Words Once Spoken by Carly Drake - Book Review

Words once spoken is the story of a young girl, who differs greatly from those her age. She prefers the great outdoors and nature (and eating flowers?) to normal formal dinners and long dresses. As always, she has a love interest that she is immediately and strangely 'drawn' to. It is a fast-paced and fun story of a teenage girl figuring out who she really is and where she belongs.

As much as I enjoyed this book I had a few problems. Towards the beginning it felt very Mortal Instruments-ey. What with reference to the name Wayland, then sharing the Vamp/Wolf / Fey story line. There was also a 'seelie' court, similar to in the mortal instruments and various other things that raised my eyebrows. Since Twilight, these kind of story lines aren't particularly hard to come by, and it is the differences that make them stand out and I felt this lacked anything really different from any of the other books of the same genre.

I did however find myself getting really into the story about half way through, even if some of what were supposed to be (I'm guessing) major plot twists, were pretty obvious and easy to guess. Even for me, and predicting what's going to happen really isn't my forte.

However, what's important is that when I finished the last page the first thing I thought was: 'Is there going to be a sequel? When is it going to be out?!' Ahem, wink wink.

I ended up genuinely loving the relationship between her and Liam, from when he followed her into the forest onwards. It became a lot more genuine, and headed further away from the cliche, predictable relationship we saw at the beginning and so often see in these kind of books. I also liked how it ended, not that I can ruin it for you all. But should you decide to read it (which you should), just wait for the ending; it makes the whole book worthwhile I swear!

I barely put this book down from start to finish (about two/ three hours) and would thoroughly recommend it for YA readers who enjoy the fantasy/supernatural side! Even if I did feel it seemed slightly childish at times, as a good friend of mine has kindly pointed out in the past; 'Childish doesn't necessarily mean bad'

And he was right! Happy reading!

Publish Date: 1st October

Disclaimer: This book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review by Harlequin Australia