Review: Interesting but slow start
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2013
Originally posted on my blog: [...]The story starts off with Maya in her hometown, not quite fitting in but enjoying her life there. It is the eve of a "See Ya Later!" picnic which is a huge gathering to say "see ya later" to all the seniors graduating and leaving for college. Some very strange things occur before Maya is whisked off to another dimension and told that she is the subject of some important hidden prophecy.The book started off really slow for me. The subject matter was interesting and I was eager to see what Maya was exactly and more about this other dimension. But we don't get to that until quite a ways into the book. So that first chunk was kind of hard for me to get through. It IS pretty interesting however, that between the chapters telling this story, there's inserts of letters, journal entries and such. They really give the story more background and sometimes I actually enjoyed them more (during the parts that were slow).Once things get going, I found myself more wrapped up in the story. The aspect of family is huge in the book and I think Faith did a great job building the family relationships we see.The whole aspect of the shifters and their powers was really intriguing, especially as you see them work at using them and manipulating the elements! Just seeing them using their powers was pretty cool. There is another part in the middle that lagged a bit for me though. I feel like after the midpoint, then the pace picked up and things really started happening.While the world building of the different dimension of Leets with onyx and shifters was well done and very interesting, I feel like the build up took too long. That lag caused me to not get into the story as soon as I would've liked, but when I finally did, the action was there and I did enjoy the ending!