Title and author of book: Mercy, Unbound - Kim Antieau
Fiction or non-fiction? Genre? Fiction, Young Adult.
What led you to pick up this book? I was browsing the young adult section in the library and it sounded very interesting.
Plot summary:
Mercy O'Connor is becoming an angel.
She can feel her wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. They itch. Sometimes she even hears them rustling.
And angels don't need to eat. So Mercy has decided she doesn't need to either. She is not sick, doesn't suffer from anorexia, is not trying to kill herself. She is an angel, and angels simply don't need food.
When her parents send her to an eating disorder clinic, Mercy is scared and confused. She isn't like the other girls who are so obviously sick. If people could just see her wings, they would know. But her wings don't come and Mercy begins to have doubts. What if she isn't really an angel? What if she's just a girl? What if she is killing herself? Can she stop?
What did you like most about the book? I really liked Mercy, the main character. Instead of coming off as simply crazy or stupid, she was a really engaging character. I also like the suspense of it - I couldn't wait to find out if she was just imagining the wings or if it was really happening.
What did you like least? The story turned a little ... mystical, maybe, is the right word? ... toward the end and didn't read as smoothly. It didn't really match the beginning of the story.
What did you think of the writing style? It was a very quick, and extremely interesting read, for the most part.
Have you read any other books by this author? No, I haven't, but I'd like to.
What did you think of the ending? It wasn't what I expected.Do you recommend this book? If you use a rating system, what’s your rating? I would recommend it, absolutely.
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