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A review by ravensandlace
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel
5.0
I was generously provided this ARC in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you Entangled Teen publishing!
Where can I find more paranormal YA like this? Seriously, this was so good! I'm going to be honest and say that I don't care much for reading about the paranormal. I'm more content watching it because I get more scared that way or something. I don't know why I torture myself with paranormal stuff. But this book has changed my mind. By instilling a little bit of Supernatural-esque lore like harbingers of death and the Beekeepers, this kept my attention from start to finish.
What I really loved about this book was the MC, Angie. She was a girl that was into DJing. Like how cool is that? I have yet to read a book where a MC girl is interested in something like that. Secret time: I used to want to be a DJ. I thought that controlling music like that was so cool. Perhaps I'll get back into that. ;) But moving on, Angie was a real solid MC. She didn't make dumb decisions and even when there were girls being nasty to her, she was still incredibly strong. Given what her past was, I'm amazed she didn't break down.
I liked Reese as well. Yeah, he tried to be the whole I'm not going to tell you stuff because I'm macho and need to save you thing but that quickly dropped, which I am thankful for. He trusted Angie and what she was doing and that was refreshing. He let her make decisions, even if he didn't agree with him. Even at the end, he was still letting her make decisions and accepting them, regardless if he liked them or not. I don't know about you guys but that is a winner in my book.
A couple of other things that I really like was the dad/daughter relationship between Angie and her dad. He cared about her so much and let her be who she wanted to be. Their relationship was so open and refreshing. The friendships Angie had with Deno and Lacey (!!! I squealed excitedly when I saw my name (misspelled) in this book) were awesome too. Shout out to Meg Kassel for proving that guys and girls can be friends with no romantic overtures.
Overall, I am thoroughly pleased with this book. I took a chance on a genre I never read and it paid off in spades. I was just sucked in by that beautiful cover. I'm going to have to buy the physical copy when this book is released so I can stare at it all day. You all should do it too.
Where can I find more paranormal YA like this? Seriously, this was so good! I'm going to be honest and say that I don't care much for reading about the paranormal. I'm more content watching it because I get more scared that way or something. I don't know why I torture myself with paranormal stuff. But this book has changed my mind. By instilling a little bit of Supernatural-esque lore like harbingers of death and the Beekeepers, this kept my attention from start to finish.
What I really loved about this book was the MC, Angie. She was a girl that was into DJing. Like how cool is that? I have yet to read a book where a MC girl is interested in something like that. Secret time: I used to want to be a DJ. I thought that controlling music like that was so cool. Perhaps I'll get back into that. ;) But moving on, Angie was a real solid MC. She didn't make dumb decisions and even when there were girls being nasty to her, she was still incredibly strong. Given what her past was, I'm amazed she didn't break down.
I liked Reese as well. Yeah, he tried to be the whole I'm not going to tell you stuff because I'm macho and need to save you thing but that quickly dropped, which I am thankful for. He trusted Angie and what she was doing and that was refreshing. He let her make decisions, even if he didn't agree with him. Even at the end, he was still letting her make decisions and accepting them, regardless if he liked them or not. I don't know about you guys but that is a winner in my book.
A couple of other things that I really like was the dad/daughter relationship between Angie and her dad. He cared about her so much and let her be who she wanted to be. Their relationship was so open and refreshing. The friendships Angie had with Deno and Lacey (!!! I squealed excitedly when I saw my name (misspelled) in this book) were awesome too. Shout out to Meg Kassel for proving that guys and girls can be friends with no romantic overtures.
Overall, I am thoroughly pleased with this book. I took a chance on a genre I never read and it paid off in spades. I was just sucked in by that beautiful cover. I'm going to have to buy the physical copy when this book is released so I can stare at it all day. You all should do it too.