The Truth About Books: Exile by Shannon Messenger

Hey guys! This week's book that Taherah and I reviewed is EXILE by the wonderful Shannon Messenger! Yes we fangirl and there IS SPOILERS. DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK!! Please note this!!!

~Exile~

Taherah Abbas
Shannon Messenger is one of my new favorite authors <3

Caitlyn Crowe
Omg ikr! Keeper of the Lost Cities Series has got to be one of my favorites ever!

Taherah Abbas
YES I absolutely LOVELOVE it even if it isn't YA (although it technically should be)

Caitlyn Crowe
Seriously, it sure plays with emotions enough!

Taherah Abbas
What happened to Alden was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I've read!

Caitlyn Crowe
Oh my god and then when Fitz was being an asshole and UGH!

Taherah Abbas
I KNOW and Sophie was just so cool and forgiving about it
Also just so all of you who don't know KEEFE IS MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

Caitlyn Crowe
snicker

Taherah Abbas
IT’S THE TRUTH. I FORMALLY CLAIM HIS AS MINE

Caitlyn Crowe
grabs Keefe and my "Property of Taherah Abbas" stamps and stamps his forehead with it there now its official

Taherah Abbas
Nooooo don't ruin his perfect face! Let it be!

Caitlyn Crowe
Dude its a stamp not the fucking apocalypse

Taherah Abbas
>.< It is stamping a human/elf=not cool noooow let's talk about the book  :P

Caitlyn Crowe
You have no idea how much I want to be an elf and live in this world.

Taherah Abbas
You have no idea how much my perspective on elves and other creatures and things change after reading this book

Caitlyn Crowe
Okay I don't know what you been readin cuzz elves have aaaallllllways been awesome

Taherah Abbas
.__. I’ve always been indifferent and eh about elves

Caitlyn Crowe
stands up, knocks chair over and walks out I'm done with you

Taherah Abbas
IM SORRY

Caitlyn Crowe
ANYWAYS! I really love Sophie's POV, just the way it reads is so relatable and there are never those moments when you're screaming "NOOOOO DONT DO THAT CANT YOU SEE ITS GOING TO MESS EVERYTHING UP!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

Taherah Abbas
RIGHT ALL HER THOUGHTS CORRESPONDS WITH MINE

Caitlyn Crowe
I know this is a bad reason to like someone but I also really love how special she is...

Taherah Abbas
I do like we get more into how perfect she is and how she and everyone else is aware of that instead of it being an unaware "What are you talking about? I'm plain old Jane." kinda thing

Caitlyn Crowe
OMG That’s really REALLY nice I never thought about that but I always really hate it when the main character is all "waah waaaah I'm so normal and plain" when you're just like no you're not you're amazing and self absorbed so get over yourself and move on to the awesome

Taherah Abbas
Right?! AND Sophie does try to be more modest but it's kind of hard especially for her and all she ends up going through

Caitlyn Crowe
And she does it in a way so that it isn't that she's denying she's special or wishes she weren't she just doesn't want people to focus on it and miss her

Taherah Abbas
Yeah basically what makes her such an awesome heroine

Caitlyn Crowe
Okay I just want to say that I love the way she problem solves it is frickin amazing I MEAN SHE GOT BRONTE TO KINDA LIKE HER OMG!!!!!!

Taherah Abbas
OMG AT THE END WHEN SHE AND BRONTE HER THEIR CONVO AND I WANTED TO PINCH HIS CHEEEKS!

Caitlyn Crowe
OMG IKR BRONTE HAS A SOFT SPOT!!!!!

Taherah Abbas
HE DOES ITS KIND OF ADORABLE
BUT NOT REALLY BUT YEAH

Caitlyn Crowe
I also love how Jolie comes back into the picture and how you learn more about Black Swan and Grady and Edaline's past (is that right?)

Taherah Abbas
IKR it's pretty cool how it's incorporated into the story. And I really like the symbol/name of, "black swan"

Caitlyn Crowe
OKAY THE CHARM BRACELET AND THE TREE THING ALMOST MADE ME CRY!

Taherah Abbas
AWWW RIGHT RIGHT IT WAS JUST TOOO MUCH

Caitlyn Crowe
I just can't, I mean the fact that they had to go through all that and then meeeeehhhhhhhhhh

Taherah Abbas
TOOO MUCH!! BUTBUTBUT I reaaaaaaaally love the way the graves are it's honestly one of the most creative, original, and most beautiful thing written

Caitlyn Crowe
I KNOW JUST THIS WORLD UGH AND EVEN SCHOOL SOUNDS AMAZING AND UUUGGGGGHHHHHH

Taherah Abbas
LICKING TO GET YOUR LOCKER OPEN XD

Caitlyn Crowe
OMG THAT IS THE BEST AND JUST ALL OF IT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT IN BECAUSE ITS ALL WONDERFUL AND ITS ONE OF THOSE WORLDS I WOULD GIVE UP ALMOST ANYTHING TO LIVE IN OR EVEN VISIT

Taherah Abbas
AHHHHHH YESH I WANT A THEME PARK INSPIRED BY THIS BOOK

Caitlyn Crowe
I would live there. No joke.

Taherah Abbas
It would be wonderful.

Caitlyn Crowe
I love all the frickin characters too, every last one of them. That’s a hard thing to do too

Taherah Abbas
Seriously!!! You have at least one character you despise in the book and there NONE in this one. Oh and I love how when Keefe talk about how awesome it would be to be a technopath and it totally boosts Dex's ego XD

Caitlyn Crowe
RIGHT OMG KEEFE IS JUST THE BEST

Taherah Abbas
I LOVE HIM SOSOSOSOSO MUCH

Caitlyn Crowe
sarcasm really?

Taherah Abbas
:P And yes he is I found his relationship with Silveny so funny and awesome
Caitlyn Crowe
Dude Silveny was the bomb, although I would have preferred her too be slightly less irritating and a little more coherent and just smart

Taherah Abbas
Yeah that’s something I agree on. Not toooo mature though. And I was laughing like crazy when we found out where Sophie got her eyes from XD

Caitlyn Crowe
laughs OH MY GOD THAT WAS BRILLIANT

Taherah Abbas
Seriously! I would have never thought of that

Caitlyn Crowe
I just really love this book

Taherah Abbas
Ditto! OH and just a quick cover fangirlishness: I LOVE how accurate the cover is AND THE COLOR I LOVE THAT BLUE COVER A LOT

Caitlyn Crowe
AND THE ART! THE ART IS SO PRETTY!!!!!

Taherah Abbas
So basically so much love for everything about this book

Caitlyn Crowe
nods FIVE STARS FROM ME!!!!!!

Taherah Abbas
AGREED