And Plummer does an excellent job of bringing them to life in this audiobook. August and Kate have distinct and interesting personalities that reverberate wonderfully off of one another. However its the two main characters that really make this book shine. Sometimes it's blunt and straightforward while others it almost feels like your listening to poetry. Both perspectives felt well done and alternated at decent times so i never felt frustrated when it happened, or valued one perspective above another. I never felt like i was lagging behind on the story when the characters switched. The plot line pulls its weight and flows fairly well for a book told between two perspectives. A city filled to the brim of toothy monsters that has been split down the middle between a mafia group and freedom fighters make for a wonderful backdrop. I'm actually going to get a copy of both books so i can display them on my favorites shelf. The General: Let me start off by just saying that 'The Monsters of Verity' series is now my favorite duology. Would you consider the audio edition of This Savage Song to be better than the print version?
This book made me continue my audible membership!! Her heroes will face monsters intent on destroying them from every side - including the monsters within. In This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab creates a gritty, seething metropolis, one worthy of being compared to Gotham and to the four versions of London in her critically acclaimed fantasy for adults, A Darker Shade of Magic.
But Kate discovers August's secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who's just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent - but he's one of the monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city - a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. The first of two books, This Savage Song is a must-have for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylor.
In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains - and friends or enemies - with the future of their home at stake. There's no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters.
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