Where to start… This book reignited my love of YA and got me excited about the genre again! I stayed up until the early hours two nights in a row reading Belladonna and I already have the hardback pre-ordered for publication day!
This is the story of Signa, an orphaned nineteen year old with the ability to evade Death. While things never quite go to plan she just needs to make it 6 more months until she turns twenty, inherits her fortune and can start living her own life. Unfortunately, Death has other plans and she finds herself at Thorn Grove, with her cousin dying, her uncle a drunken mess and her aunt dead of suspicious circumstances. Not the easy 6 months Signa had in mind but it’s now up to her to figure out what’s happening at Thorn Grove before it’s too late.
I can’t say much about this one as I don’t want to spoil it. But what I can say is I love it! There’s something new and exciting about Belladonna, the way the plot never lets up and literally had me picking up my jaw towards the end. The characters are well designed and made my laugh out loud. Death as a person was amusing, complex and completely mesmerising. I mean, who knew Death had a sense of humour? But most of all Signa, had a uniqueness and stubbornness to her than made me want to know more.
I read this book as part of a mini book club with Krystina (One More Chapter) and Malissa (Reading the Year Away) and we all devoured it! The endless voice notes and texts messages as we made our way through this book in a matter of days speaks volumes for our thoughts on Belladonna. It’s all consuming, sexy, heartbreaking and so damn funny!
If you haven’t preorder yet I highly recommend you get on that! If you’re in the UK Forbidden Planet have signed copies for a steal of a price! (Just saying)
Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for allowing me to read this wonderful book! While it was gifted all my views are my own and not influenced by anyone else.
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