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Here is what I was thinking during the first few chapters of Die for Me (Revenants) by Amy Plum
As always, please remember that I love reading and books, I may be a little bit of a cynic... but it's all in good fun.
And please please please let me know what you are thinking as well!
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Mei
Prologue
I get the feeling this book is going to be about angels, especially one named Vincent…
Chapter One
Steps to set up a YA story:
Main character recovering from a trauma: Check (dead parents)
New location: Check (Paris from the US)
Supervisory characters not too involved: Check (grandparents don’t care that their 17 year old ward parties all night, really?)
Beautiful sister: Check (A strawberry blonde with peaches and cream skin, it almost sounds like she wants to eat her sister. On a serious note, no one should ever envy someone with “peaches and cream” skin as it burns like hell in the sun…)
Main character that is probably attractive, but doesn’t believe she is: Check
Chapter Two
Enter the object of desire. Our poor heroine’s soul mate radar is pinging.
I find the way that authors describe things fascinating. Here are some of my favorite descriptions from this chapter:
He was breathtaking - Longish black hair waving up and back from his forehead - this kind of makes me think of see anenomies, or wheat...
Her heart lurched in her chest, it felt like someone had squeezed all of the air out of her chest. Possibly because he took her breath, I’m just saying.
He didn’t look cruel, just dangerous. – I honestly can say that if someone looked like they kicked puppies or wrestled grizzly bear, I would walk the other way.
A boulder with chocolate skin, describing people with food always freaks me out, she might need a snack with her drink.
I’ve never been to Paris, but apparently women over there like ogle guys and sound like construction workers. I have to say, I kept picturing some glistening Thunder from Down Under action during this entire section.
Chapter Three
I’m pretty sure if you are “encased in ice” you don’t miss people, but I could just be better at denial than this girl.
Paris is the safest city on earth? I was not aware of that fact
(You may wonder why I am just nit picking, honestly, not a whole lot has happened so far in the book.)
Oh wait, a girl sacrificing herself to gravity counts as a happening. Not to mention sword fighting under a tunnel. It sounds like Paris may not be as safe as they thought. LOL
It is always convenient when people you meet earlier in the book “unexpectedly” pop up. I actually think it would be pretty entertaining to read a book where they introduce characters that you never see again. Then again, that might be really annoying.
Back to the story, did the girl that jumped off of the bridge survive? I’m not really sure, but they called the boy who followed her “savior.”
Chapter Four
Hey, we now know which guy threw himself off of the bridge, I believe that it was Mr. Waving Hair.
Is it just me, or does Mr. Flinty Eyes seem like a jerk? He throws her stuff on the ground, steals her driver’s license, and doesn’t even help her pick up her stuff.
Hmmm, a girl that can tell the future and a near death by building. It sounds like she is now involved in a game outside of her control. ooOOOooo
Chapter Five
Yay! She’s finally irritated with this guy being a jerk! But I’m sure she’ll forgive him soon enough…
…. And she did. Now to wait for him to finish wooing her so we can see what the conflict of the book will be!
What do you think?? Let me know!
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