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grav_ityStraight up: author is a good friend and book one (BEWARE THE WILD) was my favourite book of 2014. Obvious bias is obvious.
THAT SAID.
I really like this book a lot. Parker is so good at putting words together, which sounds like a ridiculous thing to say about a writer, because: obviously, but never once do her metaphors stumble. Never does her prose over-reach or get tangled up in its own vines. It's just perfection, and I have no idea how she does it.
Candy, who was a side character in BTW and moves to the protagonist spot in BTB, is amazing. I love her for her suredness and her aggressiveness. I love that she's never mean or petty, even though she's kind of a jerk sometimes. I love the way she sees the world, and the way she comes to see the world.
What's cool about Candy is that she's the one who can't see magic. She knows more about this swamp that (used to) eat people, but she can't actually see any of it for herself...except for the tiny crack that she can. I love it because it means she has to believe her friends because she wants to, but also because it does really cool things to her perceptions and to her mission and to her self.
So many girls in this book. Heck, so many boys in this book. All of them wonderful.
And, not for nothing, this book will probably win Best Use of Family Remains at this year's Random Yet Incredibly Specific Book Awards.
THAT SAID.
I really like this book a lot. Parker is so good at putting words together, which sounds like a ridiculous thing to say about a writer, because: obviously, but never once do her metaphors stumble. Never does her prose over-reach or get tangled up in its own vines. It's just perfection, and I have no idea how she does it.
Candy, who was a side character in BTW and moves to the protagonist spot in BTB, is amazing. I love her for her suredness and her aggressiveness. I love that she's never mean or petty, even though she's kind of a jerk sometimes. I love the way she sees the world, and the way she comes to see the world.
What's cool about Candy is that she's the one who can't see magic. She knows more about this swamp that (used to) eat people, but she can't actually see any of it for herself...except for the tiny crack that she can. I love it because it means she has to believe her friends because she wants to, but also because it does really cool things to her perceptions and to her mission and to her self.
So many girls in this book. Heck, so many boys in this book. All of them wonderful.
And, not for nothing, this book will probably win Best Use of Family Remains at this year's Random Yet Incredibly Specific Book Awards.
