Kami Glass is in love with someone she's never met - a boy the rest of the world is convinced is imaginary. This has made her an outsider in the sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, but she doesn't complain. She runs the school newspaper and keeps to herself for the most part - until disturbing events begin to happen. There has been screaming in the woods and the dark, abandoned manor on the hill overlooking the town has lit up for the first time in 10 years. The Lynburn family, who ruled the town a generation ago and who all left without warning, have returned. As Kami starts to investigate for the paper, she finds out that the town she has loved all her life is hiding a multitude of secrets- and a murderer- and the key to it all just might be the boy in her head. The boy who everyone thought was imaginary may be real...and he may be dangerous.
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Sarah Rees Brennan is Irish and currently lives in Dublin. For a short stint, she lived in New York and became involved with a wide circle of writers who encouraged and supported her, including Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. She has developed a wide audience through her popular blog, mistful.livejournal.com, where she writes movie parodies, book reviews and some stories.
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Kami always thought having an imaginary friend was perfectly normal, desirable even, until said imaginary friend winds up being a member of the mysterious Lynburn clan, who have returned to Sorry-in-the-Vale after an extended absence.
Faced with the boy in her head suddenly being the boy in her classroom, Kami isn't sure what to think. But when spooky goings on coincide with the return of the Lynburns, she's determined to find out who, or what, they are and what their presence means for her sleepy Cotswolds village. Armed with an enthusiastic desire for the truth and a mildy disturbing lack of self-preservation and backed up by misanthropic Angela and the lovely Holly, not to mention the two Lynburn boys, Kami sets off in her quest to emulate the great lady sleuths.
As a huge fan of Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Lexicon trilogy I was chomping at the bit to read this latest installment from her, and Unspoken doesn't disappoint. Filled with her trademark quirky humour, strong female characters full of personality and twisty storylines, Unspoken is the sort of novel you itch to get back to reading. The ending is one of the most heart-wrenchingly, utterly devastatingly perfect I've read in a while and I wish I had the sequel right now! If you're looking for something a little different, this is the book for you.
Faced with the boy in her head suddenly being the boy in her classroom, Kami isn't sure what to think. But when spooky goings on coincide with the return of the Lynburns, she's determined to find out who, or what, they are and what their presence means for her sleepy Cotswolds village. Armed with an enthusiastic desire for the truth and a mildy disturbing lack of self-preservation and backed up by misanthropic Angela and the lovely Holly, not to mention the two Lynburn boys, Kami sets off in her quest to emulate the great lady sleuths.
As a huge fan of Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Lexicon trilogy I was chomping at the bit to read this latest installment from her, and Unspoken doesn't disappoint. Filled with her trademark quirky humour, strong female characters full of personality and twisty storylines, Unspoken is the sort of novel you itch to get back to reading. The ending is one of the most heart-wrenchingly, utterly devastatingly perfect I've read in a while and I wish I had the sequel right now! If you're looking for something a little different, this is the book for you.
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I was really looking forward to this new release by author Sarah Rees Brennan. I loved the sound of the plot and the cover art is so gorgeous that it drew me in before I'd even turned the first page. I was therefore extremely disappointed when this book didn't turn out to be half as good as I was expecting. This has actually proven quite a difficult review to write because I've found it hard to put my finger on exactly what let me down about the story.
One of the main things that makes a book into a winner for me, is a central character who I can engage with and care about. I felt neither of those things for Kami Glass, the main protagonist of `Unspoken'. I'm not sure if it's the way she talks (she sounds much older than a typical teenager) or the way she acts but I couldn't identify with her at all. She's quirky and different and I initially liked the bond she had with the voice in her head but as the story went on and she met him in real life it all seemed to fall a bit flat.
On the plus side there is some eye candy to enjoy in the shape of bad boy Jared. He's both hot and gorgeous and I enjoyed seeing his character develop throughout the story. He has many secrets which he's hiding but that just meant that it was all the more intriguing waiting to find out what they were. I would have liked to have seen more of a sense of romance between him and Kami but they have a rather strange first meeting which puts them on the defensive against each other from the start.
Overall, I thought the story started well and I enjoyed the opening but it seemed to drift a bit as the plot got more convoluted. All the ingrediants I look for in a good story were present with plenty of magic, mystery and intrigue, but not enough to really keep my attention.
