The Space Between

*Loved it*

I am growing tired of the same old stories and this one finally caught my interest after a half hour of thumbing through all the gorgeous new books on the shelves. This one is beautiful and the fact that Daphne is the daughter of the Fallen Angel Lucifer and a Demon Mother I was finally interested. A new spin. Not the same immortal, vampire, werewolf, fairy story. At first I was not too interested in the rest of the story line but I gave it a try. Brenna Yovanoff writes beautifully. I loved every word. It was nice to get lost in this world for a while. A really good read. I read it QUICK and work 3 jobs with two little girls. I managed :)

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Chapter by Chapter's review of The Space Between

I have been waiting practically forever to read Brenna Yovanoff’s The Space Between. After finishing and reading The Replacement I couldn’t wait to see what she would write next. And just by saying that you know that I had sky high expectations. *waggles finger* Let me tell you that The Space Between was above and beyond! Everything about this novel was breathtakingly beautiful. For a story about a girl who has spent her whole life living in Hell and isn’t used to the things we feel and experience, I found the story adventurous and like I said beautiful. And I don’t mean beautiful “OMG the cover was beautiful” beautiful (not that it isn’t, just look at it *points upwards*) I mean “it was written perfectly and summoned so many emotions in me”, beautiful (it’s a type of beautiful, look it up).

Anyhow, the novel started off with an intriguing prologue where the main character Daphne talks about her mother, Lilith, and how she had been with Adam and how her mother would rather die than be with somebody she doesn’t love. And how her mother met Daphne’s father a.k.a. Lucifer. Totally had me wanting more and obviously I continued reading, as the story progressed I did enjoy the idea that Daphne doesn’t understand love. To her it seemed like some sort of fantasy concept that does nothing but cause trouble, which is proven when her brother Obie leaves to be with some human girl he fell in love with. Despite how romantic that sounds, Obie ends up going missing and it’s up to Daphne to go on a quest to find out Obie’s whereabouts and save him.

The only catch is that she needs the help of a human boy who is intent of killing himself.

This human boy is Truman who I was already falling in love with. His tragic past and broken state made him seem dangerous and like he needed somebody to help hold him together and keep him from breaking into a million pieces. I have no clue why, but that just made him all the more irresistible. Not only was he acceptive of Daphne being a demon, but he was just there for her all throughout the novel in return for her saving his life. Not to mention that there were also chapters in his perspective, except that instead of having title names they were counting backwards…but to what? Nobody knows (well actually I know, but you get the point).

As the novel continued I am proud to say that Azrael and Dark Dreadful had me scared skinless and breathing with a hand on my mouth. All the murders and deaths that took place through the story gave it a dark and gothic feel that gave me chills and the relationship between Truman and Daphne had my heart melting. But the best part is how the ending left streams of tears pouring down my cheeks.

If you want something that will leave an impression, you must pick up a copy!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Better than Twilight.

It was amazing. Edward and Bella are the old thing!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book really should be more popular... unique story line, li

This book really should be more popular...
unique story line, likeable and hateable characters, good writing, lots of suspense but not a lot of action. Twist of plots and unexpected turns in the story. Really good! i loved how it was so dark but not cheesy at all!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

From the very first page, I knew I was going to love The Space B

From the very first page, I knew I was going to love The Space Between. It has a creepy, otherworldly factor that just sucked me right into the story. Brenna Yovanoff has a very unique writing style and voice, one which I can't wait to read more of and thankfully I already own her first novel The Replacement.

I found Daphne to be such a fascinating main character because she's basically the odd man out in a family full of sin loving demons. Her determination to find her brother Obie, is both noble and reckless since she has little help or hope of finding him but chooses to go looking for him anyways. She's also incredibly odd, which I found endearing and the way in which she slowly begins to understand and show human emotion was really beautiful.

Truman was someone who repeatedly broke my heart with how little he thinks of himself. He's someone who's just given up entirely and it takes meeting someone as bizarre as Daphne to snap him out of it. He wants to help her understand the world and how it works but its through her that he beings to see why its worth living in. The connection between the two is instant but not in a romantic way, its more of a desperate "please save me from myself" kind of way. Its pleading, needy and a bit hostel, but exactly what both of them needs.

I thoroughly enjoyed the novel's tone even though it turned out to be much more sinister then I originally thought. I found the author's religious mythology intriguing, but I'm not sure everyone is going to be a fan of it since its quite dark and twisty. I felt the mystery surrounding Obie's disappearance was paced very well leaving the story open for a few surprises. Plus there's a crazy twist at the end which had my head spinning. Its a huge "Holy crap did that really just happen!" kind of moment.

If you're looking for something a bit different in the sea of YA paranormal books then I highly recommend The Space Between.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

(I was given this book for free on a read-to-review basis.) Daph

(I was given this book for free on a read-to-review basis.)
Daphne lives in a place called Pandemonium, a place that many would call Hell, because Daphne is a demon. In fact, she's a member of the aristocracy - her father is Lucifer himself, and her mother has her own fame; she was originally made by God for Adam, but was too flighty and left him for greener pastures.

Daphne has one brother and many sisters, and of them all, she is the only one to have never been to earth, until now. Her brother Obie, who she loves dearly, has left Pandemonium for earth because he has fallen in love with a human, and Daphne is worried that something bad will happen to him. Partly at the request of her mother, she goes down to earth to find the last human that she saw Obie with, in the hopes that he can help her find her brother.

Thinks go from bad to worse though when it turns out that Truman, the human she had seen Obie with, is self-destructing after the death of his mother and slowly killing himself, Dark dreadful - the archangels killing machine is hunting down Daphne's sisters and killing them, and a surprise arrival throws a whole new light on Obie's disappearance. Following `clues' that Truman keeps insisting aren't actually clues, Daphne searches desperately for Obie, but with shocking events along the way, and creatures from nightmares hunting her. Now it's up to Daphne to save Obie, Truman, and herself, but before Dark Dreadful finds her and kills her too.

This book was pretty good. I liked Daphne, she always did what she thought was in the best interests of those that she loved, and little really fazed her. I liked Truman, even though his character was a little damaged, and the other citizens of Pandemonium were interesting characters - Daphne's mother, and Beelzebub.

There was a surprise arrival part way through the book that I really didn't see coming, although the event itself was a little strange (Sorry can't say any more or it would spoil it.)

The weakest part of the book in my opinion though was the end. Although one event was an unexpected twist, I thought that Daphne's journey folowing said event was just a bit lame, and I didn't really think much to it at all.
Overall, this was a nice story, just let down by some strange behaviour towards the surprise arrival, and the slightly strange ending.
7 out of 10.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great but has a poor ending

This book starts off incredibly interestingly and continues to present a fresh take on life. The only downfall is the disatisfying ending. It is still more than worth the time and money.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Loved it

Unique and amazing

Amazing

I loved this book all the way to the end! She never fails, if yiu haven't read her other book

Amazing

The most amazing book. It was totally worth it. Its not some fake little love story where the characters fall in love in like two minutes. I am so glad i read this book it is a unique concept and totally in my top 10 fav books ever

Loved it!!

I was so excited to see Brenna Yovanoff had another book coming out because I loved, loved, loved THE REPLACEMENT. THE SPACE BETWEEN is another winner. Gorgeous setting, gorgeous prose, a heroine you don't want to kick. Seriously. Daphne was awesome and Tru was so tragically noble. It was great. Do yourself a favor and buy it.

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