Publisher: Entangled Teen
Series: None
Format: e-ARC
Source: Netgalley
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Angie Dovage can tell there’s more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can’t imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece—and he’s not human.
What’s more, she knows something most don’t. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. But that’s only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death.
I was intrigued by the synopsis of Black Bird of the Gallows when I first saw it on Goodreads. But then as I began reading it, I was reminded of the Twilight books because it was SO similar.
It started off interesting enough. Angie Dovage is a social outcast in school because of the mysterious past issues surrounding her mother’s death. Angie was unwittingly cast into the media spotlight when that happened. So she has tried to stay in the shadows as much as possible.
All of that changes when the hot new guy moves in next store and attends school with her. But Angie knows that he is not normal. Crows follow him wherever he goes, but they do not attack him. Add in a creepy man with bees coming out of his mouth, and Angie knows that something is seriously wrong, and so she sets out to follow Reece wherever he goes until he confesses the truth about what he really is.
That part is one of the issues I had. Angie has no issues sneaking out into the middle of the night with no regard to her safety just to get Reece to tell her the truth. She should have just ASKED him instead of being creepy.
Black Bird of the Gallows is essentially a Twilight like book, but with the parts slightly reversed. Instead of the girl being the new person in town, it's a guy, and he has the weird family just like in Twilight. He is of course ridiculously good looking, which instantly makes him popular. Of course, the bitchy mean girl immediately sets her sights on him, which upsets Angie.
Meanwhile since Reece’s arrival in town, the presence of crows and bees has increased, and people are turning crazy. Nobody knows why, except for Reece. It takes Angie being attacked by the creepy “Beekeeper” for Reece to finally explain what the heck is going on.
Honestly, throughout the book I was struggling to maintain interest. Nothing exciting was happening. Angie was following Reece around all while people are going crazy. The action did not pick up until almost the end of the book.
Reece was also your cardboard cut out hot dude with barely any personality. He was so bland. Even the bad guy had more emotion than Reece. He needed MORE! Angie also had issues. She is a DJ at a local club on the weekends but she wears a disguise so nobody can know that it's her. But even knowing that something deadly and terrible will happen to her town, Angie is worried what her classmates will think if they find out that SHE is the DJ! Insert major eye rolls.
The ending was alright, except the tag line on the cover pretty much spoiled it before I even read it.
Overall, I think I would have enjoyed this story more if it had been published 10 years ago, because it was just too similar to Twilight for me to really enjoy. I did like the harbinger aspect, that was different!
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