When the resurrectionists of Fissure’s Whipp begin disappearing, eighteen-year-old Allie knows someone is after their blood—or, more accurately, the genetic mutation that allows their blood to heal wounds, save lives and even bring back the recently deceased.
Raised by her aunt after her parents’ deaths, Allie knows staying vigilant means staying alive. She’s trained her whole life to protect herself by any means necessary, from self defense classes to extensive weapons training in knives. Now, she’s gone so far as to befriend a homeless boy named Ploy who unknowingly trades a few nights a week on her couch in exchange for being a human tripwire to those hunting her.
But as Allie and Ploy’s feelings for each other grow, Allie realizes this time, she’ll need more than fighting skills and a sharp blade to beat a villain literally out for blood.
Protecting a girl he shouldn’t love, from a threat he understands too well, Ploy must face his past to save his future in Allie’s world—a world where bringing back the dead can cost you your life.
It’s been quite some time since I’ve read a book from Leah Clifford but it didn’t take long for me to remember why I loved her first series. Vial Things is the start of her new Resurrectionist series and while it definitely gave me the same vibe as her Touch trilogy, it really captured my attention with it’s unique new story.
Vial Things is the story of Allie, a teen resurrectionist trying to escape her gift. She doesn’t mind the whole bringing people back to life thing but she doesn’t like that her family uses it as a way to make money. She decided that the easiest way to deal with it was to leave it all behind. That plan is a good one until resurrectionists start turning up dead. Allie knows that someone is hunting them and she isn’t safe just because she doesn’t use her gift. She teams up with a homeless boy named Ploy and together they set out to make things safe for the resurrectionists again.
Pros:
Overall, Vial Things needs to be on your radar, if it’s not already. Leah Clifford has a way with the dark and morbid and scary and I love it. I look forward to reading more in this series.
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What others are saying about Vial Things:
Insane About Books’ review: “The words disappeared as I read this story, and I found the building of this story with anticipation and mystery completely brilliant.”
Novelknight’s review: “This is going on my recommendations list for the September newsletter (a little late for August unfortunately).”