Goodreads Summary:
There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake. The first of two books.
Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.
My Review:
I liked the idea of this book. It originally got into my TBR because an OwlCrate item was based upon it and I liked the wooden art print and the book itself. I love urban fantasy, but NOT dystopia, so this did create a little internal conflict for me. Also, Kate was a heroine who didn’t seem quite likable and August just seemed problematic. Putting the characters aside, the plot got a little confusing sometimes and it was hard to keep track of good and evil and who was caught up in whose plan. However, it was certainly captivating. I actually read this book a couple weeks ago and found it to be worth the time. It moved a little slowly, but I did like that romance was never really on the minds of August nor Kate. They were simply allies, which was much more important in this dystopian world Schwab created. There were definitely some flaws in this book, but I could see reading another book by the author in the future.
This book is a little slow, but I would still recommend this book to people who like fantasy with a more sci-fi feeling. It was just mediocre. I wouldn’t reread it, but I would recommend it to others. Like another reviewer said on Goodreads, I felt for some reason that I shouldn’t have liked it. There was nothing fundamentally wrong with this book, but I can’t in good conscious really sing its praises. It is worth reading, though.
Overall, I would give this book…
⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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