Review: Vengeful

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have to start this review exactly the same as last time with Vicious. I almost gave 5 stars, but in the end, it came out of a 4.5-star experience for me and finally I decided I round it down to 4.

It doesn't mean this is not a good book. It's an excellent book, a great story and I also really like how she writes. The writing is wonderful. The characters are mostly likable, although I think I liked some characters who were meant to be villains more, than the main protagonist. But it may be that this is intended.

Anyway, I decided some time ago, that I only give 5 stars when a book keeps me awake at night, when I can't wait to pick it up and read or when it has such a cathartic effect on me, that I cannot think of giving anything else.

And although there were some times when it kept me reading past my bedtime and I never felt it a struggle to pick it up, I still had that tiny bit of YA aftertaste, that somehow the book doesn't take itself completely seriously. It's a very dark work and a quite grim story, but still, sometimes it felt like that teenagers are the intended audience and that bothered me a little bit.

Still, I'm more than happy that I found V.E. Schwab. Somehow she managed to become one of my favorites, even if I gave 4 points to both of the books I've read so far by her. I'm certain I will continue exploring her work and I hope that the tiny aftertaste I managed before will dissolve or I get used to it.

I recommend this one to anyone who read the first book, and I also have to state that this is even better. So these 4 stars somewhat shinier than the ones I gave to Vicious.

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