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Bittersweet and captivating, <i>Odd & True</i> was a wonderful story about stories and sisters. It's definitely more of a slow burn of a book, so if you're looking for an action-packed adventure I wouldn't recommend this, but it does have some mystery to it, as you're wondering what's real and what isn't along with Tru. At its core it's about family - particularly sisters - and dealing with tough situations. As I was reading, I was a little surprised by how sad this book made me - not in an Adam Silvera, I'm going to tear my heart out, kind of sad, but a bittersweet sad, as I wanted these sisters to have everything they wanted (which was mostly to be together and to go on adventures). I highly recommend this for fans of Winters' previous books, as well as anyone who likes their historical fiction to be character driven with a bit of the supernatural.

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This book ended up being different than what I expected. I though it would be creepier and full of monsters, but in actuality it's was a novel about the bonds of sisterhood. That being said, the book was good. I think the characters were genuine and strong. I enjoyed the relationship between the sisters and the storytelling was good. On the downside, I wish there was a bit more action.

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Odd & True is told in parallel “modern” (the main storyline is set in 1909) and past accounts. The modern is told from younger sister Odette’s POV, while the past is from Trudchen’s. Cool, we get some history and get to find out how it is they come up against the Leed’s Devil (you may know it by it’s more popular moniker, the Jersey Devil), right? I mean, that cool cover has to come into play at some point, right? Well…yes and no. Yes, in the sense that we do inevitably have the MCs facing off with something, but it takes
way
too long to get to this point.

The idea of two young sisters living in the 1900’s, a time when females were considered – as well as treated as – the fairer sex, wanting to together go and fight monsters, was really a cool one. I had pictured in my own mind the different “monsters” or basically anything supernatural really, they could possibly battle before the Leed’s Devil case, but no, we get a lot of journeying to, and back-story. Oh my God! the back-stories really bored me to death! I feel like we could have been told, in lesser words, the sister’s history. Sure, a lot of what we’re told explains the sister’s current circumstances, but there was also a good amount that just seemed too…extra. Like I said, their history in lesser words, then we can be cool.

Moving on…

I liked the MCs well enough (yeah, even with my squabbling), and what’s always a plus for me, is that they weren’t annoying! Yay! I thought that it was really cool to see them in a field you just wouldn’t expect. At least, I haven’t read any books with characters like these, so I liked that about this one.

Finally, I haven’t seen any mentions of a sequel, and the epilogue seems to support that, but I feel like this book could really benefit from being a series, because there’s so many more monsters that could be highlighted in a book, and we can get to know the sisters more in “modern” times.

Really, though, I wasn’t the biggest fan of this book, I did enjoy it for what it was, so that’s all I can say.

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I had been waiting to get my hands on a copy of Odd & True by Cat Winters from the moment I knew she was writing this book. This book had such a wonderful feel to it and I can’t wait for everyone to read it. It is told from both Odette’s and Trudchen’s perspectives and I thought that helped tell the whole story. With that said, this review definitely won’t cover all the details as a lot happens and there are various things that I don’t want to give away.

Odette and Trudchen are sisters and I loved these two characters. They are both survivors and had such strength. Trudchen is the younger sister and she grew up on stories that Od told her about their mother and monsters. As she gets older, Tru begins to think the stories were just lies she told her. The more Tru learns about her mother and sister, the more she wonders who they really are. I enjoyed the historical feel to this book too.

As a child, Tru had polio and is now in constant pain and disabled. Living with her aunt, she wonders what she is destined for and whether she really has any magic in her like Od told her. I liked Tru – she was smart and it was clear she was looking for something more than just living her life locked away in her aunt’s house. When Od comes back after having been gone for two years, she jumps at the chance to be with her sister and attempt to find her mother.

Od hasn’t had an easy time of it while away from Tru. Heck, she didn’t have an easy time when she was a young kid living with her mother. She learns some difficult things early on about her mother and father. Now that she is older, when she was required to leave the farm and get a job, she finds herself in a difficult situation. Living with a family as a live in maid takes her away from her sister and she is introduced to a boy named Cy. It is clear that Od is lonely and when Cy starts to leave her books at her door, she finds him to be a comfort and an escape from the loneliness she feels during the day being away from her family.

