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After the loss of her mother and her stepfather's mental breakdown, Sage Frankle is taken to live with her aunt and cousin at the Englewood Inn. Soon, her aunt arranges for Sage to begin working through her trauma with a psychologist. As time passes, Sage finds that she is far from healing and begins to slip from reality into a realm of darkness she is unable to escape. After the arrival of her cousin's intriguing acquaintance, Sage is forced to realize she is indeed trapped, not by her mind, but by her bloodline.
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This was my bedtime book for a while. It was rather boring. But during that boring time it was educational and relatable for me. Having been diagnosed with clinical depression in 2002, I could relate to Sage, the main character's, problems. I learned of other ways to look at things I went through. I learned questions I hadn't thought to ask my doctors. All through Sage's experiences.Meanwhile, during the day I was reading scarier books that I knew I didn't dare read at bedtime. This arrangement worked out nicely. Until at about 20% into Of the Lilian, that is. Without giving a spoiler, I found that this book had to replace the daytime read, which fortunately I had finished by this point.
From that 20% mark the book became quite exciting. It became the thriller/mystery it was promoted as. It kept me quite anxious, worried for Sage and her family. I couldn't decide which I liked better the slower beginning or the angsty rest.
Though I don't mind the writer's style, and love her ideas in this book, I found the jerking between viewpoints confusing and annoying. I had to go back and reread things to know whose eyes I was looking through. This made it a very tough read. Even still, don't let my opinion stop you from trying the book out. You might find some gems just for you in the story.
By the way, this book was a read/review freebie. Thank you!
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of the lilin Paulette Hampton 9780615964560 Books Reviews
I really was not sure what to expect when I finally got my copy of this book. The cover picture of a ring with a Triangle of Solomon (Triangle of the Art) on it intrigued me to say the very least. I honestly wondered what I would find inside.
I found characters that I not only liked, but I found myself identifying with from time to time. There are demons with more than just a hint of light and humans with their fair share of dark in them everywhere in this book. And truthfully, it wasn't easy to decide who was showing more of their dark side or light side early on. Even at the end of this first book in the series I am left wondering about some.
I found that this mix of light and dark and the shadows it created among the cast of characters kept me reading this book and wanting more when I finished. The author has created a reality where the cosmic battle of good versus evil that rages in all of us can take place in a narrative framework that might make many readers nervous. I must admit that I found it odd to be cheering for a Succubus a rather odd thing to do especially while I was hoping that the author would rid this narrative world of a couple of humans. Alas, she only provided me with one such respite. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but I really wish the other had met his demise as well. Oh well, there's always the next book! The author surprised me on more than one occasion with the depth of her characters and her willingness to go against our culture's normal expectation of who might be the good person. I am equally glad she included a least one "nerd" in the bunch...I love a good nerdy character! I would add something about the mysterious Van Helsing like appearance of one character I dismissed early on, but alas, once again, I don't want to spoil the fun for anyone.
I also found that I enjoyed this book because it took me as a reader on a journey through this unfamiliar narrative framework. Sure, I have read of demons before, but this story delves deeper into their world than I have ever ventured. I am glad I made the journey. I applaud the author for using this world. Vampires and others have captured our imagination in both recent and distant past and these narrative worlds were not easily embraced by some but eventually they have become a staple of fantasy genre writing. This journey into the fine line that separates humans and demons is still a brave move in our world where people are just waiting to denounce such narrative constructs as incapable of relating truth. This book delivers that bravery along with the struggle for finding truth.
Thanks for a great read...now please, dear author, get back to work!
I had a very hard time getting involved with this book. I kept reading, thinking it would get better but it still was blah. I did finish it though. Someone else might thoroughly enjoy this book, but it isn't for me.
Hampton's style of writing is what makes the book good, but it's also her style of writing that hurts the story.
Sage, the main character in of the lilin, appears to be suffering from depression. She has lost her mother, a man she had a crush on and her step-father, who had always been a "real" father to her has just tried to kill her. To top it all off, she must go live with an aunt and cousin, who she has fond memories of, but have been distant from for a long time. She can't seem to get out of bed and her life doesn't seem worth continuing. But, there is more than her mental state that is affecting Sage and in finding out what that is her whole life, including who she is, is turned upside down.
Hampton writes quite well. Her descriptions and choice of words shows she is a talented writer. And I really enjoyed her title headings - there were creative, original and intelligent. Reading Hampton's book was easy and engaging. Her words flowed - in a nutshell Hampton can write prose and honestly, I haven't read too many author's who write it better. Unfortunately, there was just too much of it. There was too much description to set up the story (e.g., describing every room of the bed & breakfast), back stories popping up that were long, cumbersome and unnecessary, and half a book before the real story comes out. This book could have been told in half the pages and would have still told the story. At times it was hard to follow who was telling the story as many characters' perspectives were told between paragraphs. And for me there were a few logic gaps. The timeframe the characters lived in were completely off. There are teenagers who have being doing things "for years," therapist visits that happen over the course of weeks in one sentence and over days in the next sentence, and how people (yes more than one) can appear sober in one instant and the next is too inebriated to stand is beyond me. The book seemed like two different books - the first half about a depressed teenage girl coming to grips with her losses, the other a supernatural thriller of ancient theology/mythology, demons and consorts.
I thoroughly enjoyed Hampton's writing style, and that's what kept me engaged.
This was my bedtime book for a while. It was rather boring. But during that boring time it was educational and relatable for me. Having been diagnosed with clinical depression in 2002, I could relate to Sage, the main character's, problems. I learned of other ways to look at things I went through. I learned questions I hadn't thought to ask my doctors. All through Sage's experiences.
Meanwhile, during the day I was reading scarier books that I knew I didn't dare read at bedtime. This arrangement worked out nicely. Until at about 20% into Of the Lilian, that is. Without giving a spoiler, I found that this book had to replace the daytime read, which fortunately I had finished by this point.
From that 20% mark the book became quite exciting. It became the thriller/mystery it was promoted as. It kept me quite anxious, worried for Sage and her family. I couldn't decide which I liked better the slower beginning or the angsty rest.
Though I don't mind the writer's style, and love her ideas in this book, I found the jerking between viewpoints confusing and annoying. I had to go back and reread things to know whose eyes I was looking through. This made it a very tough read. Even still, don't let my opinion stop you from trying the book out. You might find some gems just for you in the story.
By the way, this book was a read/review freebie. Thank you!
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