The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff
The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff
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The Replacement

Author: Brenna Yovanoff

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/21/2010

Synopsis

Mackie is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess.He is a Replacement—left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is slowly dying in the human world.Mackie would give anything to live among us. He just wants to play bass guitar and find out more about an oddly intriguing girl named Tate.But when Tate’s baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem.He must face the dark creatures of the slag heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs.

About Brenna Yovanoff

Brenna Yovanoff is a debut author who has been published in various journals. She is one third of the Merry Sisters of Fate, along with Maggie Stiefvater and Tessa Gratton, three women writers who post creative flash fiction regularly at http://community.livejournal.com/merry_fates. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maggie on August 26, 2016

I loved this eerie and beautiful story of ugly things. It should be read aloud after dark, at a whisper.......more

Goodreads review by J.m. Darhower on December 21, 2010

I can without a doubt say I have never read a book quite like The Replacement before. I'm convinced Tim Burton needs to purchase the rights to make this into a movie. I'm sure we can find a role for Johnny Depp.......more

Goodreads review by mark on September 29, 2019

R is for Replacement, The. An okay book with interesting ideas by a skilled author but overall an uninvolving experience. E (#1) is for Entropy. This book is full of it; the protagonist and the town he lives in and the supernatural creatures he is dealing with all battle against it. P is for Prejudice......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on May 07, 2011

If I had to come up with one word for this book, it would be disjointed. I felt disjointed from the characters, disjointed from the plot, and the characters and plot felt disjointed from each other. I just didn't understand it. It wasn't that the book was complicated, it just didn't work. I did not......more

Goodreads review by jv on August 23, 2011

Brenna Yovanoff's The Replacement is a haunting story. This is a book that sneaks into your mind while you're brushing your teeth, making you glance into the mirror to be sure that The Cutter is not standing silently behind you. For a refreshing change of pace, our main character, Mackie, is a boy.........more

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