Title: Velveteen
Author: Daniel Marks
Length: 464 Pages
Genres: YA, Paranormal, Ghosts , Romance
Synopsis:
Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem.
The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno, it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind.
Bonesaw.
Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she’s figured out just how to do it. She’ll haunt him for the rest of his days.
It’ll be brutal... and awesome.
But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen’s obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she’s willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker.
Velveteen can’t help herself when it comes to breaking rules... or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her.
The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno, it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind.
Bonesaw.
Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she’s figured out just how to do it. She’ll haunt him for the rest of his days.
It’ll be brutal... and awesome.
But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen’s obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she’s willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker.
Velveteen can’t help herself when it comes to breaking rules... or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her.
Review:
4.5
This book had absolutely everything I wanted in it.
Mystery. Revenge. Betrayal. Love. Action.
Emotion. Everything—this book was one
beautifully dark storm.
The setting was a crucial point in this book, and I think
it was perfect. The purgatory he built was just like I would have imagined it.
It was dark, and depressive. It was crowded, and there ash everywhere—which,
was a byproduct of souls moving on from purgatory. The fact that everyone was
covered in this dead people dust was so creepy that I loved it.
What I loved most about the main character Velvet
was who she was as a person. She was a little harsh and insensitive at times—but
you can’t really blame someone who’d been brutally murdered for that. I understood
the reason why she did everything, and I was able to sympathize with her. I knew
all her motives and ended up cheering her on. That can be hard to achieve—especially
when the character is harsh as she is.
The mix of characters was gorgeous. The Twins were
the comedy, Nick was the romance. Mr. Fassbinder was the lovable supporting
character. And Bonesaw was a brutal murderer. Even though I summed up these
characters in a few words, their all so much more complex than that—they all
felt like real people.
My absolute favorite thing about this story was the
twists. Some of the events you knew would happen, but others would just blind
side you. Even the people—some characters turned out to be completely different
then I thought they would be—some rose to the occasion… and some absolutely betrayed
Velvet. This gave a nice effect to the story while Velvet juggled haunting
Bonesaw, and rescuing souls.
‘Velveteen’ was dark, and creepy and beautiful all
at the same time. It was a rollercoaster I’d gladly ride again.
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