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Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Although I remember liking books by V. E. Schwab when I was a teenager the last couple of books Iβve picked up by her left me feeling rather underwhelmed. My reading tastes have definitely changed over the years but I hoped that I would always be able to appreciate her storytelling. I was sold on…
2 STARS, 3rd pov, all girls school, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, england, FANTASY, female authors, Gallant, ghosts/spirits, GOTHIC, hauntings, HISTORICAL FICTION, manor/big house, My reviews, Not Like Other Girls, orphans, parallel universes, PARANORMAL, portal fantasy, published in 2022, read in 2022, reading, slow pacing, style over character, V.E. Schwab, YOUNG ADULT -
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Schwab’s aesthetics dominate this novel. There is a focus on how words and phrases sound, which does pay off, in fact, Schwab’s prose is one of the most likeable things of this novel. At times certain turn of phrases or repetitions may come across as pretentious or flowery but I think that for the most…
3 STARS, 3rd pov, academia, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, campus, dark, dark academia, DEATH, existentialism, FANTASY, female authors, friendships, great storytelling, it’s about the *aesthetics*, KIDS WITH POWERS, MAGIC, male friendships, MYSTERY, PARANORMAL, published in 2013, read in 2018, science, SPECULATIVE FICTION, superheroes, toxic relationships, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, URBAN FANTASY, V.E. Schwab, Vicious, YOUNG ADULT
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