One of the main things that makes a book into a winner for me, is a central character who I can engage with and care about. I felt neither of those things for Kami Glass, the main protagonist of `Unspoken'. I'm not sure if it's the way she talks (she sounds much older than a typical teenager) or the way she acts but I couldn't identify with her at all. She's quirky and different and I initially liked the bond she had with the voice in her head but as the story went on and she met him in real life it all seemed to fall a bit flat.
On the plus side there is some eye candy to enjoy in the shape of bad boy Jared. He's both hot and gorgeous and I enjoyed seeing his character develop throughout the story. He has many secrets which he's hiding but that just meant that it was all the more intriguing waiting to find out what they were. I would have liked to have seen more of a sense of romance between him and Kami but they have a rather strange first meeting which puts them on the defensive against each other from the start.
Overall, I thought the story started well and I enjoyed the opening but it seemed to drift a bit as the plot got more convoluted. All the ingrediants I look for in a good story were present with plenty of magic, mystery and intrigue, but not enough to really keep my attention.
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I really liked the concept of this book, and it certainly delivered in terms of plot and structure. However, I kept finding myself thrown out of the story by random inaccuracies (such as the suggestion than the University of Cambridge offers a course in journalism - not only was this counter-intuitive, but also easily refuted by a very quick google search. There are numerous other similar mistakes, I think the author needed to do a little more fact checking, because really mistakes like that fall outside the remit of artistic license in my view). There were also a lot of Americanisms - so much so in fact, the book felt very much like it was set in small town America, the school particularly felt more like an American High School than a British comprehensive (and when a 17yo refers to the grade they achieved last year, they generally speaking they would be referring to an external exam result (either a GCSE or AS depending on which year group they are in), not a grade assigned by a teacher as happens in this book. Yes, I know I'm being nitpicky, but it's precisely these tiny details that made it impossible for me to find it remotely believable this was actually set in England at all.
Having said all that, I still would have rated this book with 4 stars, since it really was very enjoyable, and definitely did far more right than it did wrong. Except for the ending. It's one of my pet hates when authors end a book on a cliff hanger. Yes, i know it's part of a series, but to my mind each book in a serial should be entirely self contained, whilst still being part of a greater narrative. Take Katherine Kerr's Deverry series of an example of this being done right - or Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant novels. They, and others, amply demonstrate that it is perfectly possible to give a reader closure at the end of a book whilst still leaving the reader wanting more. "Unspoken" does not provide any closure at all - it just leaves you hanging. And that is the reason I cannot give this book more than 3 stars. I may or may not read the sequel when it comes out. I want to know what happens, but at the same time I think I'd rather drop a series that doesn't close each book early on rather than later. As it is, I rather regret reading it in the first place. Which is a real shame, especially for what is otherwise such an imaginative and well told story.
Having said all that, I still would have rated this book with 4 stars, since it really was very enjoyable, and definitely did far more right than it did wrong. Except for the ending. It's one of my pet hates when authors end a book on a cliff hanger. Yes, i know it's part of a series, but to my mind each book in a serial should be entirely self contained, whilst still being part of a greater narrative. Take Katherine Kerr's Deverry series of an example of this being done right - or Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant novels. They, and others, amply demonstrate that it is perfectly possible to give a reader closure at the end of a book whilst still leaving the reader wanting more. "Unspoken" does not provide any closure at all - it just leaves you hanging. And that is the reason I cannot give this book more than 3 stars. I may or may not read the sequel when it comes out. I want to know what happens, but at the same time I think I'd rather drop a series that doesn't close each book early on rather than later. As it is, I rather regret reading it in the first place. Which is a real shame, especially for what is otherwise such an imaginative and well told story.
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Kami has been hearing Jared's voice in her head her entire life. She thinks he just an imaginary friend... until he turns up in the village where she lives. Read more
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"If I didn't have such respect for truth and justice, I could be an...
What a perfectly unique, delightful and wonderful read!
The setting that Sarah has written is perfect. Read more
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Published 7 months ago by Christine
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Brilliant start to a second set.
Having read Sarah Rees Brennan's work for about ten years now, starting online and now on paper, I'm delighted to see she's still firing out really brilliant innovative stories. Read more
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I wanted to really love this book. Everyone had been raving about how wonderful an author Sarah Rees Brennan was and I became desperate to read one of her books and although I... Read more
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I absolutely loved Unspoken. From the fantastic characters to the interesting plot and the funny quips that had me laughing out loud while reading this. Read more
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