Review: An Amazing Epic Adventure
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2012
I found this book to be an incredible surprise!  I came into reading this novel expecting something along the normal lines of the paranormal genre...but was blown away by this EPIC Adventure. I could even see this being an amazing movie one day.This book starts with just two young kids who grew up together, but it ends worlds away from anything you could possibly imagine. Brighton and Lilian face more trials and hardships than I could ever possibly imagine in just one novel....and if you are reading one an e-reader.....you may think you are coming to the end of the book, and realize you are only half-way done, and it is just really getting started (true story in my case). Its an incredible journey that I haven't been able to get off my mind since I read the last page, and I finished the book a few days ago.  If you read the first chapter, and then skip to the last chapter of this book, aside from the character's names, you wouldn't even think it was the same story. It changes and progresses more than you could have ever thought possible for one novel, and I loved every minute of it. There were new surprises around every turn, and I really couldn't wait to find out what happened next.I feel that the story that the author created is genius in how it was portrayed. The journey doesn't always go where you want it to go so its never really predictable or boring, but the author knows his audience well enough to know when to give in and give them exactly what they want to happen. It keeps it interesting, and keeps the reader happy, which in my case made it incredibly addictive.I loved each of the characters, but really loved Mischeif and Velvet (you just have to read to find out who they are because I am not telling). There is a love story that transpires, which is a little predictable, but its works for this book, because it is not the main focus of the novel, and everthing happens exactly as the reader would want it to happen. Its everything that any reader would be secretly hoping for when it comes to the two main characters.  What really surprised me was how much I really loved and enjoyed the supportive characters in this book. They are really what made it amazing! They are unique, and you will fall in love with each personality. You will laugh, and cry, and be incredibly angry along with each one of them on this journey.This book really sucked me in, and I was right there each step of the way on the adventure, struggling when the charcters struggled, fighting when they fought.....and often eating when they ate....(no seriously this book could have killed my diet but I am not at all mad about it). I only put this book down when I absolutely HAD TO, and almost burned dinner one night because I was standing by the stove with my kindle, and got sucked back into the story line and forgot to watch the food even though I was standing right beside it. Once you get into it, you just "have" to find out what happens next.  Just a warning, Bedtimes will be obsolete until you finish reading. You will lose track of time as you are brought into this wonderful world, and fighting for your life along side all of the wonderful characters.I was thoroughly impressed through out the entire adventure, and can't wait to continue it in the next book!!