Review: Emotional and Tender Love Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2013
On the whole, I enjoyed Colors Like Memories. I like the concept of Sarys, the characters are sympathetically drawn, the story well-thought out.I did have just a niggle or two, which may only be bothersome to an older (much! older) reader than the target audience.Given that Julia has functioned (not quite lived since she's never drawn breath) for several hundred years, I think she behaves a bit too much like an inexperienced teenager. I would have liked to have had some justification for this. Perhaps Sarys are put "on hold" between assignments, so that Julia's existing years match with her apparent physical age.I don't want this one aspect to rule my overall enjoyment of the story. This is certainly an emotionally touching tale of lost love and sorrow against the joy of saving the life of a doomed soul.It's got the right mix of pathos and romance for teen readers.I recommend it.