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The Kiss Of Death (2008)

by Marcus Sedgwick(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

184255185X (ISBN13: 9781842551851)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Orion Children's Books

series

My Swordhand is Singing

review 1: I just love Marcus Sedgwick range as an author. He writes incredibly well on a variety of different themes and subjects, and his Kiss of Death is a wonderful example. He captures the evil and menace that lurks beneath the gaudy surface of Venice in the 17th century, where the evil Shadow Queen is plotting her next move. Great characters in Marko and Sorrel and a welcome but sad appearance by Peter from My Sword Hand is Singing. Chilling and haunting - a great read
review 2: Sedgwick really likes mysterious father figures. Either they’re dead/disappeared or their inaccessible (drunk) and they tend to have secrets, either through backstory or otherwise. Moms are way more boring (usually dead or without a secret or both). This was again a boring book about vampi... moreres featuring a normal boy who has to get tough and an already feisty girl. Peter (the protagonist from book 1) shows up as an old badass with the magic sword (which keeps him young)! But poor Sophie is dead already (because girls only have fun when they’re young). And the Shadow Queen is here and her backstory is a fairytale that makes no sense (especially – why does it freaking matter that she is a princess who was forced to marry a beggar when the moral is she made a deal with Death to bring back her dead son which is why she’s a vampire?). Suffice it to say, I could not get into this book at all. less

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