Review: Light Uncomplicated Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
This is a nice light read with an intriguing new world for the reader to explore and characters to meet.  It was a short quick read that is well outlined in the synopsis and I will not even try to improve on as it hits great highlights.  The writing was clean and well edited.  While this is a good book, in my opinion, it is a little shallow and I would have liked to have had more meat to sink my teeth into.  However, this is a very short read that I believe on reading has a YA target audience, which had I been aware at the onset might have made a difference in my enjoyment of the read. Practical Mischief reads like a novella spinoff from a more complicated series that is an aside, giving you a glimpse of this is how we got here, and as it stands I had difficulty getting emotionally involved with the characters or frankly caring about their outcome.  The story is complete and does not leave us with a cliffhanger ending, but there is opportunity for more to come should this continue on into a series.  I do like the author's writing style and would recommend this to those wanting a short YA tale to pass the time.  I requested and received this book from Netgalley and no compensation was received for this review, other than the opportunity to read a new book and later bought my own copy for my library.