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1. Every girl with eyes loved Fenrin But I was not like those prattling, chattering things with their careful head tosses and thick, cloying lip gloss Inside, buried down deep where no one could see it, was the core of me, burning endlessly, coal black and coal bright.Oh sweet Jesus, get over yourself Did that quote really come from a narrator we re supposed to take seriously Of all the things I expected from this book, a super emo, extremely slow, Twilight esque story was not one of them I m not j [...]

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2. i m just realizing this about myself, but i am a person who tends to round two star books up into three star territory my name is karen, and i m an uprounder part of it is a readers advisory training that unconsciously steers me towards back seating NLGM my personal reactions, part of it is residual catholic guilt, and part of it is just always wanting to like a book i have chosen to read to identify at least one thing that made reading it not a waste of my timeis book is a fast read, so it didn [...]

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3. I can see how The Graces could be appealing for some readers Kirkus, for one The patient kind, who can get past a ridiculous, unbelievable plot and flat characters for the sake of a twist I am not that reader I believe that there s such a thing as too little, too late, too bad Also, I totally saw it coming Honestly, I don t even have it in me to write an organized or ranty review, but I only want to forget the hours I spent reading it Can I have my time back, please I just need a Forgetfulness P [...]

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4. Excuse me but I ACCIDENTALLY COMPLETELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK Okay hear me out I was a skeptic going in For reasons that include A I d read a lot of very low starred reviews, and B I mean, that cover, mate The hardcover is gorgeous but this looks like a box of those seashell soaps Not a fan However it came abundantly clear to me, after the first few chapters, that I was doomed to be utterly swallowed by this book It reminded me of The Cresswell Plot meets Holly Black meets Rocks Fall, Ever [...]

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5. Real diehard fans of the series Sweep by Cate Tiernan may enjoy this if they overlook the irritant characters Otherwise, not recommended.

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6. 1.5 stars It s like Twilight except not as well done There s something I never thought I d say.River moves to a small coastal town where she learns a family of super hot teens are rud to be witches There s a boy everyone is in love with who has an arrogant lazy smile and smells like a thicker, manlier kind of vanilla , his gorgeous twin sister, and then a younger sister who befriends River This super wealthy Grace family has two parents who aren t really parents and blah blah Twilight scenario T [...]

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7. Oh hi I wrote this book Here s a bit about it.Short there may or may not be witches There s a girl who lies to you about what she really wants There s obsession, desire, desperation, glamour, and what I hope is a pretty damn surprising ending.Long The Graces explores the endless pull between the Other fantasy, imagination, belief, of spirits and gods and ghosts and the colder everyday of the real, the real that we are very afraid is all there is.As a child, you believe that magic is real, if yo [...]

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8. 3.5 stars Interesting read, but not what was pitched Wanted magic Really loved the first 20 % and last 20% it was brilliant

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9. Maaaaan, guys That wasfucked This is a book about a sad, strange, loathsome asshole who makes terrible decisions, and it s all so bloody entertaining I m not surprised that this book got middling reviews it s a Marmite thing, probably a very, very acquired taste that not everyone will enjoy But I loved it I would have given it five stars, but there was an unnerving air of internalized misogyny that really bothered me, and was completely unnecessary River is an asshole, but she didn t need to be [...]

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10. Mini review I received this E ARC via Netgalley and ABRAMS Kids in exchange for an honest review DNFI heard about this book through Twitter After I read the synopsis I was sold I love reading about witches Unfortunately this book was a disappointment River was so obsessed with the Graces that it came off as disturbing She wanted to prove to them that she was the person they were looking for First of all where did she get this assumption Yes she s the new girl and the Graces didn t know her But h [...]

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11. The most disappointing thing about The Graces was that it had such huge potential When I read the summary I was immediately hooked An entire town worships a rich, secretive family and rumors circulate that they are magical a family of witches The plot sounded so cool and I couldn t wait to pick it up.I was expecting a mysterious look at a closely entwined family, but you know what I got instead Beautiful Creatures 2.0.Meet River, our lonely normal main character who is obsessed with the Grace fa [...]

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12. The Graces is a Twilight cult classic gone wrong.This book gives the Twilight vibes I am not saying that to be condescending, or because I have zero knowledge of YA, but simply, because it is true A simplistic girl moves into an elusive town where there s a popular unreachable clan They are very selective of who they associate themselves with Somehow, the new girl finds herself bewitched with the mystery clouding around these people She ll do anything to entangle herself with them The plot is no [...]

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13. Okay Confession time A couple of weeks ago, I happened to be in a discussion on Twitter about YA, where Laure Eve s THE GRACES was mentioned I expressed lively enthusiasm for the title, then realized a little too late that I hadn t actually read it at all, but was thinking of THE GRACEKEEPERS, by Kirsty Logan, instead So shoot me I never could remember names And so I read THE GRACES out of guilt, initially but I am reviewing it out of pleasure It s a deceptively clever book, full of subtleties t [...]

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14. 2.5 5 s edit I just wanted to put a warning out that this isn t really very witchy, the focus isn t heavy spells or magic, it s about the promise of some characters maybe being witches This book is sitting somewhere between two and three stars, and I can t come to settle on a single rating It was a book that I floated through without ever feeling particularly entranced or interested in the characters of the plot line, a clinical kind of interest was the most I could muster up It wasn t so much [...]

