ARC: 320 Pages
Genre: YA Paranormal
Book From: Publisher*
Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death. Briony lives in fear her secret will be found out, even as she believes she deserves the worst kind of punishment.
Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. And everything starts to change. As many secrets as Briony has been holding, there are secrets even she doesn't know.
Review by Jessica
CHIME, by Franny Billingsley brings you to a story unlike I have ever read before introducing new kinds of monsters, the traditional witches and solid characters to love!
I picked up this book and immediately I knew I was going to love it. It was near impossible to put this down and whenever I did put it down I was thinking about it like a woman obsessed! The plot was new and refreshing with a great narration voice from the main character.
Briony is my favorite character. I felt that I understood her. She is a twin and incredibly protective of her sister who seems to be a little nutty. She puts on a mask for the people around her, and I found that I could relate to that and Franny Billingsley beautifully described her masks and her self hatred for what she was.
Eldric at first to me seemed like the typical guy that comes in and sweeps the girl off her feet but as I progressed through the book I found he wasn't that guy at all and he actually had depth and character. I think I fell for the lion boy-man too.
The monsters in this were great, this unique story really got me excited. Billingsley combined swamp monsters and witches all in one and they all do something wickedly different. With so many monsters I did find it hard to keep up and remember who each of them were but it didn't effect my opinion on the book at all. This book was in one word...terrific.
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*FTC Disclosure: I received this finished copy from the publisher. I do not receive payment of any kind in exchange for a review. I do not receive monetary compensation from any book links in my review..
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