Re-read feelings- LOVE 
 I adored The Archived and The Near Witch. Both spoke to what an amazing writer Ms. Schwab truly is. So of course I jumped on the chance to read and review This Savage Song. The author, and the added bonus of Monsters? Yes, please! Yet when I started, there wasn't an immediate connection and I almost gave up, but I held out, and then all of a sudden, it sucked me in so hard and fast I almost got whiplash. THAT's why I try my best not to DNF. THAT MOMENT when the magic happens, and it just CLICKS! (sorry for the all caps moments. I will try to rein it in!) 
 A building burns so a girl can get home. And she does get to go home, to North City where her father rules the dark side. Where he offers protection to the humans from the monsters, for a price. All she wants is to prove that she is a Harker, her fathers daughter. Ruthless, calculating, capable of standing by his side. 
 There is a boy who wants to be more. He wants to offer himself up to protect the city. His city, South Side, ruled by his father. Kind and gentle, Henry Flynn wants to save the city, return the monsters to where they came from. August, and his brother and sister are his secret weapons. He wants them safe, so he keeps them hidden. Until now. August finally has a mission... It is NOT what he had in mind. 
 I won't say too much more about the story, since we are a ways from its release date, but I will say that I loved this book. Initially, it did take some time for me to become invested, but once I did that was all she wrote. I think the beginning, me struggling to get interested, was definitely ME, not the story, so don't let that scare you away. This Savage Song is full of action. The darkness is full of teeth and eyes as red as blood. The characters full of loss and bone deep pain, fear and anger and worry. They are strong, and weak at the same time. Struggling to find themselves, to figure out who they really are. Kate and August are stunningly wrought characters, full of life. I couldn't help but follow their stories, individually and apart, with all of my attention. 
 The story is full of dark things, monsters and emotions, people... but it is full of life and song and so much hope for something better. I adored it. The mundane school days, and the nights on the run. I adored it. And the ending ripped my heart out. I don't know how in the world I am going to be able to wait a full year to continue this wonderful story, wondering.....