Everyone said The Graces were witches. And I was going to make them mine. Hey guys it's
Sarah Jane welcome back to my channel today I'm here to bring you a spoiler
free review of The Graces by Laure Eve. So I was sent a copy of this book from the
Willoughby Book club which is a gift bookish subscription service and I have
a link for that in the description bar down below because you can get a little
discount if you're interested. Just like everybody else in her small town River
is obsessed with the Graces. She's pulled in by their glamour their exclusivity
their wealth their beauty and perhaps even their magic. But unlike everybody
else obsessed with the graces River knows exactly what she's doing doesn't
she? So The Graces is a YA book and it's
about this girl called River who moves to a small town, starts a new school and
she becomes obsessed with the Graces. there are three Grace's siblings that go
to the same school as her, there is Summer who's in the same year as River.
River is instantly drawn to Summer and really wants to be her friend. Summer is
cool she has long dark hair she's a bit of a rebel she's everything that River
wants to be. and then there's the two older grey siblings who are twins and
you have Talia and Fenrin. Talia is a lot more reserved than Summer she's one
of those girls who are just effortlessly beautiful and Fenrin, Fenrin is a gift
from the gods. He's blonde he's witty he's got that lazy smile that everybody
loves. And everybody just wants to be friends with the Graces. They're known
for their wealth their glamoUr their exclusivity they have a lot of power
over the small town there's a lot of mystery that surrounds them and they're
very wealthy and they're very private. They tend to keep themselves to
themselves there's a lot of rumors floating around about whether they are
actually witches or not and a lot of strange things seems to happen around
them so people are interested by them and they either want to be in the club
and very close to them or they just want to stay away from them. Now River
desperately wants to be friends for the Graces but rather than suck up to them
she actually acts like she doesn't care she acts like she doesn't want to be
friends with them and it works and soon she's pulled into the fold. Plot wise I'm
not going to talk about it much more than that because I don't want to spoil
anything I feel like it's a book you need to go into knowing as little as
possible. For me this book was like a recipe of the Craft, Charmed, Gossip Girl and Riverdale.
You have that outsider voice narration
like you do with Riverdale you have the wealth and the exclusivity and the
glamour and the beauty of Gossip Girl and then you have the witchiness
of the Craft and Charmed. I really like that the graces had this atmosphere that
they had this beauty this wealth this glamour because I'm so used to hearing
about witches is being the outcast and witches is being the weird ones are
the ones that nobody want to, like wants to associate with and things like that
and this book really turned that on its head. The Graces have this allure that I
don't feel that you get with a lot of other witch books and I really liked
that. It did have a little bit of that Twilight vibe which if someone had said
that to me I would have been like hell no but you know in Twilight when you see
the Cullens come in and they just have this atmosphere around them, that's a
little bit how the Graces are. Everyone knows there's something off about them
but they can't quite put their finger on why and the new girl is really pulled in
by them. This is one of those books that seems to have a lot of polarizing
opinions now some people don't like the book because they expected it to be a
lot more witchy. They expected a lot more witchiness if you like a lot more magic
a lot more spells that sort of thing and this book isn't really like that it's
about creating this atmosphere and as a reader you're reading the book trying to
work out if the Graces are witches. I felt like this book was very atmospheric I
really liked the writing style I was pulled in I loved the characters I feel
like if you understand why River is obsessed with the graces then you buy
into it. If you don't and you don't understand why she's so obsessed with
them I think this book could potentially fall a little bit flat but I did buy
into it she wanted to belong I understood it and then as the book
further progressed and developed it became even more apparent why she was so
desperate to be a part of the Graces. her reasoning is much more layered than what
you first think. now River isn't actually Rivers real name we don't find out what
her real name is, early on in the book she decides to take a new name for herself
and call herself a River and she's a character that on the surface you think
is quite dull, she's quite needy she's desperate to be friends with the Graces
and you you feel like there's something more there but you're not sure why. She's
actually quite an unreliable narrator you're not sure if you can trust her and
I really love that aspect. It ended in a way that made
me so desperate to pick up the second book The Curses which isn't out yet. I'm
just so desperate for the second book because I just want to know what happens
to my precious characters and I feel like the second book is gonna be even
better than the first. I believe the second book is going to be told from a
different perspective which if you've read the Graces that's a really
interesting development. I would recommend this book if you like
characters that are morally grey if you like atmospheric books, I would recommend
this book if you like the whole witchy thing but you also like the intrigue and
the glamour and the wealth of how the other half live if you like. I love the
way that this book combined those elements and for me it was really strong
I gave it four out of five stars because it didn't quite hit that five star mark
for me for a few reasons and I do feel like I'm gonna love the
second one even more so I feel good giving this one 4 out of 5 stars because
hopefully I'm gonna love the second one and that will be even better than the
first. But that's it for my spoiler free review of The Graces if you have read it
let me know what you think down below no spoilers please. But equally if you're
thinking of picking it up let me know that as well because that's always nice.
I just love this book I can't wait for the second one four out of five stars
done. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you guys all again soon, bye!
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