The Book Eaters is told from third person in two timelines. The story stars with Devon; a mother who is talking about her son Cai. The present timeline follows Devon as she ponders what is to come for her and Cai. The second timeline takes place twenty two years ago when Devon was eight years old. In this world there are people who eat books and live on stories and legends. There are few women book eaters and children are rare. Unfortunately Devon's second child is born a mind eater instead of a book eater. Mind eaters consumer the minds and souls of humans so Devon flees out of love for he child. Devon doesn't want her child to be turned into a weapon and will do anything to save her son. However, as her son consumers more and more souls and minds he loses part of himself. Firstly I just adore the cover of this book and it is partly why I wanted to read this book. The story is very different to anything I have ever read before and I can see this intriguing many people. However, I found it hard to connect with the characters as the writing felt very removed. Overall, I am giving it 3 stars as it is a very unique story but I couldn't really connect with it and it is never really explained why the book eaters are the book eaters.