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A review by kaetheluise_nckl
Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab
5.0
written on 02/01/2019
I finished the German version of "This Savage Song" back in August last year after I found it sitting in the ARC shelf at the bookstore I interned at. I can't believe that Monsters of Verity is only a duology.
I can't believe that V. E. Schwab can write so epically poetic stories that make you want to tab every single sentence, and then, after just a couple of pages, you feel the story tugging at your heartstrings as it pulls you under.
I am usually not one to jump up in excitement at the mention of monsters, but the Monsters in Verity are different - or at least the Malachai and Sunai are. These two kinds of monsters are so precisely human that you forget what they are until you read about them tearing each other's hearts out or using music to reap souls.
"Our Dark Duet" was a huge contrast to how I remember "This Savage Song". Back then, I thought that it couldn't be crueler and that Callum Harker was the true monster, but I know better now. Sloan sent shivers down my spine - I blame that on the vivid imagery of a tall dark-haired man dressed in a suit that is covered in blood - and I was anticipating it every time. "Our Dark Duet" was like a rollercoaster ride full of loopings - so many that it feels like you are constantly down. The book has a very depressing tone, and most of the characters have evolved in a depressing way, be it sickness, death, lack of vocal cords or the knowledge that you had to quit standing for what you truly wanted.
I felt so deeply moved and inspired by the story and I am so happy that "Monsters Of Verity" was the duology that introduced me to V. E. Schwab's work - which I cannot wait to read more of.
I finished the German version of "This Savage Song" back in August last year after I found it sitting in the ARC shelf at the bookstore I interned at. I can't believe that Monsters of Verity is only a duology.
I can't believe that V. E. Schwab can write so epically poetic stories that make you want to tab every single sentence, and then, after just a couple of pages, you feel the story tugging at your heartstrings as it pulls you under.
I am usually not one to jump up in excitement at the mention of monsters, but the Monsters in Verity are different - or at least the Malachai and Sunai are. These two kinds of monsters are so precisely human that you forget what they are until you read about them tearing each other's hearts out or using music to reap souls.
"Our Dark Duet" was a huge contrast to how I remember "This Savage Song". Back then, I thought that it couldn't be crueler and that Callum Harker was the true monster, but I know better now. Sloan sent shivers down my spine - I blame that on the vivid imagery of a tall dark-haired man dressed in a suit that is covered in blood - and I was anticipating it every time. "Our Dark Duet" was like a rollercoaster ride full of loopings - so many that it feels like you are constantly down. The book has a very depressing tone, and most of the characters have evolved in a depressing way, be it sickness, death, lack of vocal cords or the knowledge that you had to quit standing for what you truly wanted.
I felt so deeply moved and inspired by the story and I am so happy that "Monsters Of Verity" was the duology that introduced me to V. E. Schwab's work - which I cannot wait to read more of.