After reading the first look and admiring the gorgeous cover, I claimed a review copy. The initial chapters pulled me into this magical world filled with strange and exciting flora and fauna. I enjoyed Koffi's love of family and friends, her natural abilities to care for the night zoo creatures, as well as her stubbornness.
The jungle setting was my favorite part of this book. The author painted the world on the pages and I felt as if I was traveling along with the characters. The author also tossed in some surprising twists that kept me reading, despite the too slow of pacing/feeling as if the book was treading place or going in circles.
The ending sets this book up to be the first of a duology or series, but after finishing reading, I probably won't read the next book because the characters weren't as well rounded as I'd hoped--they seemed to accept new information/ideas without question and always got out of binds by what seemed to be solutions they didn't have to work for. Also, the addition of Adiah's point of view chapters slowed the pacing down because these chapters were too few, far apart, and left me more confused. If these chapters would have been left out, the book would have been stronger for me.
Overall, this was a quick read despite the length and I have no regrets choosing this book to read and review.
The jungle setting was my favorite part of this book. The author painted the world on the pages and I felt as if I was traveling along with the characters. The author also tossed in some surprising twists that kept me reading, despite the too slow of pacing/feeling as if the book was treading place or going in circles.
The ending sets this book up to be the first of a duology or series, but after finishing reading, I probably won't read the next book because the characters weren't as well rounded as I'd hoped--they seemed to accept new information/ideas without question and always got out of binds by what seemed to be solutions they didn't have to work for. Also, the addition of Adiah's point of view chapters slowed the pacing down because these chapters were too few, far apart, and left me more confused. If these chapters would have been left out, the book would have been stronger for me.
Overall, this was a quick read despite the length and I have no regrets choosing this book to read and review.