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    Smoke and Key

    Written by Kelsey Sutton

    Narrated by Henrietta Meire

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    She has no idea who or where she is. Or why she's dead. The only clue to her identity hangs around her neck: a single rusted key. This is how she and the others receive their names—from whatever belongings they had when they fell out of their graves. Under is a place of dirt and secrets, and Key is determined to discover the truth of her past in order to escape it. She needs help, but who can she trust? Ribbon seems content in Under, uninterested in finding answers. Doll’s silence hints at deep sorrow, which could be why she doesn't utter a word. There's Smoke, the boy with a fierceness that rivals even the living, and Journal, who stays apart from everyone else. Key's instincts tell her there is something remarkable about each of them, even if she can't remember why. Then the murders start. Bodies that are burned to a crisp. And after being burned, the dead stay dead. Key is running out of time to discover who she was—and what secret someone is willing to kill to keep hidden—before she loses her life for good.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9781974962280
    Author

    Kelsey Sutton

    Kelsey Sutton is an award-winning author who specializes in young-adult and middle-grade fiction. Having received her dual bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing from Bemidji State University, she has been the recipient of an Independent Publisher Award and an IndieFab Award, and she was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013. When not writing, she enjoys watching too much Netflix and browsing bookstores. She currently resides in Minnesota. For more information, visit kelseysuttonbooks.com.

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    • 4/5
      I have really enjoyed a lot of Sutton’s books, she has a unique storytelling style that is different from other YA authors and her ideas are very unique. This ended up being an interesting read. It's a weird combination of historical and paranormal elements, curses and undead. I ended up enjoying it but it was different from what I thought it was going to be based on the synopsis. Key falls through her grave into a grey world and meets others in this grey world. As Key struggles to figure out who she is, she begins to recognize some of the people in this dead grey place and starts to remember disturbing things. Then the dead of the grey world start showing up well...completely dead. Can Key figure out secrets behind this grey world before the dead wandering through it are completely destroyed soul and all? I enjoyed this but at times it felt a bit distant to me. I love the idea of curses making the dead fall into an alternate world. I also enjoyed some of the characters. However the whole writing style seemed to keep me at a distances and the whole story felt kind of blurred. There is a love triangle of sorts in here which I wasn’t crazy about. I did enjoy the quirky characters of this grey world though. Overall this was a decent read. In the end I had kind of mixed feelings about it. It was interesting and had some neat ideas in it and I liked a lot of the characters. The way the mystery tied up was a bit strange and I never felt fully engaged in the story. I would recommend if you’ve enjoyed Sutton’s previous books, but I don’t think this will be a book everyone likes.
    • 5/5
      From the moment Key lands in Under and is taken under the wing of several friendly "locals", you can't help but start your puzzler puzzling. I mean, the questions rolling around in my heard were NONSTOP! I was hurling accusations at new faces that struck me as somehow wrong, holding suspicions for several folks that seriously raised my creep-o-meter to WARNING levels, and majorly feeling the heart stopping sizzles zinging left and right...and yet wondering what could it all mean? What was the greater purpose of it all? Why were they there? What had they done? Who wanted those whose lives already ended...even more dead -- if that was somehow possible?!? As it turns out, the greater WHY is answered in a BIG way, but not before dragging us deeper into the mysteries the abound, and the love that would not die.

      Really and truly, it was a fabulous story filled to the brim with magic, mystery, and heart, that'll have Young Adult Fantasy fans clamoring for more as they add another FAVORITE to their shelves...and a new book boyfriend to their lists!


      **eARC received for review; opinions are my own
    • 3/5
      I’m a huge fan of Kelsey Sutton’s writing, that’s no secret at all. Each time a new book from her comes out, I eagerly grab a copy and curl with it. Smoke and Key was no exception to this rule and I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy. That made me one happy bookworm. Alas, the first time that I read this book I was in a weird time in my reading world and I didn’t click with it. Thinking that it was probably only fair to give it another shot, I read this again only a few weeks ago. This review is of that second read through.First, credit where credit is due, Sutton’s gorgeous writing is just as vivid here as her last books. From the moment that Key falls into Under, I could picture the space around her. Dark, damp, full of twists and turns. Likewise, I could instantly picture the inhabitants of that world. People woken from their eternal sleep in various stages of decay. People who have lost their memories, and little pieces of themselves along the way. People clinging together to try and create a new home where they fit in. Key snugged into that space just perfectly and, since she was immediately likable, I had a great time following her through this story.My biggest problem with this story was the pacing. There were portions that flew by, as Key uncovered part of the mystery surrounding her past life. However the majority of the story just took a long time to really get around to what it wanted to show the reader. Add in the fact that the magical aspects of this story weren’t quite fleshed out as well as I would have liked, and that essentially explains why this book and I didn’t click. As sweet and brave as Key was, as dreamy and mysterious Smoke was, I needed that link between them to be a little clearer so I could really soak it all in.Overall, I loved the concept of this story! I loved the characters, and the little romance that was brewing. I just needed the rest of it to be hammered down a little more. I needed footing that was a little more solid. That’s why I’d give this book a three star rating.