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Soooo I basically read this in two reading sessions! Gosh, this was fun -- it's a super quick, enjoyable read, filled with quippy humour & likeable characters & magic and intrigue. I had the occasional scoff-out-loud "are you kidding me?" reaction to some cheesy moments, but to be honest, dramatic cheesiness is kinda part of the charm when you're evoking Gothic romances. Which this did evoke nicely: the sleepy town, the forbidding manor, the mysterious ancestral history, the rainswept brooding anti-hero, the thunderstorm.
I loved the Nancy Drew-esque group of intrepid young investigators; the friendships between Kami, Angela, and Holly; the Lynburn cousins, period, and their introductions; even the minor characters like Rusty (I LOVE YOU RUSTY) and Kami's family. The 'Sassy Gothic' humour definitely had me chuckling almost on every single page in the beginning -- Kami and Angela's exchanges are completely endearing and just the sort of witty, comfortable repartee that two best friends should have. And then the book takes a definite turn towards the darker & creepier the further in it goes, which I also liked.
I don't really want to say much about Kami and Jared because SPOILERS, apart from the fact that I love them. O, my heart. Their connection was fascinating, and something I can honestly say I don't think I've read before in lit.
Kami is funny without being obnoxious, has real flaws yet is just plain fun to be around -- and most of all, I really appreciated seeing a mixed-Asian girl like myself headlining a YA novel.
Now when is the next one coming out, ugh.
I loved the Nancy Drew-esque group of intrepid young investigators; the friendships between Kami, Angela, and Holly; the Lynburn cousins, period, and their introductions; even the minor characters like Rusty (I LOVE YOU RUSTY) and Kami's family. The 'Sassy Gothic' humour definitely had me chuckling almost on every single page in the beginning -- Kami and Angela's exchanges are completely endearing and just the sort of witty, comfortable repartee that two best friends should have. And then the book takes a definite turn towards the darker & creepier the further in it goes, which I also liked.
I don't really want to say much about Kami and Jared because SPOILERS, apart from the fact that I love them. O, my heart. Their connection was fascinating, and something I can honestly say I don't think I've read before in lit.
Kami is funny without being obnoxious, has real flaws yet is just plain fun to be around -- and most of all, I really appreciated seeing a mixed-Asian girl like myself headlining a YA novel.
Now when is the next one coming out, ugh.