When Od finally comes back to the farm for Tru, they jump back into their old roles but Tru has become a much stronger version of herself and while Od tends to direct them where they are headed, Tru gets her way and she wants to find their mother. They also decide they are going to find the Leeds Devil. When they run into Cy and some of his friends, they join his group to travel to New Jersey even though Od is definitely not comfortable with the whole situation. It is clear that Od is hiding something from Tru and Tru is motivated to figure out what it is. Turns out, there are a few things that Od hasn’t been completely forthcoming about.

The other characters we are introduced to add to the overall story and help to move things along. Their mother, their father, Aunt Vik, Uncle Magnus, and Cy…all played an important role in the overall story and I thought Winters did a wonderful job of tying their stories into Od and Tru’s stories.

I don’t want to say much more about this story as I want everyone to read this and see what happens on their own. Honestly, my review probably feels a bit sparse or choppy (at least it does to me) but I can’t help it. There is so much that I could say about this book but really don’t want to as I don’t think I would do the story justice. In the end this is about family and yes there is a paranormal / fantasy twist to this that only makes it that much more interesting. If you are looking for something a bit different from the other Young Adult books out there, considering checking this one out. This isn’t my first Cat Winters book and it will definitely not be my last. I really enjoy her writing and can’t wait to see what she writes next.

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Od is the spunky older sister full of adventure and secrets. She’s honestly full of bad decisions and dumb ideas, then drags her sister along with her. Most of the things she does seems to have no rhyme or reason other than to further along the plot. The character doesn’t really have that much structure.

The younger sister Tru gets really whiney; something I can put up with in secondary or minor characters but don’t have much love for in a main character. She’s very reluctant to go with her sister, but has a surge of bravery; then seems to be drained of it all. For the rest of the book she’s mainly pushed and pulled along during the story until the very end.

The story itself is told in part truths and lies; bouncing from the present to different episodes in the past. It’s not all that hard to keep up with where you are in the story line once you get used to the format, but it also doesn’t quite work for me. The reader is shown a half-truth or a full out lie, then pulled into the past and shown what really happened. It leaves no mystery and no big revealing moments, just small snippets throughout the book. It doesn’t have much of a plot, and nothing interesting happens through 70% of the story.

The supernatural element of the book hangs in the air during the entire story; is Od just making it up or does the supernatural really exist? Naturally it’s revealed at the end of the book, but in a way that still leaves the reader skeptical of everything that took place.

Overall, I did not like this book at all. It had it’s moments, but the characters were flat and the pace was so slow that most readers will probably give up within the first few chapters. Historical readers may read through it for the setting, but fans of supernatural or adventure novels will be disappointed.

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I have been a huge fan of Cat for years now, ever since before her first book came out. She always writes such amazing and stunning books, full of awesome characters. Odd & True was no exception. This book was truly incredible. Like I knew it would be. But yes, I am beyond happy that I loved this book so much.

It ended up breaking my heart, though. Because this story was so good. And the most heartbreaking at times. I'm not sure how I'll find the words to describe how much I enjoyed it all. But will try my best. The writing was so good. And I loved the characters as well. I'm giving this stunning book five stars. As I loved it so.

This book tells the story of two sisters. Odette and Trudchen. Od and Tru. They are both such stunning characters to read about. Sigh. It's also told from both point of views, Tru is present time, and Od in past time. I cannot begin to say how much I enjoyed that. Because the past was just as exciting as the present. This book takes place over a hundred years ago, which I love reading about, but oh, some of the things these girls were ignorant about made my heart hurt like crazy. Some parts of the book made me angry, some parts made me sad. But for the most part I was so happy with how much I enjoyed this story. Because it's truly an amazing book with a stunning story and awesome characters. This book also has monsters in it. Real ones and human ones.

Not going to mention the plot of this book too much, just saying a little bit. It's about two awesome sisters going on a sort of adventure to hunt monsters that they have known about their whole lives. They have always known how to protect themselves from every horrible monster out in the world. And figuring out if these monsters were real or not was all kinds of exciting. And just reading about their adventure was all kinds of fun. And sad too. I only wish that this book wasn't a standalone. I badly need more of them both.

I think my favorite parts of the book was reading about Od's past. Simply because it was so heartbreaking and I was dying to know what would happen next. So many surprises. So much heartbreak. Was simply stunning and so perfect. A lot of her past was when she was almost four, and when she was six years old. And oh, I cannot even tell you how much it broke my heart to read about it all. I wish this precious girl had had a better childhood. Aw. So sad. But written so well that I couldn't help but love it. My poor heart.

