Author: Suzanne Lazear
Title: Innocent Darkness
Series: The Aether Chronicles, #1)
Published: August 8th 2012 by Flux
Format: Paperback, 408 Pages
Website: www.aetherchronicles.com/
Source: Won in a Giveaway
"No, I'm in my room fast asleep like a proper young lady instead of up in a tree like a hoyden"
Wish. Love. Desire. Live.
Sixteen-year-old Noli Braddock's hoyden ways land her in an abusive reform school far from home. On mid-summer's eve she wishes to be anyplace but that dreadful school. A mysterious man from the Realm of Faerie rescues her and brings her to the Otherworld, only to reveal that she must be sacrificed, otherwise, the entire Otherworld civilization will perish.
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My Thoughts
The story starts off with Annabelle who's one of the
rare girls with the Spark.
The prologue was written really well and exciting.
In the first chapter we see Noli and her friend, V get into
trouble for taking her dad's unregistered flying car for a spin. The story is
set in LA in 1901 so women's rights hadn't been fully established and it's
considered illegal. They get caught thanks to Noli who crash lands on her
neighbour's backyard. She’s sent to a reform school which uses
cruel punishments as disciplinary measures and the creepy doctor
added to the horror factor. Noli accidentally makes a wish that
lands her in the Otherland.Kevighn follows her
into the faerie realm.
Lazear has created some really interesting characters.
I found Noli clever but at times she was unbelievably immature.
She was cautious when it came to dealing with faeries and she didn't make a lot
of rash decisions.V and Kevighn were
okay-ish, not very impressive and their behaviour was annoying at times.
What the characters lacked was depth and as far I could see there wasn't any
actual character development.
With all that said I have to mention that it was an interesting
combo-Steampunk & Fantasy. The story was original and the descriptions of
the Otherworld were captivating.
The supporting characters Charlotte and V's brother were great characters.
I enjoyed reading it but it could have been better. If the characters had been
a lil more relate-able and if the story had actually included more steampunk elements
it could have been a book worthy of 5 Stars.
"Now she understood why they called him Kevighn Silver-Tongue.It was not for his kisses, but for his lies"
Meet the Author
Innocent Darkness, book 1 of The Aether Chronicles is Suzanne Lazear’s young adult steampunk dark fairytale debut. Suzanne lives in Southern California with her daughter, the hubby, and a hermit crab, where she’s currently attempting to make a raygun to match her ballgown.
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