![]() ![]() ![]() Those suffering from eye-rolling vampire fatigue will laugh out loud at the way Larbalestier and Brennan skewer the more annoying tropes of the genre but vampire devotees will still find a vampire story here, that plays by the rules and gives them something to latch on to. Who would we give it to? What’s great about this book is that it’s going to appeal to both sides of a crowd – the vampire-lovers and the vampire-haters. This book succeeds both on the character level (Mel, with her sassy attitude and self-determination is absolutely a Slatebreaker) and on a larger commentary level, as it takes to task some of the less Slatebreaking elements in – ahem – some of the more popular vampire fiction out there. That said, I still took the book jacket off when I read it in public.ĭoes it Break the Slate? Totally. From the font to the standard love pose (populated though, not by the two men vying for Mel’s affection, but by the lovesick Francis and Cathy), this cover winks at the joke while still appreciating the genre – much like the book itself. Genre: Urban Fantasy / Speculative Fictionįace Value: This cover is cheesy, and conforms to a fair number of stereotypes, but it also sort of feels like it’s in on the joke. Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. ![]()
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