⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
Gallant is the new novel written by V.E. Schwab, about Olivia, and girl who only has her mother’s journal and receives a letter inviting her to Gallant.

I discovered V.E. Schwab last year and read multiple books by her, which I all enjoyed a lot. Knowing a new stand-alone novel was coming out I couldn’t wait to buy it and start reading it.

From the very first start this story was super intriguing to read for me. The way Olivia couldn’t talk, I wanted to know more about why that was, about her surroundings, about the Ghouls she could see, about everything. I just wanted to keep on reading and learn more about it all. Especially the little pieces from her mother’s journal and the drawings added between the chapters.

While all of the book was intriguing, it still was slow paced, but not in a way that became boring. The characters developed and grew a lot despite the slow plot and it seemed to fit perfectly with the story.
Olivia is just an amazing character! While she can’t speak, she has humor and I found her funny. I loved reading about her curiosity and how she just couldn’t “sit down”. I also love how her absence of speech was represented and not seen as a “problem” for her.

This book has a very distinguished feeling when reading it, and I feel like this is a perfect book to read during October, or the haunting season. It is almost a shame I didn’t read it during that time, because I think I could’ve appreciated the vibe and atmosphere created even more then.

Overall, Gallant was a haunting but very fun book which I very much enjoyed reading! I would have loved reading more about this world, these characters and this plot.