Review: What an intriguing read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
I loved the synopsis and found myself literally laughing out loud at some of the quips and references in the story. I’m not a huge fantasy lover but this was just FUN! I enjoyed the different characters and really thought that Michael Chulsky did a good job at having so many characters without it seeming bogged down. Everyone has their special abilities and characteristics that makes them sit apart from the teenagers in the story beside them.What I did want was a little more from Shadow. I feel like he has so much to offer as a character and I wanted so much more. I think he may just need to be fleshed out a little more. For instance, it seemed at the beginning that he was given too much. He was given the answers to the whereabouts to the teenagers and to the danger they are about to face and it made it hard for me to get into his personality. Although, what I do know about him is that he is a great guy that wants to do good!And, what book is great without an amazing and very quirky villain? I love, love, love, LOVE good villains! (oxymoron) I just really enjoy when a villain is really brought to life and I feel like our villain is. And what an awesome name she has, Maedara, and talk about quirky, every time she mentions shoes I want to be like, Girl I’m right there with you, I want those shoes too! She was just as much fun to read about as the story was and that takes some serious skill! I love it!There are some twists and some things that just made me go hmmm and question everyone and everything so all in all, I think this was a fantastic and very fun to read book. Not totally my type with the dragons and whatnot but it is a ton of fun.