This Savage Song
Ratings149
Average rating4
This was pretty fun, especially the second half. Loved the concept that humans' crimes bring real-life monsters into the world. Excited to read the next one!
Wow.. This book was so interesting. The whole concept of crimes of humans creating actual monsters was so novel and fascinating and extremely well written. There is some history given about the city of Verity and the other territories but not in detail about what happened for the world to create monsters. There are some creepy violent scenes, which I am not usually used to reading; but this book was somehow, way too enjoyable. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a single sitting even though it's more than 400 pages long. I did not see the betrayal or the ending coming at all – that makes this book so much more exciting and I am so relieved that I have Our Dark Duet ready to go ASAP.
Kate is such a strong willed girl who wants to prove that she is a Harker and capable of stepping into her father's shoes, even if she has to kidnap and kill for it. I really liked her for her strength, quick thinking, pragmatism but also for her little spark of hope. I totally loved August. He is a monster who wants to be human, who wants to live, and the way he persists to keep his humanity intact is so heartening but also extremely sad because he is falling apart. But ultimately, he accepts his power for the sake of the greater good and I think that was great and I definitely want to see the badass version of him in the next book instead of the quiet one. I am also looking forward to see more fighting between the monsters and I am hoping the next one will be more dark, mor dangerous and obviously more fun.
I have to specially mention that one of the great things about this book was Kate and August didn't fall in love in the middle of all the fighting and killing which is so common and boring in this genre. They are friends and care for each other and will protect each other for now and even if they fall in love later, I will be satisfied because they took their time.
4.5 stars I don't know how Victoria Schwab can create these amazing worlds and characters. SO GOOD!
Loved this book! My only complaint was that it ended too soon. I need more of this world! Can't wait to read the sequel. At this point, I think it's safe to say I'll read anything Victoria Schwab writes.
Really interesting premise and superb world building. I want more information about August's final transformation and why he suddenly had so much control...
I can't wait for the sequel.
Hot damn that was good. Full review to come.FULL REVIEW: So [a:Victoria Schwab 3099544 Victoria Schwab https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1336685438p2/3099544.jpg]'s This Savage Song has a pretty unique premise, if you haven't already heard it: basically, the book takes place in a world where acts of violence create actual monsters. How cool is that? That was basically all I knew when I bought the book, and the premise definitely didn't disappoint.The first hundred pages or so, I kind of had trouble getting into it. It was a weird situation because I loved the prose, I found the world building fascinating, and while I was reading I definitely enjoyed it. But for whatever reason once I put the book down, I had less motivation than usual to pick it up again.Once I got past the first 100 or so pages, however, that quickly changed and I devoured the rest of the book in a few days.This Savage Song is more than just a fascinating premise—it involves some of my favorite plot elements, like betrayal, dealing with your own darkness, unlikely alliances, and trying to find hope in a hopeless situation. I loved the whole set up with the different tiers of monsters, and Kate's daring, guarded perspective was really fun to read, especially alongside August's more vulnerable chapters.All in all, I found this book fascinating, and now I'm very much looking forward to the sequel, [b:Our Dark Duet 32075662 Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity, #2) Victoria Schwab https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1476399662s/32075662.jpg 43242921].
I don't really enjoy her writing style, but the plot kept me reading and I can't wait to see how it will end in the next book!
2.5 starsWELL... that was disappointing. I almost gave up at 70%, but I figured I could muster through the last little bit if I got through most of that heap. There are a few spoilers, consider yourself warned.This was my first Victoria Schwab book, and well... yup, maybe my last? I have no inclination to read the next book in the series, and I really have no inclination to read anymore of her books. It felt really childish, yes there was swearing, yes there was violence, but the MC's both were like children. Technically, one of them is only 4 years old, but whatever. I'll just leave that alone. And the monsters? I expected something... more. There are 3 kinds of monsters, corsai, malchai, and sunai. And there and many of the first 2, but only 3 of the sunai? OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. I thought that was a little strange. Even stranger, the first 2 monsters are somehow enslaved to Kate's father. How did that happen? And you need some sort of medallion to have protection from these monsters? AND her father keeps a record of everyone who has one? WTF, Verity is a city that is comprised of 4 STATES, how is this making sense.... Apparently this was the PG version of [b:A Darker Shade of Magic 22055262 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) V.E. Schwab https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1400322851s/22055262.jpg 40098252]
YET AGAIN, I'm blown away by Victoria Schwab. This Savage Song is unlike any story I've read. Monsters born out of violence and humans stuck in a power struggle between two halves of a city. The only thing wrong with this book is that it left me wanting MORE.
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This Savage Song tiene una historia impresionante, eso es algo que a la autora siempre le voy a envidiar, como es que sale con estos argumentos tan geniales solo es posible tras un pacto con el mismísimo diablo, estoy segura.
El problema que tuve con el libro es que no lo entendí 😂😂😂 Siento que me faltó información o quizá esa fue la meta de la escritora, porque quería saber de dónde y cómo se originaron la clasificación de los monstruos, estuve muy interesada en eso porque la escritura me recordaba un poco a las lenguas nativas de aquí de Perú, pero eso al menos en el primer libro no se explica.
This Savage Song tiene la calidad que quienes hemos leído a Victoria Schwab esperamos, solo que para mí no ha sido la obra maestra que esperaba, aunque quizá a la hora de leer el segundo libro cambie mi opinión.
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I do not know where to begin with this book. I do not think anything I write will do it justice. This book had everything I wanted and needed. There was so much to fall in love with.
I'm a huge fan of Victoria Schwab and everything she has written, this book being no exception. She just has this way of writing that pulls you right into the meat of the story and the world. So Verity is an amazing setting. From the first page I was obsessed with learning as much as I could about the city and its strange inhabitants. Victoria did a fantastic job of giving us the information about the world as we needed it. The story unfolded in a great way that keep me hooked all the way through. For me there was very little down time at all, I was eager throughout the book to see what was going to happen next.
In terms of the characters, we have two completely different but also the same people. Kate and August were a great pair and I loved watching their chemistry unfold throughout the book. There is so much keeping them apart but they are thrown into this war.
Victoria Schwab has this way of making you think everything is going to be okay then throwing a total curve ball at you. At the very end of the book you get what I assume is monsters rising in Prosperity and Alice reviving who I'm also assuming is Sloan. This is going to make for a great conclusion to the duology. I'm really interested to see how Schwab gets August and Kate back together for this one.