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15. I know this sounds ridiculous, but the only way I can describe the effect this book had on me is to say that, when I finished it, I felt high like I had been slightly thrown off my axis, and was a little bit disconnected from the world The Graces requires patience, yes, but the payoff really is that good The story and the relationships depicted therein build slowly and in fits and starts, in a way that feels true to what is being portrayed and made me think of nothing so much as Megan Abbott in [...]

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16. This is when I get into troubleBy requesting to read a book solely because of the beautiful cover And this one had it It caught my eye and I immediately requested it I m sad to report that I didn t enjoy this one It had the potential to be a good novel, but it just fell flat for me One, not a whole lot happens There s literally no plot I had trouble getting through it because I was bored, but I kept pushing because the writing sucks you in But that s it Because the characters, the story and the [...]

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17. 3.5 starsI love love love witches, so I was super excited to get this gorgeous thing in my hands.River is an interesting character She s wants to win the attention of the Graces so much, that she s willing to do anything and change herself for it Her inner monologue was a little drab here and there, but for the most part I was interested in her journey The most dynamic scenes are when River and all 3 of the Graces are together Those sections shone so brightly, it made the rest of the book seem a [...]

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18. I wanted to like this so badly but it fell very flat for me.

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19. What did she believe in What made her happy BLURB Like everyone else in her town, River is obsessed with the Graces, attracted by their glamour and apparent ability to weave magic But are they really what they seem And are they dangerous than they let on Whilst reading, I was pretty sure I was not going to continue on with this series Thankfully though, halfway through the book the story and plot actually picked up and I found myself really wanting to read it The first half of the story was ext [...]

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20. I have a lot to say about this one, so look out for a video review going up soon on Heart Full Of Books Briefly though, I found the main character, River, quite dislikable and hard to understand, I felt the Graces themselves remained an enigma for the whole book and overall, I m still confused about whether magic really exists or not in this world Marcus Jonathan Byers in another life is the most interesting character, so he gets a star on his own.The sexual tension gets 1 star because it was mo [...]

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21. I contemplated powering through and hate reading this but at just 5% I can t bring myself to do it.This has bad Twilight knock off I made it to the Bella River staring longingly at the Cullens Graces lunch table scene and lost all will to go on written all over it, and I just don t have time for that Thank you Netgalley for providing me a copy forew.

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22. Technically 3 and 1 2 stars It s been a while since I read a book about witches Unfortunately, I felt it hit most of the major tropes instead of exploring something new Also, I disliked River A lot But I liked the Graces, especially Summer I ll probably read the sequel but my hopes aren t high.

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23. 2.5 3 stars Seriously Full review to come.

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24. Dat was eigenlijk best wel tof Recensie volgt

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25. I almost bought this recently but because of the price I decided to just check it out at the library and oh boy am I glad I did I only managed to get through 14 pages before this book nearly killed me I ve never said this before, but the writing was atrocious I ve never read anything so terrible It was cheesy, horribly cliche, and honestly nausea inducing By the end of page 14 I felt like I needed a shower I forced myself to look straight into his eyes I can stop pretending when I m alone He smi [...]

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26. Actual rating 2.5 stars Honestly, I m not sure what to make of The Graces It wasodd and not quite what I was expecting I wanted witchy x10 but the whole magic system was very obscure and I m still not entirely sure if the characters have magic to just pretend to I liked the unreliable narrator though in terms of the device, not actually River herself the only problem was I was 100% aware that she was unreliable I questioned everything she said because she seemed to always be contradicting hersel [...]

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27. You follow the story of River later called that way in the book who meets the Graces family And they are quite weird after a period of weird crazy fun stuff shit is about to go down And all crazy things happen.For me this book wasn t so good, I saw the plots comming miles before the plot actually came and also the characters in the book were not quite special Only that the Graces were a bit strange In the last chapters it all turns around so quickly and I literally thought what the fuck Tha Grac [...]

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28. Actual rating 1.5 starsI received this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review Thanks so much to the publisher and the website for granting me the opportunity to read an ARC of this.River has an obsession to be a part of this strange, fascinating group of people in her school The Graces are siblings Summer Grace dresses like a goth and it seems like she has a shield around her Thalia Grace is the golden girl beautiful and untouchable And Fenrin Fenrin Grace is the most attractive guy [...]

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29. Full review in my book blog Huge thanks to the publisher and author for letting me read this book for free in exchange for an honest book review It feels like The Craft meets We Were Liars While this book had good writing, the pacing is extremely slow.First we have The Graces Everyone wants to be them They treat people like crap, but when you re in their inner circle, they make you feel valued But here s the thing, there s a rumor spreading around their small town that they re not normal They re [...]

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30. I bought this book based 100% on the cover and I regret paying full price for this book Right away this book reminded me of Twilight Which, to some people, won t be a big deal But I hate Twilight so that was a deal breaker I couldn t stop comparing The Graces to Twilight and it killed me I wanted to look past that but the plot was so similar New kid discovers strange siblings in school that are than they seem New kid befriends said strange siblings Boring plot ensues.I didn t like the character [...]

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