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A review by mabookyard
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
5.0
My Rating : 5π
First read of the year 2019 and I am already bawling my eyes out with that ending!! To say that I loved it is such an understatement!! π
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'They had something worth dying for. Ah, but you have something they don't. And what's that? Something worth living for'
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This book follows the perspective of two characters Thomas Fawkes, who is turning into a stone because of a stone plague, and Emma who is an Igniter with secrets of her own. The setting of the world was really unique and the concept of Keepers & Igniters, and the history between them were intriguing and I enjoyed it! Each person gets bonded to one color and draws power from that color with the help of a mask made by their parents.
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First of all, the characters, their insecurities, and the secrets they keep were all bound together in a very good way. The relationships between the characters were very interesting to read about especially between Thomas and his father. You could physically feel the discomfort, the guilt and the happiness, and that made me bond with the book and the characters even more!. I really liked the way Emma and Thomas helped each other with their difficult times and I found them pretty cute!
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The first few chapters might be a little boring and feel like a typical high school drama, but trust me, it gets really better. The way each character grows in their own way, how they start realizing the things they want in life and prioritize it, and how the decision made by a single character results in a series of catastrophic events! It really gets heartbreaking towards the end. The ending is not abrupt, you already know it is going to happen, but the way it happens makes you want to pour your heart out and just go sit in a corner and not do anything for days. The ending really packed a punch which I absolutely loved!
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I would have been even more invested and excited about the book if the other characters could have gotten a little bit of spotlight too. Nonetheless, I absolutely loved this book and it is definitely safe to say that I am not over that ending. Overall, if you are a fan of really good writing, amazing world, complex characters, a really good character and plot development, with a shit ton of heartbreak towards the end, PICK THIS BOOK UP! I really liked it.
First read of the year 2019 and I am already bawling my eyes out with that ending!! To say that I loved it is such an understatement!! π
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'They had something worth dying for. Ah, but you have something they don't. And what's that? Something worth living for'
.
This book follows the perspective of two characters Thomas Fawkes, who is turning into a stone because of a stone plague, and Emma who is an Igniter with secrets of her own. The setting of the world was really unique and the concept of Keepers & Igniters, and the history between them were intriguing and I enjoyed it! Each person gets bonded to one color and draws power from that color with the help of a mask made by their parents.
.
First of all, the characters, their insecurities, and the secrets they keep were all bound together in a very good way. The relationships between the characters were very interesting to read about especially between Thomas and his father. You could physically feel the discomfort, the guilt and the happiness, and that made me bond with the book and the characters even more!. I really liked the way Emma and Thomas helped each other with their difficult times and I found them pretty cute!
.
The first few chapters might be a little boring and feel like a typical high school drama, but trust me, it gets really better. The way each character grows in their own way, how they start realizing the things they want in life and prioritize it, and how the decision made by a single character results in a series of catastrophic events! It really gets heartbreaking towards the end. The ending is not abrupt, you already know it is going to happen, but the way it happens makes you want to pour your heart out and just go sit in a corner and not do anything for days. The ending really packed a punch which I absolutely loved!
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I would have been even more invested and excited about the book if the other characters could have gotten a little bit of spotlight too. Nonetheless, I absolutely loved this book and it is definitely safe to say that I am not over that ending. Overall, if you are a fan of really good writing, amazing world, complex characters, a really good character and plot development, with a shit ton of heartbreak towards the end, PICK THIS BOOK UP! I really liked it.