Vicious
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00F3FOO18 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 314 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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ILIR17 said This book blew me away.. Ho. Ly. Cow.I first saw this book a couple of months ago and thought it looked epic. I mean, the whole "blood washed" city thing going on on the cover was very appealing, but it being an adult book (in age, not content) made me cringe away from it.You see, this is a YA blog; meaning, I review Young Adult books herenothing else. To strengthen my case, I even created a separate blog to review picture books (The Read Aloud Dossier). So, yeah. I'm really strict about this kind of thing.But then I remem. Imagine Otherworlds said Mind sucker punch. A twisting, turning, mind sucker punch.I went into this book blind on the recommendation of a Goodreads friend that answered my status update where I requested a REALLY good book. Thank you Rachel! I needed this.I thought it might be PNR, but it wasn't. Paranormal yes, romance no. A thriller? Maybe. Horror? Possibly. I have no idea what to classify it as. I've never read anything like it. It was so original, so well plotted, that I think my jaw stayed on the floor the whole time I was reading.I don. Amy said Vicious. Originally posted at Vampire Book ClubV.E. Schwab immediately caught my interest after reading A Darker Shade of Magic earlier this year. In that regard it was only a matter of time before I got around to reading Vicious. Upon finishing, I acknowledge that V.E. Schwab is on the fast track to becoming a favorite auto-buy author of mine.Vicious tells the story of college roommates Victor and Eli. Both are super-smart, seemingly privileged, arrogant and generally bored with life. That is, until the da
Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find - aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. E. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates - brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch nemeses have set a course for revenge - but who will be left alive at the end? In Vicious, V. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. A masterful tale o