Review: Magical writing style
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2012
Sable Grey is a wonderful story teller.  Expert dialogue and engaging characters drew me thoroughly into the world of "Blakewood."  One of the main issues which prevented a 5 star rating was the abrupt ending.  I was disappointed with the sudden and too neat conclusion, like enjoying a tootsie roll pop only to find a missing fudgy center.  It needed something more and even an epilogue would have satisfied this craving.(POSSIBLE  SPOILERS THIS PARAGRAPH ONLY)  The father was a character that wasn't written detailed enough for me to feel like he added to the story, but I was intrigued by him and wished for more information.  As written, his character almost gave me the feeling that he was used to move the story along rather than really having a legitimate role.  Basically, you trip upon his character in the last few chapters of the book, he contributes to saving the day, and before you can pop back up and dust your hands off, it's all over.There were also several disruptive editing mistakes - primarily missing words and situational gaps.  For instance, in one part, the H is holding h's shoulders...they have a conversation...conversation ends and H let's go of h's hands.  What?  I thought he was holding her shoulders.  Gaps like that disrupt the flow of the story for me.  I have to stop b/c the picture in my head is broken and I think I made an error in reading.Still, the journey was well worth it.  There is something about the author's writing...it's different and has some magic to it that made me really be present in the story.  I could picture everything so well in my head, she made me keep turning the pages and she made me feel something for every one of her characters.  Her writing style is gorgeous and five stars alone.  I would recommend this book.