Review: Well done
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
The writer certainly has thought out-very concretely-the parameters of the world she's built, and done a very workmanlike job of it.And therein lies the rub... Calli, the 16-year-old heroine, sounds as matter-of-fact and jaded as I do that my considerably older age.Yes, it's admirable that she's deeply thoughtful and earnestly works to find the best solution for all concerned, but I am unable to suspend disbelief long enough to buy a 16-year-old who doesn't have any kind of emotional high or low.The only flaw I find in the book at all is that the tone... the voice in which it is narrated sounds like that of a 70-year-old woman on lithium.However it's well enough written that I will read at least one more of the series to see if Calli develops a new voice more appropriate to her age.