That House Stunk

Trust me.  We entered into Bonnie-Sue's house thinking that the beautiful cover and original storyline we're going to make our Smackdown dreams come true.  Better yet, we were hopeful.  I mean the author's last name was Hitchcock?  The back of the book painted a scene of danger and escape.  But we didn't know we were the ones in danger in need of an escape route.  Maybe we read the synopsis with dark tinted lenses, but even if we hadn't, this fresh premise quickly began to stink of cliches.  What an underdeveloped mess.  How can you have four characters tell their stories and expect it to go anywhere believable in 250 pages?  The audio guide did breathe a little bit of fresh air into this smelly house, but it definitely didn't mask the lingering scent of our butchered hope for The Smell of Other People's Houses.

On the other hand, Scythe was a wickedly dark treat.  It weaved a world where humans can't die, even if they wanted to.   In this gripping setting, brave souls are tasked with slaying the innocent to stave off overpopulation.  What can we say?  We loved watching Cia and Rowan negotiate the moral ambiguities of their society.  Just as they struggled to understand what is right and what is wrong, we were too.  This book kept throwing twists until the very end.  Beyond the action, the journal entries of the scythe's left questions in our minds too.  Where would our morals lie?


Now we have two authors waiting for their fate, looking at one another, knowing only one will survive.  We'll make it quick...

Sorry, Bonnie-Sue but you've been chosen for Gleaning.


In her place we nominate Angie Thomas with the book, The Hate U Give. (Our Zombie Pick)

Tristin and Lindsay