Title: The Space Between
Author: Brenna Yovanoff
Genre/s: Young Adult, Paranormal Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis:
Everything is made of steel, even the flowers. How can you love anything in a place like this?Daphne is the half-demon, half-fallen angel daughter of Lucifer and Lilith. Life for her is an endless expanse of time, until her brother Obie is kidnapped - and Daphne realizes she may be partially responsible. Determined to find him, Daphne travels from her home in Pandemonium to the vast streets of Earth, where everything is colder and more terrifying. With the help of the human boy she believes was the last person to see her brother alive, Daphne glimpses into his dreams, discovering clues to Obie's whereabouts. As she delves deeper into her demonic powers, she must navigate the jealousies and alliances of the violent archangels who stand in her way. But she also discovers, unexpectedly, what it means to love and be human in a world where human is the hardest thing to be.This second novel by rising star Brenna Yovanoff is a story of identity, discovery, and a troubled love between two people struggling to find their place both in our world and theirs.
My Thoughts:
From the moment Brenna Yovanoff changed the story of Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden, I immediately have a foresight that this book is
going to be amazing. And I was definitely right. This book didn’t let me down,
not even for a second.
Being a daughter of Lucifer wasn’t easy, especially if your
mother is Lilith. Daphne is always expected to be just like her sisters, the Lilim,
who seduces men from Earth and rob them with their dreams, memories and
everything that made them who they are. But Daphne doesn’t want to be like
them, she’s different. She’s more human than anybody in Pandemonium, except, of
course, for Obie.
Obie was Daphne’s half-human, half-demon brother and, he and
Daphne were really close. So when Obie finally decided to leave Pandemonium for
good, Daphne was so devastated. She tried everything to stop him, but failed. A
few months after he left, Lilith informed her that he went missing. Now, Daphne
is in a quest to find him and bring him back.
This book really surprised me. I didn’t expect that it would
hit me on an emotional level but it did. I don’t know how this book can break my
heart yet still filled it with love. Bizarre as it may seem but it’s true.
Daphne was hilariously naïve yet pretty badass on the fight
scenes. She’s also surprisingly caring for someone who doesn’t receive a lot of
love and care from her parents. Her stubbornness to not feed on anyone’s
emotion no matter how much her mother insist on it, won my affection. I really
like the way she try to make a difference by deviating from the norms and
expectation of others about her. I mean, that takes a lot of courage for
someone as young as her but she did it and she succeeded.
Truman is the broken, suicidal boy who Obie and Daphne saved
from killing and destroying himself further. He wasn’t really like this before
his mother died and everything about his life was shattered to pieces. What he
has been through wasn’t easy but no matter how messed-up and painful his
experiences were, he somehow forgets everything whenever she’s with Daphne. These
two equally imperfect pieces found their perfect match in each other. Their
love story was so genuine and true, it’s inevitable not to feel it.
Overall, this was a very beautiful novel that everyone
should read. It has everything I could possible ask for in a book.
My Rating
