Only read the first little bit. Not impressed. ( )

ugh, this was awesome and I really loved it, but going from Maggie Stiefvater to this is fucking me up, in that there are so many awesome similarities, and things I want in one huge universe, but alas, no. :(( OH WELL, JUST BRING ME MORE DEMON BABIES. ( )

4.5 Stars
I started this book on January 1st in part because I wanted to start my reading year out on a high point and [b:The Replacement|7507908|The Replacement|Brenna Yovanoff|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1360176667s/7507908.jpg|6911742] convinced me this writer could provide just this. Overall this book was a 5 for me, only a few things stopped that for me.

Daphne is the daughter of the demon Lilith and the angel Lucifer. She resides in Pandemonium, the city of the demons and creatures that call hell their home. She literally lives in a silver tower, protected from all the darkness and reality out there. As a demon she doesn't know love, her mother is distant and unfeeling and her father is practically absent, running the industry that drives Pandemonium. Only her brother Obi breaks the monotomy, bringing her small gifts and presents from his work on earth. As the son of Adam and Lilith his role is providing salvation and care to the children of angel's born on earth, known as Lost Children. When he leaves Pandemonium to live on earth, he takes one last Lost Child back with him and leaves Daphne watching on the platform.

When Obi goes missing suddenly Lilith dispatches Daphne to go and rescue him. Nevermind Daphne has never been to earth before, has no idea of what powers she has there and Azrael and Dark Dreadful hunt Lilith's children to the death there. Daphne is just my type of character though. She's not stupid, she's just desperate. She dresses herself for the journey, learns all she can, grabs a map and starts with a plan. Yeah for strong heroines!

She meets up with Obi's last charge, the boy from the platform just as he's dying of alcohol poisoning on a bathroom floor. Truman is wounded to say the least. He failed at committing suicide a year ago, but now he's slowly killing himself with alcohol and neglect. When he sleeps at night a faceless man haunts his dreams ranting about all the ways he went wrong, all the ways he's failed his dead mother and ruined the lives of everyone around him

He's reluctant to help Daphne, even once she reveals she's not crazy, and she truly is a demon. The story follows Daphne as she hunts her brother, even as Azrael and Dreadful hunt her. Truman is forced to leave his self destruction behind as Daphne draws him deeper and deeper into a world beyond his imagining. Overall the story is dark and beautifully written. The young couple aren't fated lovers, they don't fawn over each other or go into convulsions when they are without each other. Gotta love a YA that's so far from stereotypical. Don't get me wrong this is a love story, but it's about self-love and the love of family as much as the love you feel for that certain someone.

Overall I love it! I only pulled it down from a 5 because the last 5-6 chapters go from chaotic and lyrical to slow and choppy and that's the last taste the book left with me. I won't spoil anything, much of the ending is a surprise, and I'm not a huge fan of cliff hangers but the tie up to this story just felt a little to rainbows and butterflies to me for a story written about a half-demon falling in love with a half-angel. Brenna Yovanoff is absolutely on my must read list now! ( )

I loved it!!!!!! ( )

Glad I finally picked this up and finished it. I don't know why I ever stopped. I liked it a bunch.
It made me sad. Poor Truman. He needs a hug. I like the baby too. If babies were like Raymie maybe I'd have one.

SO MUCH DEATH! ahhh

I also like the cover. ( )