Bleeding Violet(paperback ed.)

Blurb:  After her father’s death, 16-year-old Hanna hitchhikes to Portero, Texas, the home of her mother, Rosalee, who abandoned her. Hanna is desperate for Rosalee to love and accept her, and Rosalee reluctantly makes a bargain: Hanna has two weeks to make friends and fit in at her school or she won't be allowed to stay. Hanna has never fit in anywhere, though. Struggling with manic depression, she hears voices and hallucinates, wears only purple dresses, and has a history of violence. Portero is no ordinary town, though, and Hanna learns that it is haunted by doors to other dimensions and plagued by dangerous creatures from those realms. Wyatt, a powerful young initiate in the Mortmaine, a demon-hunting organization, recruits Hanna, and together they struggle to deal with an ancient evil that threatens the town and Hanna’s future.


Review:
Writing: Dia Reeve's has a very unique and spunky writing style. She is one of those authors that when you read their works you know exactly who wrote it. She is very good with detail and character building. She made you feel for Hanna. As Hanna went through her bouts of crazy, so did you. You felt when Hanna's world was topsy turvey. When she had an impulse to do something insane you understood perfectly why she was doing it even though there is no conceivable reason for why she is doing. I loved reading every word that Dia wrote in this novel. 


Plot: To be honest there was not much of a plot. However, I believe that it was fitting that there was not one. With the  plot missing it helped take the reader inside the brain of Hanna. We were able to focus on her as a character. 
Characters:Like I said earlier, her character building is amazing. Even though every last one of them are insane, you fall in love with them all. The love intrest for Hanna is absoultly perfect( I will not say his name because it might be a spoiler. 8D) Reeve's writing is so good you even feel for the "Imaginary"( even though with Portero you can't be so sure.) Friends. 
Believable: This world is so believable. Of course, you have to use your imagination. However, the world building is impeccable. Her world is so far out yet she made me feel as though it could be my home. A very frighting and crazy home, but still home. 
Overall: Dia's work is delisiouly gruesome.  However, it is not made for everyone. If you are a fan of horror, strange,  or anything not of the norm, this is for you. 


I give it a 4.8/5.