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| ISBN: | 0670784761 (ISBN13: 9780670784769) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Blythewood #1 |
| Characters: | Avaline Hall, Dame Beckwith, Tillie Kupermann |
Carol Goodman
Hardcover | Pages: 489 pages Rating: 3.86 | 3424 Users | 555 Reviews
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| Title | : | Blythewood (Blythewood #1) |
| Author | : | Carol Goodman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 489 pages |
| Published | : | October 8th 2013 by Viking |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Paranormal. Historical. Historical Fiction. Magic |
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Welcome to Blythewood.At seventeen, Avaline Hall has already buried her mother, survived a horrific factory fire, and escaped from an insane asylum. Now she’s on her way to Blythewood Academy, the elite boarding school in New York’s mist-shrouded Hudson Valley that her mother attended—and was expelled from. Though she’s afraid her high society classmates won’t accept a factory girl in their midst, Ava is desperate to unravel her family’s murky past, discover the identity of the father she’s never known, and perhaps finally understand her mother’s abrupt suicide. She’s also on the hunt for the identity of the mysterious boy who rescued her from the fire. And she suspects the answers she seeks lie at Blythewood.
But nothing could have prepared her for the dark secret of what Blythewood is, and what its students are being trained to do. Haunted by dreams of a winged boy and pursued by visions of a sinister man who breathes smoke, Ava isn’t sure if she’s losing her mind or getting closer to the truth. And the more rigorously Ava digs into the past, the more dangerous her present becomes. . . .
Vivid and atmospheric, full of mystery and magic, this romantic page-turner by bestselling author Carol Goodman tells the story of a world on the brink of change and the girl who is the catalyst for it all.
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Ratings: 3.86 From 3424 Users | 555 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books Blythewood (Blythewood #1)
"Darkling I listen; and for many a timeI have been half in love with easeful Death...."Avaline Hall has had just about enough of heartbreak and misfortune. Her mother has died of a laudanum overdose, her best friend perished in a factory fire, and she has just escaped from a mental institution where she was admitted under suspicious circumstances. But all that is about to change. The grandmother she never knew existed has stepped forward to take her under her wing. And she has been admitted intoI really, really enjoyed this book! I just wish that it didn't take me so long to finish it! Nothing against the writing, I've just been very busy with my summer internship (which is a shame because I usually read the most books during the summer months).But, onto the book itself...Firstly, I could not have been more thrilled with the historical setting the author chose of early 1900s New York. There are few things I love more than a good piece of historical fiction, and this book did everything
Where, oh where can I begin with this book?Blythewood had me back and forth, and constantly debating with myself, about my opinion on this book. Before beginning I was bouncing of the walls with excitement, within the first few chapters I found myself to be a bit disappointed, then when things started to take off I couldnt get enough, afterwards I was confused, and finally I fell in love with the ending.Blythewood starts with a poor girl named Avaline Hall, Ava for short, who is working in a
For more reviews, gifs, Cover Snark and more, visit A Reader of Fictions.Actual rating: 3.5 starsEmbarking on Blythewood, I was hesitant. I read the first few pages on Amazon preview before I accepted the review copy, mostly because of an ambivalence to paranormal stories, particularly those about angels. I really liked the writing and the sample and decided it was worth a try. I should probably make use of this sampling technique more often, since I often DNF within the first twenty pages. My
I've read several of Carol Goodman's adult books previously and always enjoyed them so I was intrigued to read Blythewood her foray into the young adult paranormal realm.The book opens quite bleakly, and without any paranormal shades which I found quite refreshing. The story is allowed to build slowly atop the back of its main character, a 16-year old girl who has lost her mother and working in a factory to avoid starvation. At this point I wasnt quite clear on the setting and time of the
I appreciate the use of imagery, but the key to using it as a literary device is subtlety. In this book, imagery doesn't gently tap you on the shoulders from behind, it doesn't touch you with a gentle lover's caress. The imagery within this book comes running at you in a Pennywise mask wielding a chainsaw while screaming bloody murder. The writing is overwrought, leaning heavily towards purple prose. It tries too hard to be "gothic." It has all the subtlety of a purple plaid-patterned penguin.
See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy was a paperback I got from the publisher for review.Once upon a time, I acquired an ARC of an intriguing little book called Blythewood in a swap with another blogger. It languished on my TBR for over a year and a half, but I fully intended to read it someday. Cut to recently, when a publicist at Penguin emailed me to offer review copies of both Blythewood and its sequel Ravencliffe. I accepted, of course, and I honestly cant believe I put off
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