Review: Spiritdell Book 1: Zan and Austin
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2013
Zan must have the strangest power in the world. All a girl has to do is poke him in the belly button and he can see into her future, and he never sees anything good. It has put quite the damper on his love life. One night he meets a girl named Austin and things take off, but when she pokes him in the belly nothing happens. Between getting chased by witches and dealing with why Austin doesn't seem to have a future, Zan is in for a very interesting summer.I have to say Zans power was pretty awesome, and the banter he had with his friends James and Julie had me cracking a smile more then once. But I had a lot of "Oh come on moments" not because it was unbelievable, I mean I am reading fantasy I expect it to be out there, but because of how much he mooned over Austin. I'm used to seeing this in teenage girls in books, and I guess guys could be the same way, but it was really annoying. The saving grace of this book was the internal dialogue he would have with himself, when he wasn't thinking of Austin. That guy was truly funny. Mibs also helped me not want to stop reading. . .it was like someone took my own cat and wrote him in, minus the health problems. I can't tell you how many times I wake up to having a cats butt in my face.In the end I guess I liked and didn't like this book. There was so many things that where great. . .but the over reaction (in my opinion) of a girl that he doesn't even know really bought it down for me.Would I recommend this book? Yes and No. Yes because it was a very entertaining read, with a power that I've never heard of before and No because of the entire Austin thing.