I absolutely adore her voice in writing, but even more so her ability to describe a scene or person so effectively that not only can you see her stories come to life, but you see them in vibrant technicolor. “Girls tossed their long hair, boys swung their leather-clad hips, and bare skin glittered with sweat. Vitality just poured off them, waves of energy that filled him with a drunken dizziness. His lip curled. They didn’t know how lucky they were. They didn’t know what it was like to eke out life in a dead world, where the sun hung limp in the sky like a burned cinder. Their lives burned as brightly as candle flames — and were as easy to snuff out.” The way she can manage to have this effect in just a few adjectives and manage to not sound over-explanatory is something I deeply admire about her works. If I was to pick an author as a role model, Cassandra Clare would most definitely be at the top of my
I absolutely adore her voice in writing, but even more so her ability to describe a scene or person so effectively that not only can you see her stories come to life, but you see them in vibrant technicolor. “Girls tossed their long hair, boys swung their leather-clad hips, and bare skin glittered with sweat. Vitality just poured off them, waves of energy that filled him with a drunken dizziness. His lip curled. They didn’t know how lucky they were. They didn’t know what it was like to eke out life in a dead world, where the sun hung limp in the sky like a burned cinder. Their lives burned as brightly as candle flames — and were as easy to snuff out.” The way she can manage to have this effect in just a few adjectives and manage to not sound over-explanatory is something I deeply admire about her works. If I was to pick an author as a role model, Cassandra Clare would most definitely be at the top of my