Review: Pleasantly surprised.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2012
I collected a few of the lower priced novels around Christmas so I'd have something to flick through at family gatherings- I ended up not reading this one until a month later, and I'm very glad I did. The characters, for the most part, are entirely believable, the setting was something that most people can identify with more so than a 'fantasy world', and the motivations of the characters were far more transparent than usual. Both the female characters were strong in their own ways- and we see that the youth of Maya also results in uncertainty, which is far more 'real' than a brilliant, self-assured teenage hero. I'd certainly read more of this.