Guest Reviewer – Nicole
When a storyline heads to the supernatural there are many directions to head towards, to dive completely overboard into a new universe (see the Gemma Doyle Trilogy), attempt to merge reality with the supernatural (see Georgina Kincaid series and Evermore), but also the third option: to carefully tease the reader with the hint of the supernatural while never truly encountering anything otherworldly.
“Swoon” beautifully explores the borders of this third option and is never quite satisfying, always leaving the reader wanting more.
As I read this novel I was slightly in awe that Malkin was able to keep each chapter so loaded with action and never boring and dry.
For an author’s first novel–well any novel to be honest– Swoon was wonderful, and Malkin is definitely a author to watch as we move into the new decade.
