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***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton
Publisher: Flux Books
Publication Date: July 8, 2013
Rating: 5 stars
Source: eARC from NetGalley

Summary (from Goodreads):

I can't weep. I can't fear. I've grown talented at pretending.

Elizabeth Caldwell doesn't feel emotions . . . she sees them. Longing, Shame, and Courage materialize around her classmates. Fury and Resentment appear in her dysfunctional home. They've all given up on Elizabeth because she doesn't succumb to their touch. All, that is, save one--Fear. He's intrigued by her, as desperate to understand the accident that changed Elizabeth's life as she is herself.

Elizabeth and Fear both sense that the key to her past is hidden in the dream paintings she hides in the family barn. But a shadowy menace has begun to stalk her, and try as she might, Elizabeth can barely avoid the brutality of her life long enough to uncover the truth about herself. When it matters most, will she be able to rely on Fear to save her?

What I Liked:

I don't even know where to begin with how I feel about this book. I expected to like this book (I even pre-ordered it without reading it a couple of months ago!), but I didn't expect to like it so much! It's safe to say that this book blew me away in the best way possible.

So, Elizabeth can't feel anything, but she can physically see Emotions, as people. They are immortal beings who show up when someone starts to feel a certain way. For example, if a person felt embarrassment, then Embarrassment would show up around the person.

Why can't Elizabeth feel anything? What makes her so different? It takes the entire book to understand why. Fear is the only Emotion that is interested in the "why", enough to talk to her and be around her. The other Emotions have no use being around her, because she doesn't feel anything, so she doesn't need them.

It was really heart-breaking to go through this book, following Elizabeth and her emotionless state. As a reader, I just knew that there had to be a reason why she couldn't, but I also could tell that she truly could feel emotions. Sutton leads readers to this realization, and as we get closer to the end of the book, more and more starts to make sense.

Nevertheless, the plot of this book was never dull or boring. I wanted to know what would happen to Elizabeth at school, or with her father, or with her mother, or with Fear. I was completely sucked into the mystery of her emotionless being.

I was also completely sucked into Elizabeth and Fear's relationship. Not a lot happens between them, but when things happen, they happen. As we learn the truth about Elizabeth's condition, things between her and Fear become even more heartbreaking, but they start to make sense.

The scenes with Fear are my favorite. Whether he is acting jealous over Joshua, or he is accompanying Elizabeth to a party, or he is saving her from her father, Fear is there for Elizabeth. Any scene with Fear made my heart beat a little faster. In his own way, he is swoony and perfectly male and all-around a wonderful Emotion, despite his purpose.

Elizabeth's predicament at home made this novel all the more three-dimensional. Her father is a drunk who tends to yell at her and take his rage out on her because she isn't the perfect child like her brother. Her mother basically hates her, and wants to run away from the house as fast as possible. And Elizabeth's brother - he might be the worst. He ISN'T the perfect child his father thinks he is. He avoids Elizabeth, and wants to take the easy way out of everything. He dropped out of school and wants to leave the farm.

I'm glad this book ended the way it did, with Elizabeth choosing what she did. She didn't deserve how her family treated her. That being said, the ending is probably the happiest part of the book! I was pleased by the ending, because the tone of the entire book is very melancholy (not a bad thing!) - until the end.

Okay, there is a sort-of love triangle, but in my opinion, it's not love triangle at all. Elizabeth can't feel love. So whatever relationship (friendship) she had with Joshua wasn't real. Fear is the primary interest, and I said there was a happy ending. So... there.

What I Did Not Like:

There really wasn't much I didn't like. Maybe, there could have been more physically swoony scenes with Fear.

Would I Recommend It:

YES! Oh my gosh, yes! This one is going on my end-of-the-year favorites list for sure!

Rating:

5 stars. I'm so glad I got the chance to read this one! And I'm even more glad that I took the chance and pre-ordered it without reading it first - because it's a really good book.


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Some Quiet Place Kelsey Sutton Books Reviews

Elizabeth Caldwell doesn't feel emotions, she sees them. They have long given up on making her feel the effects of their touch. It doesn't work and no one knows why. The only one who hasn't given up is Fear, who spends too much time looking into her past and attempting to torment her with his touch. Elizabeth herself has come to depend on Fear's company and chatter, but is he dependable as she needs? Can they unravel the mystery of her emotionless existence?

Elizabeth is an interesting character. She fakes her way through life, without experiencing any emotions, but she isn't cruel. She tries to assimilate into high school culture and follows the social norms and rules, but is always just a little off. It's hard to pretend to be ruled by emotions she doesn't feel. She experiences nothing, not joy, not rage, not sorrow, not even lust. Pretty faced boys with oodles of muscles illicit no reaction. Fear, with his gorgeous face and obvious devotion to her, doesn't bring anything to the table. And man, oh man, does she want to feel something for Fear.

Speaking of Fear....I love him. He's diabolical and terrifying and absolutely amazing. He's devotion to Elizabeth is swoon-inducing on it's own because he's so tenacious about it. He refuses to believe Elizabeth cannot feel any emotion. She feels, he knows she does, it's just so very faint it's hard to tell. Despite her insistence that she feels absolutely nothing, he manages to make her cry at a particular funeral. He is right about her on so many levels and I was rooting for him so hard it wasn't funny.

I was rooting for him because this does have a dreaded love triangle. I know, I know, but they are unavoidable and this wasn't even remotely alluded to in the description. I was a little miffed when I realized that was where this was heading. Okay, so maybe more than a little because I generally try to avoid love triangles because they are a source of rage for me. I hate the whole set up. I hate the two people fighting for one person and knowing that someone is going to end up unhappy. I want everyone to ride off into the sunset at the end, all snorts and giggles. I know this is too much to ask, I've been told over and over again, but it's still what I hope for, k?

