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Corsai, Corsai
Tooth and Claw
Shadow and bone
will eat you raw.
Malchai, Malchai
Sharp and sly.
Smile and bite
And drink you dry.
Sunai, Sunai
Eyes Like Coal.
Sing you a song
And steal your soul.
Monsters, Monsters
Big and Small.
They're gonna come
And Eat you all.
A world in which violence begets monsters. The greater the atrocity, the more heinous the beast. That’s the universe Victoria Schwab has masterfully conceived in the darkly delectable urban fantasy This Savage Song. But don’t let the beasties foo ...more
Tooth and Claw
Shadow and bone
will eat you raw.
Malchai, Malchai
Sharp and sly.
Smile and bite
And drink you dry.
Sunai, Sunai
Eyes Like Coal.
Sing you a song
And steal your soul.
Monsters, Monsters
Big and Small.
They're gonna come
And Eat you all.
A world in which violence begets monsters. The greater the atrocity, the more heinous the beast. That’s the universe Victoria Schwab has masterfully conceived in the darkly delectable urban fantasy This Savage Song. But don’t let the beasties foo ...more
I love V.E. Schwab. I'm a huge fan of A Gathering of Shadows, and I have to say, this is one of the best opening lines I've ever read.
The night Kate Harker decided to burn down the school chapel, she wasn't angry or drunk. She was desperate.
I had already been hooked by the concept, a dystopian world based on sin becoming actual monsters? Yes, please! And after that line, there was no turning back.
But the deeper I went into this, the more I felt like it wasn't enough. I think we've all seen the ...more
The night Kate Harker decided to burn down the school chapel, she wasn't angry or drunk. She was desperate.
I had already been hooked by the concept, a dystopian world based on sin becoming actual monsters? Yes, please! And after that line, there was no turning back.
But the deeper I went into this, the more I felt like it wasn't enough. I think we've all seen the ...more
3’5⭐️
This review can also be found on Geek Apprentice.
Hot on the heels of her adult fantasy book, A Gathering of Shadows, Victoria Schwab (V.E. Schwab) went back to YA with This Savage Song.
Schwab herself mentioned that this book is on the higher spectrum of YA (closer to adult than MG) and one could clearly see why from the summary.
Let’s talk about what works and what doesn’t work for me.
Things that worked for me:
The world-building. This Savage Song is technically an urban fantasy, although ther ...more
Hot on the heels of her adult fantasy book, A Gathering of Shadows, Victoria Schwab (V.E. Schwab) went back to YA with This Savage Song.
Schwab herself mentioned that this book is on the higher spectrum of YA (closer to adult than MG) and one could clearly see why from the summary.
Let’s talk about what works and what doesn’t work for me.
Things that worked for me:
The world-building. This Savage Song is technically an urban fantasy, although ther ...more
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