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A review by devannm
Roadkill by Rob Thurman
5.0
We used to have a neighbor when I was ten, for a few months before we moved again as we always did. She’d once told me that I was no better than I had to be. I hadn’t gotten that as a kid, and Niko for once hadn’t felt the need to explain it to me. No better than I had to be; seriously, what did that mean? I’d long since learned what it meant, and I knew Suyolak was no better than he had to be either, certainly no kinder than he had to be.
IT'S ROAD TRIP TIME! Sure it might be a cliche, but shoving Robin into a car with anyone and driving across the country is bound to be a disaster, especially when it means he has to be away from his new boyfriend ;) Anyway, I just really love this book and you could hardly pick a more mismatched group of people to throw in a car together. Obviously a classic trope for a reason.
There's a lot of great character dynamics going on with the close quarters, and it's great to see more of Rafferty and Catcher. I also love Catcher's POV and the parallels between Rafferty & Catcher and Niko & Cal. I'm a bit disappointed that Promise was not included here, but I absolutely love Deliilah so it's great to see more of her. I know it's by no means a 'healthy' relationship, but I love her and Cal together and if nothing else at least they are being 'honestly dishonest' with each other as Niko would say. Too bad she took things a bit too far finally.
Suyolak is a great villain and as a result this book has a lot of great body horror moments with all the diseases and really just a lot more 'horror movie' moments in general so it's nice to get a slightly different tone than some of the other books. Also I love the progression of Cal's Auphe powers here, although they do suffer a setback as well. I know it's awful but the more Auphe Cal is the happier I am, which is why the next book in the series is always a struggle for me -_-; Oh well, onwards and upwards!
IT'S ROAD TRIP TIME! Sure it might be a cliche, but shoving Robin into a car with anyone and driving across the country is bound to be a disaster, especially when it means he has to be away from his new boyfriend ;) Anyway, I just really love this book and you could hardly pick a more mismatched group of people to throw in a car together. Obviously a classic trope for a reason.
There's a lot of great character dynamics going on with the close quarters, and it's great to see more of Rafferty and Catcher. I also love Catcher's POV and the parallels between Rafferty & Catcher and Niko & Cal. I'm a bit disappointed that Promise was not included here, but I absolutely love Deliilah so it's great to see more of her. I know it's by no means a 'healthy' relationship, but I love her and Cal together and if nothing else at least they are being 'honestly dishonest' with each other as Niko would say. Too bad she took things a bit too far finally.
Suyolak is a great villain and as a result this book has a lot of great body horror moments with all the diseases and really just a lot more 'horror movie' moments in general so it's nice to get a slightly different tone than some of the other books. Also I love the progression of Cal's Auphe powers here, although they do suffer a setback as well. I know it's awful but the more Auphe Cal is the happier I am, which is why the next book in the series is always a struggle for me -_-; Oh well, onwards and upwards!