Mackie Doyle 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 fighting to survive in the human world.
Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, 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.
The Replacement by Brenna YovanoffMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was definitely different from the usual books I've enjoyed in the past. I enjoyed it because it was a different take on the magical world.
Mackie's character was honestly one of the best I've seen for a while. The conflicting emotions he deals with and the uncertainty of who he is during the story was fairly real. It made me think of the problems most boys his age would have. That is, if most boys his age where left behind and couldn't handle anything that had Iron. His development through the book makes his character stronger and my attachment to him even more so that it was at the beginning.
The connection to the magical world and the human world was an interesting, yet believable (in my opinion). One needing the other to survive and with such guidelines. You actually feel a little bad for some of the magical characters as you get further into the story line.
All in all, a good read.
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