Another thing I loved very very much was the sister relationship between Od and Tru. It was stunning to read about. I loved how much they loved each other and cared for each other. Though all of that mostly happened in the past, as in the present, I felt like Od kept way too many secrets from Tru. Hmph. Which wasn't very nice of her and made me a bit upset with her. But I also didn't really blame her, because all of those secrets were horrible and oh so heartbreaking and evil. But still felt that Od deserved to know it all.

I simply adored these two girls so much. What I loved most about Tru was that she had a broken leg, yet she was still so fierce and loving and trying her best to live her life the way she wanted to. I wanted all the best for her. Sniffs. And wishing there had been focus on her upcoming romance. How rude. But despite no romance, I still loved her to pieces and enjoyed reading about her so much. She was so brave and so full of love. I couldn't help but adore her. But yeah, I do sort of wish the romance had been in focus too.

And oh, Od. I cannot write too much about this girl. I simply can't. I'm not sure if I loved her or Tru more. But I do know that I loved them both like crazy. And getting to know Od was the best thing. But also the worst. Because getting her chapters broke my heart each time. More awful things got revealed, and it was so sad. Yet some good parts too, of course. I hated Cy, though. Like crazy. Awful boy. Hmph. Could not decide if I loved or hated Uncle Magnus. Think I did both. But oh, I loved Od an awful lot. So much.

There is so much happening in this book. About both sisters, together or not. Though they are together all the time in the present, they weren't always in the past. And oh, reading about their family life killed me a little. So sad, yet so interesting and exciting. I loved reading about all of it. So so many exciting moments. I'm having trouble thinking of anything to write, simply because I enjoyed this book so much. Sigh. And so I won't write much more, just that you really need to read this book. It is so good. But also very evil. Ahh.

Thank you so much to the lovely UK publisher for sending me this ARC to read and review. So happy to have my collection of books by Cat complete too, eee. And cannot wait to get my two pre-orders of this lovely hardcover as well. It's going to be so stunning. If you haven't pre-ordered this yet, then you really must. Because Odd & True was all kinds of perfection. It was everything I wanted it to be. Odd & True was full of mystery and monsters. Heartbreaking moments and a stunning sister relationship. Loved it so.

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I always want to be reading a Cat Winters book. I loved the development of the sisters' relationship. Though Od is the one telling her sister fantastical, monstrous tales, the chapters from her perspective are grounded in harsh reality. Because of childhood polio, Tru uses a cane and walks with difficulty, and Winters effectively shows how that would impact her living on a farm, traveling across the country, and hunting the New Jersey Devil.

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The world is a dark place and Trudchen - Tru to be short - know it really well. Her life is calm and empty, kinda depressing, but she manage to keep herself up. She manage to be happy, sort of. She manage to live day by day. Then her sister Odette comes back. And Od's worlds is far more dark.

Odd & True is a magic mix of American folklore and monsters, of sisterhood and family, of the will to fight for something more, searching for more, moving to dark place to another hoping to find what has been lost.
It's a beautiful novel. A dark novel.

If you think that you're going to read about to cheerful and mysterious monster hunter sisters, you're wrong. And right too. But mostly wrong.
Are you easy to get triggered? Don't read this book.
I opened it and I didn't expect to find so many shadows and such touching topics, showing a really gloomy reality for the women of the time.

Both sisters are amazing in their own way. Od is a chest of secret, of sacrifice, truths and lies. Tru is disabled with her leg, quite naive and yet so strong, facing even the darkest place just to stick to her own moral and prove herself how much she can be strong.
Writing that I fell in love with this particular story it's not enough.

Odd & True is an uneasy book, with a creepy feeling that run trough the pages, words after words, and it suits perfectly the story. It's something different and new, with a lovely twist and the brutality of life that move between the two realities and lives of the sister. It shows every piece of them, from past to present, and every chapter manage to build up details and a complex story that will break your heart.

I love the protagonists, I love their different types of strength and how they fought with kindness and a brave heart against whoever dare to laugh at them, to dismiss them because of their gender and role.

The bittersweet message of the books is a little pearl that made cry a bit, totally worth even the not so fast paced parts, and the amazing reading experience. The only critique? I appreciated the ugly truth but I needed more monsters.

