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Reeves, Dia
2 Reviews
(2)
YA
For Fancy, killing people is easy compared to growing up. When her sister Kit falls in love, Fancy feels abandoned and murderously enraged, until Ilan revives the part of her "that cares." Reeves's vivid story of the fantastically weird, violent world of Portero, Texas--murders, eviscerations, dismemberments, slicing and stitching--is part comic horror, part just plain horror, and part screwed-up, psychological coming-of-age.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011
(4)
YA
This twisted text stars Hanna, a seriously disturbed teen. Hanna fights to assimilate to life in Portero, Texas, the strangely warped town where she rejoins her estranged mother. Woven throughout, but often overpowered by strange fantastical elements, is Hanna's obsession to love and be loved by her mother; this angle adds depth and humanity to the story's surreal and violent adventures.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio
2 reviews
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