Title: Here Lies Love
Author: Dan Thompson
Genre: NA Dystopian
Reviewer: Aly
Book Blurb:
Would death be less painful than life?
When she is sold by her father, Abbey discovers that nightmares can occur when you’re awake. Trapped inside a wooden cage, Abbey is forced to listen to the horrors and atrocities above; time ticking down until it is her turn. But Abbey isn’t prepared to become a victim; she will escape.
Although, what Abbey isn’t prepared for, is how harsh and unfair the world can be. With the sun turning its back on humanity long ago, life gives no opportunity. The only thing Abbey can do is learn to survive. To exist. And that means stealing any opportunity that comes her way. Haunted by the unpleasant memories bestowed upon her only nurtures Abbey’s paranoia, until she realises that to truly live in the world, she must confront the person who was responsible for her misfortune – her father.
Here Lies Love is a New Adult tale of actuality, of facing up to the fact that love comes in many guises. Can Abbey find the one glimmer of hope or will she be overcome with the darkness of revenge?
Review:
So, let’s get this out here now. Here Lies Love is a very dark novel. It deals with many things that are not nice things at all, and in fact deserve a trigger warning. This is very different from many of the novels that I typically read. In fact it may be different from many of what you all read. But it’s different and this is good. While the situations that take place are not good and in fact extremely terrible it does deal with these difficult issues realistically. And I did enjoy that aspect. Not necessarily that these issues were there to be dealt with.
The author also used words that captured the reader's attention. I know that I was hooked because the word usage and style of writing was very good, and well done. So I applaud the author for that.
