![]() ![]() On the contrary, Hieber’s character Natalie writes in her diary from her perspective and captures the voice of a seventeen-year-old living at the end of the 1880s. However, Leanne Renee Hieber does not do this in DARKER STILL. I get that authors are trying to appeal to teen readers, but to me it seems historically inaccurate. Their voices are the voices of today’s teens. ![]() ![]() Most historical YA I’ve picked up lately sound like contemporary teens transplanted into another time. This is how you write a historical novel, people. Steamy romance but still manages to stay PG-13.I actually learned something new about New York City?!.Denbury is kinda hot, but not as hot as others made him out to be.He must lure Natalie into the painting, for only together can they reverse the curse and free his damaged soul.ĭarker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber Review Overview: Jonathan Denbury’s soul is trapped in the gilded painting by dark magic while his possessed body commits unspeakable crimes in the city slums. As his incredibly life-like gaze seems to follow her, Natalie gets the uneasy feeling that details of the painting keep changing… Something in his striking blue eyes calls to her. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart’s latest obsession is a painting of the handsome British Lord Denbury. Summary: The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Publication Date: November 8th 2011 by Sourcebooks Fire DARKER STILL by Leanna Renee Heiber Book Review ![]()
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