Review: Long intro, good ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
I started this book without too much expectation.  I loved the author's Freak of Nature book and Between Worlds series, but could never really get into the Keegan's Chronicles series.  I got through the first third of the book  and felt it was moving VERY slowly; the most interesting parts were the journal entries with Callie's past memories.  I was about to call it quits on the book, but then we got into the more interesting part of the story where Callie and her family arrive on Aionia.  I had lost enough interest that I slowly skimmed over the rest of the story.Overall, it's a good storyline, but I think the writing needs to be trimmed down quite a bit, especially at the beginning.  I realize it gives us a good character build-up but there was too much; I didn't need to know what Callie was eating during her time at home lol.  Once they got to Aiolia, the characters were mostly believable considering the background.  One of my qualms was how Alaric initially started with the male type of actions that were compatible to the year he was raised in, but as their relationship deepened, he seemed to behave more like the 18 yr old he appeared to be.It's a creative storyline though, and worth reading, even if you just end up skipping over some of the stuff.  If the author were ever to re-write, I would make it have less background info on the characters and allow the reader to get to know the main protagonist's as the story progresses.  I would also make the storyline have reach more of a climax and conflict period.  There was a little bit of this in this story, but it was very fast and didn't reach an all out "yikes! I'm in trouble!" time.