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| Title | : | Betwixt |
| Author | : | Tara Bray Smith |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2007 by Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Urban Fantasy |
Tara Bray Smith
Hardcover | Pages: 496 pages Rating: 2.58 | 2424 Users | 329 Reviews
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For three teenagers, dark mystery has always lurked at the corner of the eyes and the edge of sleep. Beautiful Morgan D'Amici wakes in her trailerpark home with dirt and blood under her fingernails. Paintings come alive under Ondine Mason's violet-eyed gaze. Haunted runaway Nix Saint-Michael sees halos of light around people about to die. At a secret summer rave in the woods, the three teenagers learn of their true, changeling nature and their uncertain, intertwined destinies. Riveting, unflinching, beautiful, Betwixt shows a magic as complex and challenging as any ordinary reality.
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| Original Title: | Betwixt |
| ISBN: | 031606033X (ISBN13: 9780316060332) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Portland, Oregon(United States) |
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Ratings: 2.58 From 2424 Users | 329 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Betwixt
I think that Smith made an earnest attempt to do something different with a "Fairy" book. Some aspects of the plot are genuinely compelling. However, the book feels unfinished. Clearly she is setting up for a "series." Her publisher is Poppy--the same publisher with which Gossip Girl originated--an organization that is set up to crank out teen series targeted for girls. While it must be wonderful to get a publisher, I think this publisher may have compromised her integrity as an author byYou know, the word "betwixt" used to conjure up such enchanting images of old fairytales, like Tam Lin curse by the fairy queen, as some words inevitably carry with them such beautiful associations. NO LONGER! I'm afraid to say I could not finish this book, and that is EXTREMELY unlike me. (I've survived many dross-filled horrors to their sad and unsatisfying ends, let me assure you.) This book, however--though it had a beginning that SEEMED promising--ended up being filled with 2-D characters,
I enjoyed this a lot. I'm intrigued by the wide variations in responses from other reviewers - so many people found it "boring" or "badly written." Um, no. Not badly written at all. A hell of a lot better than either Stephanie Meyer or JK Rowling, and better than many other YA "dark fantasy" works that I've tried. It's not perfect - I felt that the ending was rushed; maybe she decided that it was okay because she was going to have a sequel, but I thought everything was over too quickly and would

Betwixt. Just the sound of the book sounds somewhat interesting am i right? Well the book is pretty interesting...until you hit about the 20th page.Basically thsi book deals with three teenagers who seem to possess these "special" powers that make them different from everyone else. Ondine, Nicholas Saint-Michael (Nix), and Morgan are those three unlucky teenagers. Nix has the power to see when a person is a about to die. Morgan well she can do something that is well her power is not as well
I never did finish this book. The cover is absolutely lovely, so I bought it (bad move? uh, yea). I got a little past half way through and finally decided there was too much good literature out there to be wasting my time reading a piece of garbage like this.REASONS I COULD NOT AT ANY COST FINISH THIS "BOOK":1. The characters were terrible. They were shallow and flat, and they stayed that way throughout the entire part I read. There was no character development AT ALL. Like, I kept waiting for
I read this as part of a challenge, and I had to go to the library and pick two books with my eyes closed. The first was excellent (Little Brother, review is here ); the second was Betwixt. If I hadnt been reading this for a challenge, I would have put this book down after about 20 pages. Actually, I probably would have thrown it out the window.
I'm having a ton of trouble finishing this book. It seemed to have so much promise - in a post Harry Potter, Twilight series way - but, I fear those hopes were not met.The story is incredible disjointed and not on purpose, I fear. The characters are underdeveloped, the motivations are vague and the exposition--jagged, at best.I will continue to try to persevere, but this could be another "Memiors of a Geisha" for me.


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