by Chris Wooding
An intriguing London filled with vicious wyches, horror-lovers will eat this up. Even those who dislike horror, like me, will find this book interesting. Filled to the brim with graphic descriptions and huge monstrosity, this book was a great satisfying surprise. And I definitely love Stitchface...h...
I usually don't keep going when a book is taking me this long to get through. I kept going because for the most part I enjoyed the writing style and I enjoyed the premise of the book. I felt that the relationship between Alaizabel and Thaniel was predictable although there was no real build-up to ...
I'm a great fan of Chris Wooding's writing since reading Poison. That the story is set in a alternative Victorian time makes it even better.I only thought the characters to be a little flat; they could have been more interesting.
I was browsing the YA section of my local library and I stumbled across this book. Or maybe I should say that it called out to me. The blurry cathedral on the cover just promised to be dark and mysterious. I'm a sucker for dark, broody, creepy, gothic (etc) type stories, and this delivered just that...
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I have to say that up until the last few chapters of this book, I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I thought that the author tied this book together really well at the end.The whole story is set in Victorian London and has a very Gothic mood and feel to it. At the beginning of the novel...