#Review of Fiendish by @brennayovanoff #Published @RazorbillBooks #Giveaway #Thanks @NightOwlReviews

Clementine DeVore spent ten years trapped in a cellar, pinned down by willow roots, silenced and forgotten.
Now she’s out and determined to uncover who put her in that cellar and why. 

When Clementine was a child, dangerous and inexplicable things started happening in New South Bend. The townsfolk blamed the fiendish people out in the Willows and burned their homes to the ground. But magic kept Clementine alive, walled up in the cellar for ten years, until a boy named Fisher sets her free. Back in the world, Clementine sets out to discover what happened all those years ago. But the truth gets muddled in her dangerous attraction to Fisher, the politics of New South Bend, and the Hollow, a fickle and terrifying place that seems increasingly temperamental ever since Clementine reemerged.
This title will be released on August 14, 2014.

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Biography

I'm good at soccer, violent video games, and making very flaky pie pastry.

I'm bad at dancing, making decisions, and inspiring confidence as an authority figure. I suspect this is because I am short, and also terrible at sounding as though I have any idea what I'm talking about.

I was homeschooled until I was fifteen, which has probably affected my world view in ways I can't fathom.

Also, I really, really like parentheses. (Really.)

My Review- 2 Stars

Not For Me

Im not really sure how to review this book.  Although I did finish it the story felt very flat and weird.  It made me feel like I was dropping into a fully formed world. Where it is normal to find a girl in the basement after ten years.  That its normal that after these ten years that she would still have the personality of a normal 17 year old.  And that magic is just part of this world.  There was no building, no telling, or anything.  Its just there.   The characters although I tried to love them felt flat and half formed as well. They also seemed more middle school age vs. teen.  And although it is only 341 pages it felt like it was well over 700.  It was very bogged down with things like letting animals free on a whim, going fishing, etc.  Things that didnt seem to fit right in that situation.  It was one of those books that I read it but didnt feel like I had to finish it.  The story although a great idea just fell flat and didnt keep me engaged. 

Go Into This One Knowing

Its slow.  The beginning is REALLY good but then the story goes way out there around chapter 5 or so.  Which is in the first 100 pages.
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