Review: Very Readable YA Urban Fantasy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
I started Tex with trepidation. The setting of Kansas, a boy named Tex, a witch who didn't know he was a witch? Sounded a little silly to me. BUT, it was really quite good. It takes on bullying while working all the good coming of age (and witch)very well. Everyone who was bullied can appreciate that truth of it. The author wrote an Afterword which indicates he was a bullied kid and much of what he put in the book really happened to himself or somebody he knew.The only problem I had with it was a bit too much exposition up front. Tex states in the first line that he's a witch, but the story drops back and we find out nothing more about this major aspect for quite some time.I have no trouble recommending it for all readers of YA and urban fantasy. You'll like Tex. Olivia will annoy you, but in a charming way. You'll shed a few tears for...well, that'd be a spoiler.I believe I bought this book from the publisher's website, but I can't recall.