Review: Good weekend read, needs to decide if it's YA or not...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2012
I was given an copy of this book in exchange for my review.I am a voracious reader of fantasy novels and I really looked forward to reading this novel. I was excited to start it and then a little mystified when I began reading it. It's an OK book. The story itself starts out like the author is planning on this becoming a movie, or at least that's how it seemed to me, which was fine. Most of the book read as though it were being written for middle grades or the YA fantasy genre but then there would be oddball moments thrown in that would make me wonder if this is a novel I would want my middle grader reading.Sometimes there is information thrown in that just doesn't seem pertinent to this novel. It seems more like filler and that threw me off too. I didn't want to read four or five paragraphs on history that had absolutely no bearing on the novel. I figured it would come into play later in this book, and not all of it did.I think the book overall is good. I think a middle grader would think it's fantastic. I just would want a few tweaks made before I would recommend it to a middle grader. The parts about Chalice liking the dress that hugs her curves the best, and when her travel partner walks in the bathroom and she stands naked in front of him. Otherwise it would make a great YA fantasy novel.Happy Reading =}