Book summary:
ARSON GABLE FEELS LIKE A FREAK. HE CAN CREATE FIRE. HE NEVER
ASKED FOR IT. HE NEVER WANTED IT. BUT HE CAN'T SHUT IT OFF.
Before now, three things were true: he both loved
and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But
when a strange girl--who feels more normal behind a mask than inside her own
skin--moves in next door, Arson hopes to find something he's never had:
purpose. After years of living in fear, he will be forced to confront his
haunting past and embrace the unknown as he walks the fine line between boy and
monster. Edgy, realistic, and breathtaking, Arson, the chilling chronicle of an
isolated teenager with unimaginable ability, is set to ignite the hearts and
minds of a new generation.
From the book summary you can guess that this is not typical paranormal book, with typical story and typical characters. You're right about that. Arson is very different character who grows up in unusual environment. When Emery, girl who is also unusual, showed up in his life you see that even though they are maybe different (but then again how can you say that someone is different, what is norm for being "normal") by some standards they are still teenagers, who deal with problems and growing up in process.
I personally have been able to divide things in this books to those that I like and I don't like. That's how my review will look like.
What I didn't like....It took me a lot of time to get into this book. The writing is unusual and maybe not the best for me. It has its advantages but I needed a lot of time to get used to it. I couldn't enjoy the story. Maybe this book was too dark for my taste, but then again this is horror and I knew that, so we can remove that one. Last thing is that after reading more than half of the book I finally got some real action. That took time.
What I liked...This story is wrote from different POVs and that made me so happy. You're jumping from one POV to another and that's how you met characters. That's probably the thing that kept me reading this book. After reading like 100 pages I just wanted to know the whole story about Arson and then when I got to the point that I'd maybe discover something - new POV came and I continued reading. Now I'm happy because of that. Speaking of the whole picture of this story I like that most of it is told in dialogues, not as usual in long narrative parts. This way is more dynamic. I also like the characters! They were probably the best part of this book. And then last 60 pages. They were just bum! It came out of nowhere! I was like this
My rating for this book is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars, but as I don't have half stars...
Just to mention, if you maybe don't know, this book has a sequel. It's called Ashes. Another beautiful cover (these new covers are amazing), here it is
Giveaway
There is one big giveaway. It's hosted by tour organizators (they will pick the winner) and you can win signed copy of Arson (USA/Canada) and 25 $ Amazon gift card. Here is the form and good luck
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Until the next time,
Thanks for being on the ARSON tour!!!
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estevan
My favorite book is The Host by Stephenie Meyer :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiEstevan thank you! :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiLena good luck on giveaway! :)
Fantastic review! Arson sounds incredible...and I can't believe that Estevan was first published when he was 15! Wow!
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