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A review by kateywumpus
The Feast Makers by August Clarke
4.0
The Feast Makers is the last in the Scapegracers trilogy, and it's just as good as the other two books, even though I had to put this down in a couple of places and pick it back up later. It's not because of the writing or anything. It's still a really, really good book. It's just that the main character is a teenager who does *incredibly stupid* teenager things, and there were a couple of parts where the secondhand embarrassment I felt was just a bit too much.
This actually highlights one of the things that I really like about this series. The teenagers actually *act like teenagers.* They have the kind of self-assurance and swagger that you only get when you're in high school, where you think adults are kind of out-of-touch idiots and you don't really think about the consequences of your actions because you're so sure that whatever they are you can handle them. A lot of books that have teenagers like this agree with the teenagers. Yeah, the adults are kind of idiots and out of touch. Yeah, the consequences of their actions are perfectly within their capability to handle. Not this series. The kids make mistakes. They get in over their heads. The adults, yeah, sometimes know what it is that they're talking about. It's brilliant.
This book, specifically, is about change. The ending of things that lead to new beginnings. It's the coven's senior year in high school and they have to come to grips with the fact that they're not always going to be together, and what does that mean for their coven? Well, that and facing down a veritable army of which hunters. How do you move on from trauma? What does it mean to be your true self? It delves into these kinds of things.
All in all, I can't recommend this series enough. The prose is snappy, and the characters are engaging, and the world building is top notch. Go out and give them a try. 4 stars.
This actually highlights one of the things that I really like about this series. The teenagers actually *act like teenagers.* They have the kind of self-assurance and swagger that you only get when you're in high school, where you think adults are kind of out-of-touch idiots and you don't really think about the consequences of your actions because you're so sure that whatever they are you can handle them. A lot of books that have teenagers like this agree with the teenagers. Yeah, the adults are kind of idiots and out of touch. Yeah, the consequences of their actions are perfectly within their capability to handle. Not this series. The kids make mistakes. They get in over their heads. The adults, yeah, sometimes know what it is that they're talking about. It's brilliant.
This book, specifically, is about change. The ending of things that lead to new beginnings. It's the coven's senior year in high school and they have to come to grips with the fact that they're not always going to be together, and what does that mean for their coven? Well, that and facing down a veritable army of which hunters. How do you move on from trauma? What does it mean to be your true self? It delves into these kinds of things.
All in all, I can't recommend this series enough. The prose is snappy, and the characters are engaging, and the world building is top notch. Go out and give them a try. 4 stars.