Daughter of Smoke and Bone conveys the difference in the books. But ultimately, I think this is a paranormal romance that a lot of teens will enjoy, and was engrossing enough that I read it in a day (granted, I spent the day waiting in the hospital while my mother had surgery). Brenna's prose isn't the caliber of Laini Taylor's, but it does have a quiet beauty about it.
Certain concepts that I found really compelling are what bumped it up to a 3 star for me, despite the problems I had with the plot. I loved the way Daphne's sisters fed on the despair of humans, and I liked the idea of "the in between places" and wished both of these would have been more developed.
I'm a fan of demon-and-angel stories in general, and while this certainly wasn't as good as [b:Daughter of Smoke and Bone|8490112|Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, #1)|Laini Taylor|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1338613368s/8490112.jpg|13355552], it was a quick, enjoyable read.
Daphne, the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer, lives in Pandemonium, the city in hell. The description of her home, with the furnace and the metal and Lilith's garden, the scene for the gorgeous cover, was a beautiful fantasy world.
When her brother Obie decides to move to Earth permanently to be with a woman he has fallen in love with, even though the archangel Azarel hunts and kills demons who live on Earth, Daphne is distraught and goes to find him. From there, we are all but promised she'll fall in love as well.
The plot was a bit thin and the twists not all that exciting. Not a whole lot happened, and the explanation for what did was not always supported. Truman needed more of flushing out, his "inner demons" needed more development. There wasn't enough time for me to grow attached to Obie, so the quest to find him wasn't all that exciting.
I am generally a fan of Catholic mysticism in literature, but the elements that were used didn't seem crucial to the story.
I've said lots of negative things about the book, and really, am not sure that one star separating it from my gushing review of Daughter of Smoke and Bone conveys the difference in the books. But ultimately, I think this is a paranormal romance that a lot of teens will enjoy, and was engrossing enough that I read it in a day (granted, I spent the day waiting in the hospital while my mother had surgery). Brenna's prose isn't the caliber of Laini Taylor's, but it does have a quiet beauty about it.
Certain concepts that I found really compelling are what bumped it up to a 3 star for me, despite the problems I had with the plot. I loved the way Daphne's sisters fed on the despair of humans, and I liked the idea of "the in between places" and wished both of these would have been more developed.