Wednesday 7 September 2016

This Savage Song

This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1)

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab is the first book of Monsters of Verity series.

Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives. 

The Breakdown:
1. First off, I need to fangirl for a moment.  I had the pleasure of hearing Ms. Schwab speak this past weekend at the Decatur Book Festival.  I loved hearing about her writing habits and the reasons why she makes her characters on the darker side. If you are a lover of books and reading, you should definitely check out the Decatur Book Festival next year.

2.  I loved this book. I thought the setting was perfect and the characters where wonderfully complex. I really liked that the story showing that the world is not black and white, and that monsters can be human, and that humanity can be found in monsters.

3. I was enthralled by the characters of Kate and August. Kate, who so desperately wants to impress her father that she is willing to do monstrous things to belong.  August who is a monster, but wants to be human.  They form an unlikely alliance that leads them to friendship. I like that Schwab does not force a romance between them.

4.  One of my favorite things about this book is when Schwab explains how the monsters are made. The different kinds of monsters are made from human crime/violence.  It really speaks to humans being the root of all monsters.

To Read or Not to Read:
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