Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Urban Fantasy; Demons,
Special Abilities, High School
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: On a single night,
five children suddenly vanish from their homes in Paris, Glasgow, Rome, and
London. Years later, five enigmatic teenagers make an impressive entrance at an
exclusive New York holiday party with their strange but beautiful governess. Madame
Vileroy. Rumor and intrigue follow the Faust children to the elite Manhattan
Marlowe School, where their very presence brings unexplainable misfortune.
Using “gifts” given to them by Madame Vileroy, these mysterious teenagers rise
to suspicious heights at Marlowe. Though at first their abilities seem almost
childlike in their simplicity, they soon learn that their newfound talents for
cheating, stealing, hiding, and lying are far more potent than they had ever
imagined – and far more addictive. Ignoring the side effects of pursuing their
individual obsessions, bargaining with the very devil in their midst as they
claw their way to the top, these five ambitious teens draw ever nearer to their
goals… until two of them uncover a secret even more shocking than their own
most unforgivable sins. Dialing up the ancient dilemma of indulgence versus
redemption, this modern-day retelling of the Faustian bargain story, set in
twenty-fist-century Manhattan, provides a look into the cutthroat world of
high-school competition that is both bitingly funny and scorchingly wicked.
The five children in this story all want something, and they
are willing to bargain anything to get it. This is a great take on the Faustian
bargain. As it is more than just one character. We get to see all the different
characters fall victim to their own inner sins. I found that the story was very
well written. Each of these characters is so well developed and you are so
wrapped up in their stories that you won’t want to put the book down. I really
liked this book.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763648345
Pages: 400
Series: Another
Volume: 1
