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A review by michalice
The Taker by Alma Katsu
3.0
I got my copy of this book from the author herself after she contacted me regarding a review and after having heard glowing praise of this book from my friend I accepted a copy.
From the moment I started The Taker I was introduced to the main character, Lanore, and Luke, who would later be he partner in crime and got to witness what makes Lanore so special, and the reasons for why she murdered Jonathan.
Lanore takes us on a journey, through the past to see her growing up with her Puritan family in St Andrew, Maine during the early 1800's. We get to see her fall in love with Jonathan, someone who is beyond her reach, and have her heart broken, only to foolishly go back to him and end up bringing shame to her family. She is shipped off to Boston and falls in with an unruly group of people who we later get to know better as Tilde, Alejandro, Dona, and their 'maker' Adair.
The Taker takes us on a journey full of intrigue, suspicion, secrets, lies and love. We get to follow the emotional roller coaster of Lanore's feelings and thoughts as to what is happening, not only to her, but also around her and to people who come into contact with their little group. The chapters are broken into differing time periods, present time being sparsely intersected between Lanore's past. Although it took me a while to actually make a start on The Taker, and to also finish it, overall I thought it was a good read. I felt that some parts of the past seemed to drag on a bit too long for my liking, but I really enjoyed the chapters in present day and am looking forward to seeing what else an happen next in Lanore's story.
From the moment I started The Taker I was introduced to the main character, Lanore, and Luke, who would later be he partner in crime and got to witness what makes Lanore so special, and the reasons for why she murdered Jonathan.
Lanore takes us on a journey, through the past to see her growing up with her Puritan family in St Andrew, Maine during the early 1800's. We get to see her fall in love with Jonathan, someone who is beyond her reach, and have her heart broken, only to foolishly go back to him and end up bringing shame to her family. She is shipped off to Boston and falls in with an unruly group of people who we later get to know better as Tilde, Alejandro, Dona, and their 'maker' Adair.
The Taker takes us on a journey full of intrigue, suspicion, secrets, lies and love. We get to follow the emotional roller coaster of Lanore's feelings and thoughts as to what is happening, not only to her, but also around her and to people who come into contact with their little group. The chapters are broken into differing time periods, present time being sparsely intersected between Lanore's past. Although it took me a while to actually make a start on The Taker, and to also finish it, overall I thought it was a good read. I felt that some parts of the past seemed to drag on a bit too long for my liking, but I really enjoyed the chapters in present day and am looking forward to seeing what else an happen next in Lanore's story.