TITLE: Perverse
AUTHOR: Larry
Rodness
GENRE: YA, Supernatural
WHERE I GOT IT: from the author
for review
READ FROM: August
6th
to September 14th,
2013
BOOK BLURB: 19
year old Emylene Stipe, a 2nd generation Goth, is shaken to the core
when her make-believe world turns out to be real.
MY THOUGHTS:
I have to start off by saying that I
absolutely love the cover of this book! I could totally see it
hanging on one of my walls.
I really like how I was pulled into the
story right away. Emylene
is 19 years old and born to Goth parents. Her parents own a Goth
night club downtown which makes Emylene pretty much royalty to the
Goth community. She decides that she needs to break out on her own
and rents an apartment. One day she stops off into an antique store
and is compelled to purchase a drawing of a cabin in the woods. The
next day she wakes up and sees something strange. There are
footprints in the snow that were not there the day before.
This is such an interesting concept and
I didn't expect the story to go in the direction that it did. I love
when that happens! It was interesting to learn as Emylene did, who
the girl in the drawing was, through Emylene's interactions with new
acquaintances.
Emylene's world really was turned
upside down, even losing a few years of her life, and having to deal
with the aftermath of releasing a Vrykolakas (basically a
vampire-like supernatural creature) upon the world. The twists kept
coming and the ending was not at all what I had expected it to be.
This book was really good. The story,
the characters, and seeing how a Vrykolakas
viewed the world, were all very intriguing. It's actually refreshing
reading a supernatural story that is 'dark' in nature instead of
'fluffy' (for lack of a better word) that seems to be the common
trend these days.
(I was asked by the author to read and
review this book honestly. I am so glad that I did!)
RATING: 4 stars
