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This book started off really strong and promising. I enjoyed the settings of Prague and Morocco and thought the author really brought these places to life. I also liked the main YA female protagonist. Karou was strong, smart, and talented. An art-student who did not know a lot about her past and was living between two worlds. The mythology and world-building was good and interesting and different from others YA books I have read, with religious undertones. Then... the cliched Romeo-and-Juliet st
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5 Stars
Wow, I devoured this in one sitting! I've had this on my tbr for 3 years and now I wish I'd picked it up sooner. This is one entrancing world traversing adventure with genuinely interesting characters and well thought out mythos. I experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions throughout this and can't wait to find out what happens next even though part of me is also terrified for what that could mean for the characters. ...more
Wow, I devoured this in one sitting! I've had this on my tbr for 3 years and now I wish I'd picked it up sooner. This is one entrancing world traversing adventure with genuinely interesting characters and well thought out mythos. I experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions throughout this and can't wait to find out what happens next even though part of me is also terrified for what that could mean for the characters. ...more
Apr 08, 2013
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This is like Romeo and Juliet on mind-altering substances. Complete fantasy and escapist reading, but a good one of its genre. For most of the book there are multiple un-answered questions; why the teeth? what is the significance of the wishbone? and who (or what) on earth is the main character, apart from a blue-haired tooth collecting courier with a very weird family and a home with portals that lead anywhere? Her world falls apart and comes together entirely differently.
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Wow, this was good. I need to take a break before I start the second book though.
I started listening to the audiobook and was annoyed by the nearly constant sarcasm in the narrator's voice. I picked up reading where I stopped listening and enjoyed it a lot more. ...more
I started listening to the audiobook and was annoyed by the nearly constant sarcasm in the narrator's voice. I picked up reading where I stopped listening and enjoyed it a lot more. ...more
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