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Dawn Metcalf

Auteur van Indelible (Twixt)

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Werken van Dawn Metcalf

Indelible (Twixt) (2013) 203 exemplaren
Luminous (2011) 157 exemplaren
Invisible (The Twixt) (2014) 54 exemplaren
Insidious (The Twixt) (2015) 22 exemplaren
Invincible (The Twixt) (2016) 15 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum
1971-11-07
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Woonplaatsen
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Beroepen
young adult writer

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This book is weird,not good weird, but creepy weird.Or no thats not it either because creepy weird can be good. It was just horrific.

It begins with our maincharacter (Consuela) trying on clothes and lamenting about how all the clothes seems to be made for skinny girls.
At this point I a thinking "ok this girl has some serious selfesteem issues" Why would she go to a store that has only small sizes? Thats like masochistic behavior. Its like it was included only so that the author could make a point of it.

Anyhow,after nearly fainting in the shop,and thinking she noticed something strange in a mirror,she decides to go home and freshen up a bit (all normal so far) until she notices there is a hole in her necks skin...and proceeds to pull off her skin. All of it! Like her skin was a suit or something.

Normal reaction for me and every other sane person would at this point have been to:
a)Scream
b)Go into catatonic state
c)Faint from the pure shock of having no skin

Not to calmly observe yourself in the mirror and laugh in pure joy.I skimmed a bit after that in horrified fascination. But I just couldnt keep reading til the end.My desire to read this book was completely destroyed by what had happened.

Maybe its really a wonderful once you get into it...but I am too freaked out to read any more of it.

And seeing as I dont believe in torturing myself I decided to put this aside and call it a DNF.
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Litrvixen | 33 andere besprekingen | Jun 23, 2022 |
Ok...I picked this up thinking it would just be another teen fairy book. Fun and easy and quick to read. It was all of those things and more. Totally unique take on the world of the "twixt" and a different way to look at teen-fairy(ish) romances. I LOVE Ink! Although, I do have to admit that I agree with some other reviewers on here....Inq(uah)? Seriously.
 
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amurrheew | 15 andere besprekingen | Oct 15, 2020 |
I enjoyed “Indelible” more than I expected to. The romantic relationship was balanced out nicely by Joy’s relationships with her family and best friend. Additionally, there was no love triangle or at first sight. It moved along quickly, but not unrealistically so.

I found the pace of the novel slowed to almost a crawl approximately two-thirds of the way through the book, but picked back up to a satisfyingly exciting climax and ending. The notes of suspense and horror sprinkled through the entirety was wonderful and properly heart-pounding, though there were times when fewer words within a description would have done more.

Joy’s relationship with her best friend, Monica, feels slightly stunted in a (unfortunately) natural kind of way—Joy is keeping massive secrets and isn’t the best liar, so Monica’s irritation at being kept out of the loop makes sense. Their troubles aren’t precisely resolved, per se, by the end of the story, but neither are the two girls at all estranged. It is a realistic portrayal of a friendship in the midst of a rough patch, though I hope Monica is read in to the supernatural situation in the sequel.

Joy’s relationship with her father is touching and realistic, for how much time he spends at work or otherwise away from home. There is a great deal of not-saying-things that builds up between them, and Metcalf uses a delicate touch to portray the weight of their sorrow and love. The added complication of Shelley, her father’s new girlfriend, is a nice touch that showcases Joy’s maturity and desire to make things both normal and easier for her father quite nicely.

The biggest issue I had with “Indelible” is the confused portrayal of acceptable queerness. Joy’s brother comes out to her over instant messaging, and her first response is blank shock. Her second response is confusion and heavily tied up with her negative emotional response to her mother’s abandonment. Joy and her brother reconcile, but she responds poorly to a (literally) life-saving kiss bestowed by Inq (who is female) later on in the story. It freaks and grosses her out even though it was not a sexual action.

The saving grace for all this, for me, is Monica (the best friend)’s reaction to Joy’s brother coming out. She clearly doesn’t see it as a big deal, and chastises Joy for turning it into a bigger deal than it ought to be. That reassured me that Joy’s squeamishness is her own, and not the author’s.

(And, I’ll admit, it is nice to see multiple instances within a YA novel dealing with the existence of homosexuality, and even two different examples. Joy’s brother goes off to college, realizes he’s gay, and settles in with a nice boyfriend, while Inq is bisexual—or something along those lines, perhaps pansexual—owing largely to her inhumanity and interminable age.)

All that aside, the romance between Joy and Ink is sweet and deep. We get to see several sides of them as a unit, from a beautiful moment when he examines her ear and hands’ details to the aftermath of her assault wherein she would rather send Ink to exact vengeance on her torturer than have him sit by her bedside. It is because of the varied scenes and experiences we see Joy and Ink go through together that it becomes clear that, while they are not necessarily two parts of a whole, they do balance each other and care for each other in a meaningful and moving way.

Overall, I enjoyed “Indelible” and fully plan to get my hands a copy of the sequel when it is released. (Which, according to Dawn Metcalf, will be sometime in May 2014.) I recommend it to fans of YA fantasy, of modern fairy stories, and of paranormal romances. “Indelible” is both sweet and scary by turns, and it is fully worth the paperback price.
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whatsmacksaid | 15 andere besprekingen | Sep 21, 2018 |
Goodreads Synopsis:
As reality slips and time stands still, Consuela finds herself thrust into the world of the Flow. Removed from all she loves into this shifting world overlapping our own, Consuela quickly discovers she has the power to step out of her earthly skin and cloak herself in new ones—skins made from the world around her, crafted from water, fire, air. She is joined by other teens with extraordinary abilities, bound together to safeguard a world they can affect, but where they no longer belong.
When murder threatens to undo the Flow, the Watcher charges Consuela and elusive, attractive V to stop the killer. But the psychopath who threatens her new world may also hold the only key to Consuela’s way home.

My Review:
Consuela is just like any other girl at the beginning of the book. She has normal problems and nrmal looks. Sure, she's a little sad at times, but it won't be lie that forever. Then one day she peels off her skin. Bones is born, and she now has to help save lives. She feels good about herself for a change. She's in another world. But she has no idea what she's getting into. Travelling through a system called the flow, she's transported to a kind of hideout for people like her. Although no one's ever been just a skeleton before, everyone works together to save the lives of people who are going to die before they should. She meets Sissy, Tender, V, and Wish, among others and continues on her new path. This is an exciting story unlike anything I've read before, a little gory at times, you never know what to expect, what's coming next, and I'm glad I read it. I had no idea what to expect from this story based on the cover, but I'm not disappointed. I'm glad it's not a series, it ended well and there's nothing I'm still wondering about. Definitely check it out if you get a chance.
Thanks for reading! Check out this review and more at my blog.
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radioactivebookworm | 33 andere besprekingen | Jul 14, 2017 |

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Leden
451
Populariteit
#54,392
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½ 3.5
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ISBNs
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Favoriet
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