I am thrilled to be kicking off the blog tour for The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid! This one had me riveted! Read on for my review and a tour-wide giveaway.
Whoa. This is the first book I’ve read by S.J. Kincaid and I really didn’t have any expectations. I was simply intrigued by the synopsis. I can tell you that I’ve now moved her debut series way up on my TBR! The Diabolic captured my interest and had me staying up way too late to finish it!
I just love a book that explores issues of humanity and what truly makes a monster. It fascinates me… the choices we make and how something that we read as villainous can come from something other than pure evil. The Diabolic is the fourth recent read of mine to do this. Each one has done it in unique and incredible ways (see also Heartless by Marissa Meyer, The Midnight Star by Marie Lu, and Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth.) I’m losing sleep because I just cannot stop thinking about it!
Specifically in The Diabolic I was interested in watching Nemesis change over the course of the book. Her relationship with Sidonia is so central to who she is. How would she change when they are separated? Can she ever have any real choice in the path her life will take? Is humanity something she can learn? Is it just buried under the harsher lessons she’s been taught? These are the types of questions that kept me turning page after page.
I cannot wait to get this books on the shelf of my school library. I just know my students are going to flip over this one!
I keep hearing lots of great things about this book!
I love the cover, and the synopsis sounds really interesting.
I keep seeing and hearing about this book. I love the cover.