Details:
Title: Vicious
Author: VE Schwab
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN 13: 978-1783290215
Synopsis:
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same ambition in each other. A shared interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl with a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge but who will be left alive at the end?
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl with a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge but who will be left alive at the end?
Review:
When I finished the Darker Shades trilogy I decided to move onto another VE Schwab book which had been recommended by Alex at Alex's Fiction Addiction on YouTube.
Vicious is a really inventive story, it jumps between 10 years ago and the present as it tells the story of Victor and Eli. Sometimes this can be confusing in books but I actually enjoyed learning little bits about their past while trying to work out what was happening in the current timeline too. I really like Victor as a character and I very much enjoyed watching the way he interacted with people throughout the book.
When I finished the Darker Shades trilogy I decided to move onto another VE Schwab book which had been recommended by Alex at Alex's Fiction Addiction on YouTube.
Vicious is a really inventive story, it jumps between 10 years ago and the present as it tells the story of Victor and Eli. Sometimes this can be confusing in books but I actually enjoyed learning little bits about their past while trying to work out what was happening in the current timeline too. I really like Victor as a character and I very much enjoyed watching the way he interacted with people throughout the book.
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars and I am becoming more and more convinced that VE Schwab cannot write anything which I won't like.
*****
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