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Review: Tarnish

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Tarnish by J.D. Brink My rating: 5 of 5 stars Full Disclosure: I received this book as a First Reads novel! I bought myself a digital copy anyway, just so I could keep reading it when not at home! Do not be fooled by how long it took me to read this book: In the middle I graduated from college and lost a family member, so I had some longer-than-normal breaks in my reading schedule. I loved this book. I was all prepared for some long-winded, drawn-out, fantasy rehash and was completely flattened by how clean and original the writing felt. It's told in the first person by a young man, and the kid could as well be my own brother. He's very easy to relate to, a very real person. The other characters are as well, in the general sense. There are, of course, some larger-than- life characters, but that's to be expected. The storyline was exciting and kept you thinking. Multiple point-of-view threads kept the storytelling fresh and really helped in mak