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Dial, 2012
ISBN: 9780803738188
Available: hardcover & multi format e-book
Part “Beauty and the Beast”, part Faust, Darkwater is the tale of Sarah Trevelyan, last of the proud Trevelyan family of Darkwater Hall. Once rich and powerful, when the family fell from grace they weren’t met with sympathy, but with anger, because of their cruelty. Now it’s fallen to Sarah, living in misery with her ill father, to reclaim the Trevelyan pride and riches, through the hands of the mysterious and sinister Azrael–for the price of her soul.
I wasn’t sure I would like this dark YA tale, but I really, really did. It walks a razor edge between telling the reader just enough and leaving things to the imagination. It offers very few answers, but gives you all the information you need to take the story from the events. And despite being pretty dark (in theme, without getting gritty or brutal) the end spirit is a positive, hopeful one. Definitely recommended for readers looking for something outside of vampires, ghosts and angels.
Contains: pseudo-religious themes