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Trudchen "Tru" Grey grew up believing her sister Odette's bedtime stories: that their mother was a monster hunter, that the various charms and mirrors kept around the house warded off demons, and that one day they would grow up to hunt monsters too. Almost 15, Tru has grown out of such silly tales. She's resigned to a life helping her aunt Vik at their filburt farm in Oregon as best as she can with her crippled right leg. Then Odette returns after two years away in the circus, still believing in monsters and magic . . . and there just might be something to those tales.

I read this thinking I was getting monsters and magic, and instead, I got something so much better. It's about growing up and seeing through the magical stories weaved about childhood, seeing the adults in your life as who they really are, and realizing that there might be magic in the world after all. I can't say more without spoiling it, but Cat Winters certainly does it again with her ability to spin different ideas--polio, early 1900s America, growing up and monsters--into a beautiful story of two sisters rediscovering their love for each other and their family.

I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

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I was given this ARC by NetGalley in return for an honest review.
With all Cat Winters’ books, I read them in one or two sittings, trying to swallow them whole and then mope that I have to wait for her next book to be published. <i>Odd & True</i> is no exception, I loved every page of it.
The main characters, two sisters are very different, yet joined together in a fantastical adventure that has the reader question what is reality and what is myth.
The author’s talent and skill creating not only two very interesting young women to follow along their journey, but also a setting that suits this story so well is a great treat for every reader looking to get lost in a story of monsters and historical fiction.
Just like all of the author’s other works, this one is a gem that can be read in one sitting, but stays with the reader long after. I highly recommend this story to anyone, looking for suspense, strong female leads and a thin line between what is and what could be.

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Cat Winters has a way with words and in Odd & Tru she uses her skill to weave a story of loyalty, protection, and what the truth is depending upon the person telling the story.
The book is told in alternating chapters and time periods. The current day ones are told by Tru, the more reserved and younger of two sisters.
Tru was a brilliant character. While she started out a little dull, I think a lot of that had to do with her Aunt Vik trying to stuff as much "reality" and mundanity into her as possible as a methof protection against what Vik saw as familial madness. There was also the matter of Tru's disability and chronic pain: her right leg is two inches shorter than the left, causing constant pain and rendering her paralyzed for many years before allowing for limited mobility. For a long time she saw herself as a cripple, a word here she used to describe herself, but a word she begins to move beyond with the encouragement of her sister Od.
The other point of view is told from the past in voice of the elder sister, Od.
Od was fascinating and mysterious, easily that cool aunt type character that I'd have looked forward to seeing as a child with her wild stories. She's fearless and she doesn't let anyone or anything, especially the expectations of society and her Aunt Vik, get in the way of following the path she sees as the right one. Her determined selfworth is matched only by the enormous amount of energy she puts into making sure Tru doesn't languish away on a family in Oregon, similar to how their mother suffered for years on their father's California estate.
Of the two, I preferred the stories in Od's chapters, but I really liked seeing them come through in Tru's current life, such as when she begs for the story of her birth, which we hear in the present only to later hear a tidbit which reveals the truth about where Od got the information to weave the tale.
For the longest time it's difficult to say who is telling the truth and who is not lying, exactly, but perhaps coloring the truth rather more than one might expect in the every day. Are the monsters real as Od and the girls' Uncle Magnus say? Or are there members of this German immigrant family that dabble in debauchery far too often and are on their own, as Aunt Vik vehemently states when Od shows up at the Oregon farm?
To reveal the answer would be to ruin the journey and the adventures that Od & Tru have. Suffice it to say that I think you may find yourself questioning more than one person before the end. The answers come slowly, but worth the experience of the slow burn read.

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I summed up Odd and True as "supernatural but historical fiction with sisters" and I honestly stand by that opinion. This isn't necessarily the creepy horror novel that I expected - it's more of a character-driven romp.

My biggest issue with this book was the plot taking so long to start. Due to the alternating plot threads, it takes around 70% of the book for things to really get started. I almost felt as if I wanted more from the plot development, to see more of this world and the worldbuilding. That being said, I was still intrigued the whole way through.

What made this book so great for me was the character development and relationship between the sisters. This book very much focuses on the relationship between the two sisters, Od and Tru. They're two very different girls, but their bond was so effortlessly compelling to me.

full, less-brief review to come!!