ANYWAY, the other point in the love triangle is Joshua, a sweet, farm boy Elizabeth has known all her life who has finally worked up the guts to talk to her. I really liked him and had you put him up against any other male than Fear, he might have been who I rooted for, but Fear wins, hands down. He does nothing wrong and helps Elizabeth even when she's particularly witchy, but the connection with Fear was already established and that who I liked best. There isn't really a logical reason behind this, I just liked one better. However, Joshua's happiness is part of why it got 4 stars instead of 5. Joshua genuinely loves Elizabeth and that does not end well for him. I feel like he deserves to be happy and maybe he will be eventually, but not at this exact moment.

Another reason is the matter with Charles, Elizabeth's brother, wasn't finished well. They made up and started to work things out and she leaves without any resolution. I guess I just don't understand why things had to end that particular way? I can't say more with revealing spoilers, I don't think, but after everything they went through, I hate that she leaves it the way she does. There is no logical reason to do so.

BUT, besides the two small issues, I loved this novel. It was impossible to put down and wholly entertaining. Within the first 20 or so pages, you get so much. I remember talking to Lauren about the two books I was reading last Saturday and saying that so far, The Brokenhearted was pretty good, but I was only 20 or so pages in. I said that this one was amazing so far and was talking about Fear and all the things that have happened so far and thinking, "Wow, I must have gotten further than I thought." So I pulled it out of my purse to check and I was only on chapter 4. It's an action packed ride that keeps you guess and begging for me. Fear stole my heart almost instantly and Elizabeth's journey isn't one I'll soon forget.

All you really need to know is that the good far outweighs the bad. This has great writing, interesting characters, and a truly unique, well fleshed-out world. It will suck you in and won't let you be until you have devoured every page!
***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton
Publisher Flux Books
Publication Date July 8, 2013
Rating 5 stars
Source eARC from NetGalley

Summary (from Goodreads)

I can't weep. I can't fear. I've grown talented at pretending.

Elizabeth Caldwell doesn't feel emotions . . . she sees them. Longing, Shame, and Courage materialize around her classmates. Fury and Resentment appear in her dysfunctional home. They've all given up on Elizabeth because she doesn't succumb to their touch. All, that is, save one--Fear. He's intrigued by her, as desperate to understand the accident that changed Elizabeth's life as she is herself.

Elizabeth and Fear both sense that the key to her past is hidden in the dream paintings she hides in the family barn. But a shadowy menace has begun to stalk her, and try as she might, Elizabeth can barely avoid the brutality of her life long enough to uncover the truth about herself. When it matters most, will she be able to rely on Fear to save her?

What I Liked

I don't even know where to begin with how I feel about this book. I expected to like this book (I even pre-ordered it without reading it a couple of months ago!), but I didn't expect to like it so much! It's safe to say that this book blew me away in the best way possible.

So, Elizabeth can't feel anything, but she can physically see Emotions, as people. They are immortal beings who show up when someone starts to feel a certain way. For example, if a person felt embarrassment, then Embarrassment would show up around the person.

Why can't Elizabeth feel anything? What makes her so different? It takes the entire book to understand why. Fear is the only Emotion that is interested in the "why", enough to talk to her and be around her. The other Emotions have no use being around her, because she doesn't feel anything, so she doesn't need them.

It was really heart-breaking to go through this book, following Elizabeth and her emotionless state. As a reader, I just knew that there had to be a reason why she couldn't, but I also could tell that she truly could feel emotions. Sutton leads readers to this realization, and as we get closer to the end of the book, more and more starts to make sense.

Nevertheless, the plot of this book was never dull or boring. I wanted to know what would happen to Elizabeth at school, or with her father, or with her mother, or with Fear. I was completely sucked into the mystery of her emotionless being.

I was also completely sucked into Elizabeth and Fear's relationship. Not a lot happens between them, but when things happen, they happen. As we learn the truth about Elizabeth's condition, things between her and Fear become even more heartbreaking, but they start to make sense.

The scenes with Fear are my favorite. Whether he is acting jealous over Joshua, or he is accompanying Elizabeth to a party, or he is saving her from her father, Fear is there for Elizabeth. Any scene with Fear made my heart beat a little faster. In his own way, he is swoony and perfectly male and all-around a wonderful Emotion, despite his purpose.

Elizabeth's predicament at home made this novel all the more three-dimensional. Her father is a drunk who tends to yell at her and take his rage out on her because she isn't the perfect child like her brother. Her mother basically hates her, and wants to run away from the house as fast as possible. And Elizabeth's brother - he might be the worst. He ISN'T the perfect child his father thinks he is. He avoids Elizabeth, and wants to take the easy way out of everything. He dropped out of school and wants to leave the farm.

I'm glad this book ended the way it did, with Elizabeth choosing what she did. She didn't deserve how her family treated her. That being said, the ending is probably the happiest part of the book! I was pleased by the ending, because the tone of the entire book is very melancholy (not a bad thing!) - until the end.

Okay, there is a sort-of love triangle, but in my opinion, it's not love triangle at all. Elizabeth can't feel love. So whatever relationship (friendship) she had with Joshua wasn't real. Fear is the primary interest, and I said there was a happy ending. So... there.

What I Did Not Like

There really wasn't much I didn't like. Maybe, there could have been more physically swoony scenes with Fear.

Would I Recommend It

YES! Oh my gosh, yes! This one is going on my end-of-the-year favorites list for sure!

Rating

5 stars. I'm so glad I got the chance to read this one! And I'm even more glad that I took the chance and pre-ordered it without reading it first - because it's a really good book.