A review by elissapoletti
Gallant by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Of the two Schwab books I've now read (Addie LaRue being the other), she writes in a very poetic, sort of singsong, drawn out way. Sometimes I find it really beautiful but other times I find it can take too much away from the movement of the story and things become long winded. I really liked the story of Gallant and when I first started reading it, the writing style excited me, but as I got further into the book I was finding myself less excited to pick it up as it did seem to be getting a bit drawn out. It is still a great original story though and it had a very gothic feel to it. I do find Schwab's writing a bit vague sometimes, and can find I don't entirely know what is going on at certain points, but I think everything made sense in the end.