The City's Son

Sorry I havent posted in so long. It has been a couple busy weeks with school, finals, and family. Luckily, I have read a couple books and pre-did a few reviews. So here you go:

The City's Son
Tom Pollock
422 pages
The Skyscraper Throne Trilogy

Summary: Direct from Amazon.com ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Citys-Son-Skyscraper-Throne/dp/0738734306)

Running away from her traitorous best friend and her distant father, teenage graffiti artist Beth Bradley is looking for a new home. What she finds is Filius, the ragged crown prince of London’s underworld—a place where glassy spiders steal voices on telephone wires, railwraiths terrorize the train tubes, and deadly scaffwolves stalk the shadows.
Reach, the malign god of demolition, is on a rampage, destroying the creatures of hidden London to lay claim to the skyscraper throne. Caught up in helping Filius raise an alleyway army to battle Reach, Beth soon forgets her old life. But when the enemy claims her best friend, Beth must choose between the acceptance she finds in the streets and the life she left behind.

My Opinion

Wow! This book was so original. The author had wonderful world building. Pollux was able to create a fully functional world right beneath London Society. The world was very dark too. As my lit class is learning about American Gothic romanticism works, this book reminded me of those, especially works by Washington Irving.  It was just as dark with a slight part of romance, but the major theme was family and relationships. My favorite character was Pen, due to the author's use of diversity. More POC in Books is my cry.  BOOK DIVERSITY PLEASE! ! Also, Pen was a strong friend and an even stronger person for going through what she did. All the characters were interesting.  I hope more backstories are included in the story. The true lives of spiders and statues was interesting, but i want to know how they get there. Also, what happened to the Fleet? What happened to the Railwaith? The one thing that i disliked is how the story opened with unanswered questions.  The first chapters with Filius had me confused, because i could not picture the monsters/creatures. The scenes were just fights with not enough description on the creatures. That's the only thing i was displeased on, but once i got past that i loved the book. It was definitely refreshing and interesting to read. I could not put it down. Lol, the British slang is a favorite. I recommend you guys to read this book. I very much want to know what happens next.

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P.P.S: I'm going to another great skyscraper city this holidays: New York! Happy Holiday's Everyone!!