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This is a fantastic reading, full of magic, that contains one of the most beautiful sisterhood ties I've read about.-look that cover. BEAUTIFUL!

I want to thank NetGalley and ABRAMS Kids for providing me with this copy in exchange for an honest review

I thought it would take me longer to read this book, since when you first start with it may seem a bit heavy or slow-paced, but I quickly overcame it and I found myself flying through it, which makes me want to read something more about the author like right now!

The story follows Od and his sister Tru. Od is always telling Tru wonderful and fantastic stories about monsters and magical creatures and how they are destined to hunt down these creatures, just as their mother did. Until one day Od disappears and Tru is alone trying to figure out how much is true in the stories that his sister has told her since childhood.

I love the way the title plays with the names of the characters is very original and accurate. The story is told between leaps from the present to the past, the past with the POV of Od, where we know more about her childhood and the years she has spent away from her sister and the Tru's present POV, who is trying to hunt a demon which she thinks is prowling around the city.
Both views make the story really catchy and exciting, but it also touches deeper topics such as family and loyalty

I've enjoyed meeting these girls, they are both strong and smart but at the same time they have completely different personalities and experiences which makes the book super interesting and gives us different perspectives about the things that are happening. I feel that there is a spooky touch in the book too and I've enjoyed that aspect a lot, especially related to the monsters and how some places are described is really good

I felt a little more drawn to the Od's point of view, I personally found it much more interesting than Tru's, but perhaps it's because I was much more interested in knowing about the past, and It's told in such a wonderful way, that mystery vibe that possesses has totally caught me, also I feel that I have bored a little with the Tru story , but this is only my opinion and in the end I feel that both stories and how they connect are great

I want to warn you that if you're looking for a book of kick-ass girls fighting non-stop monsters, may not be the book for you, I feel that although it has moments of action and are great, it's based much more on the aspect of mystery, the union of sisters and what family means. Which I've found great but I recognize that isn't what the book sells from the beginning so I was taken by surprise

One of my favorite things about the book was the writing style, it's my first Cat Winters book but I know it will not be the last one, her writing caught me and has a style so unique and poetic that I think is ideal for this type of genre,especially for Historical Fiction. I feel that the clever way that Winters plays with what's real and what's fantasy makes this book unique and makes it very different from the other books that can touch this type of subjects

So, of course I recommend it, I've enjoyed it a lot, especially if you're looking for some historical with fantasy and great ties of sisterhood, you'll love this, plus: The writing style has something definitely unique

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Trudchen and Odette, two sisters who have spent their lives hunting monsters and telling fantastic stories of their family's involvement with mysterious creatures. A fairytale quality pervades this novel, but it is a world of darkness that will send little shivers down your spine.
The novel begins quite slowly, but we piece together the reality of the girls' lives. Their family background is intriguing, but I really liked the way we learn the details of their past gradually.
When Tru follows Od on an adventure, following predictions read in teacups, we are plunged into a world of strange creatures. Their relationship was well-depicted, and I became quite absorbed in their story.

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I loved this synopsis and that cover and I wasn't disappointed at all.

Love love loved Od and Tru {and especially loved how their names became the title.} They're both so strong and devoted to each other. Their dynamic and faithfulness was quite delightful.

Plot wise, it's a bit of a slow burn. The story unfolds with a bit of quiet anticipation and instead of it being annoying {because I have no patience}, it really works. I enjoyed the past chapters from Odette's POV and by the time the ending came, I was easily swept up in what was happening.

Overall, it was an intriguing read that grabbed my attention from the very beginning. I would have liked just a bit more from the ending, but the epilogue was perfection.

**Huge thanks to Amulet Books for providing the arc free of charge**

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I have loved every book by Ms Winters until this one. I just seem to be completely unable to get into it. All of the author's other books have had such a strong historical atmosphere and a central character that has made me care about what happens to them. I didn't get that here.

Trudchen bored me, even sometimes annoyed me. I found myself not caring about the truth behind her sister's stories, nor about what would happen to the two of them. I also got much less of a sense in this book that I'd been taken back to the early twentieth century. I feel like the author's other work placed me right in the centre of a part of history that I knew little about. Winters' strengths, in my opinion, come from her strong sense of place - the history, the atmosphere - and it didn't come across as strongly in this book. I was simply bored.

