Reviewed by celinenyx on
Age-wise House of Ivy & Sorrow does feel like a young YA book, especially at the beginning. The main characters are around seventeen, and at first I felt like they behaved rather like fourteen year olds. Throughout the story this impression faded, and there was plenty of darkness to keep me interested. Quite a few people have complained about the lack of depth and gloom. I really enjoyed the way a light, almost chick-lit like romance was incorporated into the story. House of Ivy & Sorrow is kind of like Sweet Valley High set in a small town with magic. The magic system relies on sacrifice in exchange for spells, sometimes a hair, eye sight - or bigger sacrific like finger-nails or limbs. It completely gross to read about someone voluntarily ripping their finger-nail out to create a spell, but some part of me also completely loved that.
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