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OLDER FICTION
Downes, Patrick

Fell of Dark

193 pp. | Philomel | May, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-17290-8 $17.99
(4) YA This debut novel jumps between first-person narrators Erik (sexually abused after his father's death) and Thorn (blamed by his parents for his sister's death). The story reaches a crescendo when the teens finally meet--on opposite ends of a gun outside an elementary school. This unflinching exploration of loss, abuse, and mental illness occasionally stumbles under the weight of its stylistic techniques.
Reviewer: Emily Coolidge Toker

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