Hardcover, 363 pages
Published November 14th 2011 by Razorbill
Brenna Yovanoff is one of my new favorite authors. Her books are all completely different than any other YA books I have read, and when you read you become immersed in her beautiful and terrifying worlds. Her characters are deep and thought provoking, they make me think about what I would do in their situation. The Space Between is her version of Hell, Heaven, demons, Angels and religion. While normally I wouldn't be interested in a book about religion (like at all), Brenna makes the characters relatable and utterly human in an amazingly beautiful yet terrible world.
Our main character, Daphne is the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer and has spent her entire life in the world of Pandemonium (AKA Hell). When her brother Obie (the son of Lilith and Adam) tells Daphne that he will leave Pandemonium for good to live on Earth with his true love Elizabeth, Daphne feels sad for the first time. On his way to the station, they come across Truman, a "lost one" (someone who is unaware that they are part angel) who is about to be torn apart by the demons of Pandemonium. Obie takes him home and nurses him back to health while Daphne stays in Pandemonium, sad and alone. Lilith, trapped in her metal garden, sees Obie in a vision, blood spraying across white snow, and orders Daphne to go up to Earth and save him. Daphne and Truman set out to find her brother and find that this fight is much larger and complex than they thought it was. Every demon and angel is in danger, especially Daphne and Truman. Can she find her brother and keep Truman safe while demons are being murdered everywhere she turns?
I don't like writing too much about plot because I believe that's something for the reader to discover on their own, and honestly there is a lot more I could say about this book but I won't. This book was fantastic, I highly recommend it. 4 1/2 stars.
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