*Ace Of Shades by Amanda Foody (459 pages) ★★★ (3.75)In Ace of Shades we follow Enne as she travels to the city of sin, New Reynes, to find her adoptive mother but what she uncovers is a plethora of secrets, ties to the deposed royal family, gangs, criminals and a rather obnoxious but charming criminal (because there has to be a love interest within a YA read).
One of my favourite things about this book has to be the grimy, crime filled and mesmerising setting which definitely gave me vibes of 1920's New York! I also loved the magical abilities the characters have called blood talents and spirit talents that are passed on from generation to generation. The book definitely had a couple of similarities to one of my favourite books, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, in terms of the gangs, lords, magical/supernatural abilities and crime.
The mystery of Enne's missing mother was definitely compelling as well as the other mysteries that reveal themselves along the way which made for a very quick, easy and page turning read. My only negatives were as follow: it definitely felt a little too YA at times, the love interest was predictable from the first couple of chapters and I didn't like the use of the word 'muck' instead of swearing which definitely made it feel too YA. Amanda Foody's imagination is incredible and I adored spending time in this world, now I cannot wait for the next two books in the series as this one was amazing! I cannot recommend it enough and I now want to read more from Foody (I hope she writes adult novels at some point in this style because I know I'd adore them).
Have you read Ace Of Shades or will you be picking it up? What are you currently reading?
This sounds like a really interesting read! Love your book reviews x
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This book sounds right up my street and a super interesting read! The cover is so cute too!
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I'm currently reading The Next Girl by Carla Kovach. It takes me ages to find a book to read, but I've been loving this one so far!
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The books sounds fab! I love stories with elements of magic in them but with a real and gritty twist.
ReplyDeleteAs interesting of a read as this book sounds I think it'll be a pass for me-left YA books behind a long time ago x
ReplyDeleteI'm not too sure this storyline would be for me but I love that cover
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Oh it sounds like a fab read!
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Always love your book reviews. I’m not reading anything atm sadly x
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Ooooo this sounds so good! I will need to add it to my reading list :)
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My recommended list of books from you is so huge ahaha! Xx
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I like the sound of this x
ReplyDeleteI recieved an ARC of this one last year and it was one of my absolute favorite reads of the year!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I would pick this up. It sounds okay but I have too many others on my TBR that I wouldn't skip this forward.
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