This is one that I was a little unsure of how I would feel about it. I had a couple students who had early copies of it, and they really enjoyed it, but I'd also ready some not so great reviews. As it got started, there was a little confusion for me with the jumping back and forth, but it wasn't long before I got to where I was connecting the voices of the characters with their chapters and I was definitely intrigued by the story. It is a fantasy that I needed time to just sit and read, so I didn't read other than when I knew I'd have 20-30 minutes at a time of uninterrupted reading time. But it was good enough that when I'd have to stop at the end of that time, I had a hard time putting it down, because I was eager to see where it would go next. There was the jumping around in time that messed me up a bit at first, but then there was a connection with one of the characters, Simon, later on in the story that really tied it together and had me racing to the end to see where we would end. I loved the twists and turns it took with who could be trusted and who couldn't. The world was really well created, and very vivid. The characters were well developed, and by the end, you were totally re-evaluating how you'd felt about things that happened at the beginning. I love when an author can do that.
I will look forward to book 2 and seeing what the characters get up to and how they will go about figuring out the next step in reaching their goals. I can definitely understand that it could be slow for some people, but I felt it was worth the extra attention I had to give in order to read and enjoy it. It is one I will definitely buy for my school library.
I will look forward to book 2 and seeing what the characters get up to and how they will go about figuring out the next step in reaching their goals. I can definitely understand that it could be slow for some people, but I felt it was worth the extra attention I had to give in order to read and enjoy it. It is one I will definitely buy for my school library.