First, if you like books where the real story and world are a mystery to both the reader and the main characters, you'll enjoy this book and you should stop reading reviews right now for fear of spoilers. It's a great read if you let the intricate details of the world, characters and hidden bits unfold themselves as you read. I recommend that you stop reading reviews right now and go read the book! Not convinced? This is a tale of Eliot and Fiona, twins who are just turning 15 and, until the moment of this book, have led a terribly dull life together (though certainly not normal in their strange hand-sewn clothes and under the thumb of their rule-making grandmother). I enjoyed the brother-sister dynamic as well as the apartment full, floor to ceiling, of books. The story unfolds its secrets (some obvious, some not) carefully but that is not to say the pace is slow. Between the action and the exposition of the world, there isn't a dull page. Mortal Coils was my first introduction to Eric Nylund, and I picked up his books on a whim because I was listening to his wife's podcast archives. I was pleasantly surprised and glad I gave him a chance.I don't read a lot of YA, and now I have no excuse to keep that bad habit. There's some great YA lit out there! Mortal Coils gave me the overall impression of Neil Gaiman's American Gods meets far less horror, more homeschooling and memorized encyclopedias, mixed with some great teenage coming-of-age themes. And just like American Gods, Mortal Coils made me want to go and read up on history, myth, and legends. Highly recommended.
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This book was so amazing I didn't think I would like it but I ended up love ing it!!!
—steph
I would still be eating the chocolate. still.
—Juicypen
