Trudchen grew up hearing Odette's stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician's curse. But now that Tru's older, she's starting to wonder if her older sister's tales were just comforting lies, especially because there's nothing fantastic about her own life—permanently disabled and in constant pain from childhood polio.
In 1909, after a two-year absence, Od reappears with a suitcase supposedly full of weapons and a promise to rescue Tru from the monsters on their way to attack her. But it's Od who seems haunted by something. And when the sisters' search for their mother leads them to a face-off with the Leeds Devil, a nightmarish beast that's wreaking havoc in the Mid-Atlantic states, Tru discovers the peculiar possibility that she and her sister—despite their dark pasts and ordinary appearances—might, indeed, have magic after all.
My Review:
I enjoyed reading this book. It did take a few tries to really get into it, but once I did, yeah, it was a really great read! There was the story that Odette told Tru when she was a child, which pretty much immediately in Od's narration makes clear it is a story, a fairy tale woven from a harsher truth.
The way this book was told-alternating between Tru in the present, and Od in the past-was really excellent. I did enjoy Tru's chapters more because Od had it harder, and started to push my buttons which was why it did take me a little while to get into this book. It's not a bad thing, it just made it harder for me. But it was a really enjoyable book!
One question I had throughout this book was whether or not the magic was real or not. Something would happen, and it would suggest one way. But then something else would happen, leaning the other way. And in the end, I think it's a bit of both. that some magic does exist will others don't.
From the beginning, this book was about taking something negative, and turning it positive or easier to face in a story. From when their mom and aunt and uncle were kids, to the story that Od told Tru, this was a big part of this book-and part of what made it both confusing and great!
This book was really fantastic and I really enjoyed it!
Author: Cat Winter
Read: March 22nd, 2019
Source: NetGalley/Library
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a Historical Fiction 2019 Book and a SAC 2019 Book!
Published: Amulet Books
Published: September 12th 2017
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