Review of Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff

Advance Review of Brenna Yovanoff's Fiendish

Release Date: August 14th, 2014

Synopsis as found on Amazon.com:

Clementine DeVore spent ten years trapped in a cellar, pinned down by willow roots, silenced and forgotten.

Now she’s out and determined to uncover who put her in that cellar and why.
When Clementine was a child, dangerous and inexplicable things started happening in New South Bend. The townsfolk blamed the fiendish people out in the Willows and burned their homes to the ground. But magic kept Clementine alive, walled up in the cellar for ten years, until a boy named Fisher sets her free. Back in the world, Clementine sets out to discover what happened all those years ago. But the truth gets muddled in her dangerous attraction to Fisher, the politics of New South Bend, and the Hollow, a fickle and terrifying place that seems increasingly temperamental ever since Clementine reemerged.

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This is a beautiful story about love, loss, & the true meaning of being different.

Clementine has spent the last 10 years hexed into the cellar of her family home with only her dreams as company... little does she know, the boy in her dreams is about to dig her out. She is found wrapped up by roots, eyes sewn shut, with a mildew covered blue nightgown on. The boy of her dreams, Fisher, takes her to her last surviving family members... her cousin Shiny & her aunt Myloria. Sadly her aunt has been hexed into forgetting her existence, while her cousin has been trying to make her remember her ever since she disappeared. A lot has changed in 10 years... including Clementine. She looks into the mirror & sees someone who looks much more like her mother. Where did the little girl she remembers being go? Why has she lost so much?

This story revolves around multiple children with growing powers & the fact that the more they are around each other, the stronger they become. The romance between Clementine & Fisher is not quick to start, and I found myself rooting for her to win him over. He only wants to be normal, but he is anything but. Are they meant for each other?

Set out on the adventure to help Clementine find out about where she came from... and how she ended up trapped in a hole for over half of her life. This is a definite new take on witches that I found myself enjoying more & more every page.