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I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I really want to like Cat Winters, you guys. I try so hard. Historical fiction is my favorite genre, and I especially love historical fiction with fantasy/paranormal elements. It would stand to reason that I would love Cat Winters’s books, but I’m starting to think her writing and I just don’t get along. I’ve tried a few of her books and not loved any of them, but Odd & True was the biggest disappointment of them all. The two main characters in Odd & True are two sisters, Odette and Trudchen– get it??? Od and Tru? ODD AND TRUE??? *insert me rolling my eyes for twelve years here*– whose family has told them all their lives that monsters exist and they come from a family of monster hunters. The paranormal elements of this book were just plain confusing, if I’m honest. Not confusing in that I didn’t understand them, but confusing in that they just didn’t make any sense. They seemed like a crutch the author used to explain away her characters’ motivations and to get the plot moving. The pacing of this story was incredibly slow, and I feel that it could have been cut down to a significantly smaller number of pages. Odd & True is told through alternating timelines (Trudchen’s perspective in the present, and Odette’s perspective in the past), yet somehow there wasn’t a whole lot done to differentiate the POV characters’ voices. Plus, like the main characters in Girls Made of Snow & Glass, both Od and Tru just felt so dull and lifeless, like cardboard cutouts instead of fully-fleshed-out characters. Like I touched on before, I simply did not understand their motivations or the decisions they made. They also read very young and naive– which I don’t have a problem with (I mean, they’re sheltered teen girls around the turn of the century, what do you expect?), but I know many people do, so just a warning if you prefer older YA. I will say, I did really appreciate how one (spoiler-y, so I won’t go into detail here) major plot point in Odette’s story was handled, especially the way that plot tied together in the end. Overall, though, this book did not impress me, and I don’t think I’ll be picking up any more of Cat Winters’s future books.

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I know you aren't supposed to judge a book by its cover but I did exactly that with this book. The cover is powerful!

The voices of Trudchen and her sister Odette tell this story, each from their own points of view and in progression as they go from children hiding under the covers from monsters int the night, to young ladies actively searching the monsters. 

From birth they've been told they were Protectors, finding and killing monsters. Little by little they come to see how much of what they believed wasn't true at all.

But when the time comes to face a real monster they find they just may have a bit of magic after all. 

This is a YA book and I have never read Cat Winters before although I have heard of her books. I enjoyed reading about these exceptional girls coming of age and finding themselves.

Well Done Ms. Winters!    Netgalley/Amulet Books  Release Date is September 12th!

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My review is not posted yet but will be in September closer to release date:

My Review:

What I Liked:

Characters. My favorite character was Trudchen, I would have loved if the novel was completely told from her point of view. Od was not a bad character. I just did not connect with her sections within the novel, plus the switching between past/present was a bit confusing.

Writing. As always Winter's delivers beautiful prose and weaves an interesting tale with a mix of historical and supernatural.

Gothic Atmosphere. The novel had a great and Gothic feel to it like the majority of her novels tend to have. It is the main reason why I pick up her books whenever she publishes a new one. I enjoy the Gothic touches she does with building descriptions, the use of the supernatural, and characterization.

Historical Aspects. I enjoyed the research/detail that Winter's adds to her novels with the addition of historical periods. This time around she focused on the lore of the Leeds New Jersey Devil and other realistic aspects of the early 1900s. The mix of the Gothic with realistic settings/situations gives her stories a sense of magical realism that stands out.

What I Disliked:

Pacing. I struggled with the pacing of the novel and it felt that it was not until near the end that it picked up. It was still a good read but it took me longer than I expected to read 360 or so pages.

Structure. The story switches between Od and Tru's point of view, I have no problem with that but the fact that it also switches from past to present made it a confusing read, at least for me. I would have liked it if one section had Od's story from the past and then part two was the present point of view from Tru. I would have made the pacing quicker (because I had a hard time getting through Od's sections) and might have been less confusing read.

Lack of Supernatural/Gothic Elements. I was expecting, because this is a Cat Winter's novel, a bit more supernatural or even Gothic imagery. I was a bit disappointed with how the story played out and the ending seemed to be rushed. However, it did leave it open ended and it make me wonder if Winter's is going to return to these characters/this universe. Still, I was expecting a bit more supernatural hunter or action, mainly because of the cover. It tended to focus more on the realistic/emotional aspects instead of the supernatural/Gothic ones.

My Rating:

3.5 Stars Out of 5 Stars

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