Review: Wonderful escapist fun!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
In picking up Reality Dawn, I wasn't sure what I would get. I tend to run the other way when I hear "sci-fi." But this is fantasy in the vein of Harry Potter and Roald Dahl, except with two lesbians as the protagonists. I enjoyed the grounded, earthy quality of the opening chapters, which take place on an English farm owned by Bronwyn and Morgan. The fact that Morgan has disappeared into thin air but the dog can still sense her is genuinely eerie, and Kate Genet does "eerie" very well...If I have one quibble, it's that I thought the main character, Rae, was much older. I thought she was middle-aged, so it was a bit shocking to find out further in the book that she's only 20 :) Rae seems too practical for a girl of 20. I would think making her at least 25 would be a bit more realistic.Reading along, I thoroughly enjoyed the adventures of Rae and Reality Dawn in the witch's spongy house. This is a very promising opening for a series, and I look forward to reading more. Four very positive stars.