Title: Unspoken
Author: Sarah Rees Brennan
Release Date: September 11th, 2012
Publisher: Random House
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 373
Source: NetGalley
Series: Lyburn Legacy #1
Summary (goodreads.com): Kami Glass
loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever
since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend during her
childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of
Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn’t suffered too much from not fitting in.
She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally
caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it,
despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and
sinister manor that overlooks Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious
twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back,
along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to
Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown—in fact, she’s determined to
find answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly posing. Who is
responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own
mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does
she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
My Review:
I have followed Brennan on Twitter
for years because of her friendship with my spirit animal Maureen Johnson. I
always meant to read one of her books but never did, until Unspoken that is.
Unspoken literally jumped of a book truck at the library and hit me, I took it
as a sign that I should read it. I haven't been disappointed in the least. I
already knew Brennan had a sense of humor and a slight cruel streak from
reading her tweets and the tweets of her fans that she has shared on her feed,
but Unspoken has confirmed it. Unspoken is brilliantly funny and desperately
heartbreaking. The overall concept of this book is so fantastic and creative
and truly one of a kind. Kami and Jared have such chemistry and they are such
well rounded characters that I felt as if I had been friends with them forever.
And it’s not just the main characters that are well written! Every character in
this novel has a background story and they are all important to how the novel
flows. And this doesn’t bog the story down or anything, like it sometimes can,
quite the opposite happens in fact: every character enriches the plot and makes
this novel even more special! The plot flows nicely and keeps you on the edge
of your seat. The whole book is just wonderful (except for the ending which was
just cruel and I know I should have expected a cliffhanger, but I never do and
I am ALWAYS CAUGHT OFF GUARD). I look forward to reading more of Sarah Rees
Brennan’s books!
~Read More,
Talk Less,
Laura!
