Anne Malcom

He collected beautiful things. Rare things. Ripped them out of their natural environment and preserved them in all of their dead splendor. The problem was I wasn't beautiful. I was all of the hideous and ugly realities of the world packaged into one broken human being. He came to kill me. That was his business. Death. He ripped me out of my natural environment, the prison I'd created, and locked me away with all of his beautiful dead things. I hated him. I still hate him. But if I was given the choice and the ability to leave this cage, come back to life, I'd stay dead. In all of my hideous splendor. Because my murderer can only possess dead things. And I can only be possessed by someone more broken and ugly than me.

Birds of Paradise

Samantha Emery

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 Copy received from author in exchange for an honest review

★Book Basics★ 


  Genre
: - Dark Romance

  Series
: - Stand Alone

  Would I read more by this author/or in this series? 
- Yes

  Rating 
- 5 stars


★Review★

Now normally I am all about spoilers. I will hunt them down like a bloodhound before I read a book. And there is NOTHING that annoys me more than reviews that are all "oh I will be vague and not give anything away".

But you know what! I am going to do it!!

I went into this book blind. Only going by the blurb. No idea AT ALL about what it would be about.

And it was amazing. I have read everything Anne Malcom has published, some I enjoyed more than others, but I enjoyed them all. This book? I had no idea she could write something like this.

It was dark, gritty, raw and damn hard to read at times. But it was brilliant. And Beautiful.

I finished this a couple of weeks ago, and immediately had to go and re read 3-4 previous Anne Malcom books that I loved as I was reminded just how genius an author she is. 

An amazing 5 stars. 

And now I hate myself for doing one of these "you must go into this book blind" reviews, but ah well.

Cat Imb

I received an ARC of this book from the author and I voluntarily reviewed it. Thank you Anne Malcom!

I could not rush this book. I couldn’t devour it like I wanted to. It pleaded me to savour every word; to experience every sentence. This book was dark, and artistic. Malcom really pushed the envelope with the poetic ring to her writing. She wrote an ugly story beautifully. She is a true artist. She has gone from being great at her craft, to being great at her art.

This book is mostly steered towards the psychological side of storytelling, allowing the reader to me fully immersed in the darkness of the characters’ minds. Seeing how complex they are when their exteriors betray nothing. Seeing how they evolve and change over the novel. Seeing how the ominous concept of death resonates with them.

Again, Malcom’s artful writing comes through with expertly crafted metaphors and a coherent and constant ambiance throughout. I love how consistent and enforced the idea of birds and cages was at every page, strengthening the symbolism, among other themes such as beauty, rarity, and death.

I also want to mention how well researched this novel is. I found myself researching so many things, and being so fully interested in the factual aspects of the book.

Malcom showed great growth as an author with this book. She pushed herself as this is unlike anything she has written before. She pushed herself way out her comfort zone and beautiful things happened, just like with Elizabeth.

Birds of Paradise

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