Between the Spark and the Burn (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea)
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Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world.
But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry.
The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me.
The crooked-smiling liar River West Redding, who drove into Violet's life one summer day and shook her world to pieces, is gone. Violet and Neely, River's other brother, are left to worry—until they catch a two a.m. radio program about strange events in a distant mountain town. They take off in search of River but are always a step behind, finding instead frenzied towns, witch hunts, and a wind-whipped island with the thrum of something strange and dangerous just under the surface. It isn't long before Violet begins to wonder if Neely, the one Redding brother she thought trustworthy, has been hiding a secret of his own . . .
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I think I enjoyed the sequel just as much as the first book in this mysterious, romantic and fun duology. Violet is a nice protagonist and once again I enjoyed listening to her narrating the story. Whereas most of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" took place at either the Citizen Kane or in Vi's home town Echo, this continuation reminds me more of a road trip book. A road trip that Violet, Neely, Sunshine and Luke go on to find River in the best case, and devil boy Brodie in the worst. They visit new, very atmospherical and ultimately creepy places I could just perfectly imagine in my head and also meet interesting new characters like Pine, Finch and Canto. Personally, I also really appreciated the slight creep the story carries along. For someone actually not into overwhelmingly scary stuff like me, it was just the perfect amount of it. Can I now talk about how much I just love River and Neely? I have never understood a protagonist's struggle caused by a love triangle so well as I did in this story. They're both a little rich-boy-arrogant and charming but that's it with the similarities. River is more of the typical bad boy, but not in the cliché version, absolutely not. Neely, though, is this sunshine I always picture wearing cute glasses even though I'm 99% sure he doesn't have any. I love love loved the plot twist. I loved the vibe of this novel. The only reason this is not a 5 star-review is that I felt like I didn't only want more of the story, but actually would have needed it. With this, I don't only mean the open-ending, which was luckily not quite as open as I had feared, but the whole story somehow. Oh and another thing bothering me (that will be a SPOILER): To me it is not clear who Violet ends up with in the end. She's like "I won't give up on River" and all the while she chooses to rather spend her nights with Neely? I didn't get it, but maybe I'm just stupid. Or just too torn between the two of them to not being able to realise Violet's choice (if she made one, it's not like anyone ever talks about that love triangle...).
Description
Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world.
But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry.
The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me.
The crooked-smiling liar River West Redding, who drove into Violet's life one summer day and shook her world to pieces, is gone. Violet and Neely, River's other brother, are left to worry—until they catch a two a.m. radio program about strange events in a distant mountain town. They take off in search of River but are always a step behind, finding instead frenzied towns, witch hunts, and a wind-whipped island with the thrum of something strange and dangerous just under the surface. It isn't long before Violet begins to wonder if Neely, the one Redding brother she thought trustworthy, has been hiding a secret of his own . . .
Book Information
Posts
I think I enjoyed the sequel just as much as the first book in this mysterious, romantic and fun duology. Violet is a nice protagonist and once again I enjoyed listening to her narrating the story. Whereas most of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" took place at either the Citizen Kane or in Vi's home town Echo, this continuation reminds me more of a road trip book. A road trip that Violet, Neely, Sunshine and Luke go on to find River in the best case, and devil boy Brodie in the worst. They visit new, very atmospherical and ultimately creepy places I could just perfectly imagine in my head and also meet interesting new characters like Pine, Finch and Canto. Personally, I also really appreciated the slight creep the story carries along. For someone actually not into overwhelmingly scary stuff like me, it was just the perfect amount of it. Can I now talk about how much I just love River and Neely? I have never understood a protagonist's struggle caused by a love triangle so well as I did in this story. They're both a little rich-boy-arrogant and charming but that's it with the similarities. River is more of the typical bad boy, but not in the cliché version, absolutely not. Neely, though, is this sunshine I always picture wearing cute glasses even though I'm 99% sure he doesn't have any. I love love loved the plot twist. I loved the vibe of this novel. The only reason this is not a 5 star-review is that I felt like I didn't only want more of the story, but actually would have needed it. With this, I don't only mean the open-ending, which was luckily not quite as open as I had feared, but the whole story somehow. Oh and another thing bothering me (that will be a SPOILER): To me it is not clear who Violet ends up with in the end. She's like "I won't give up on River" and all the while she chooses to rather spend her nights with Neely? I didn't get it, but maybe I'm just stupid. Or just too torn between the two of them to not being able to realise Violet's choice (if she made one, it's not like anyone ever talks about that love triangle...).