Review: SOOO FUN!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
I actually would give it 4 1/2 but I don't know how to do the 1/2 on here..I really enjoyed reading this book.  It turned out to be something different than what I expected.  I was pleasantly surprised!  When I saw the book come up for review, I jumped at it.  To tell you the truth I didn't even read the description until after I got the book.  The cover is what grabbed me.  I know that probably sounds silly, but it was so beautiful, and I thought it would be about wolves.  Well, lets just say it was kind of about wolves, but not like I expected.  It was so much more.I love the idea that it is about shape shifters, and not ware wolves, and vampires.  I love ware wolves and vampires, but this was something new and so fun.When Kammy goes for a run to "clear" her head she finds herself at a place her mother use to take her.  It was their special place.  While sitting on the log she realizes there is a tunnel behind her so she enters, and what she finds is a whole "new" world, that doesn't seem to take to well to humans.  She ends up being put in prison and when the walls begin to move, and she sees dirt coming out of one of the bricks, she is surprised to find a mouse burrowing through the dirt.  When it enters Kammy's cell it turns into a man.  Eric enters Kammy's cell and Kammy's life will never bee the same after that.  Eric helps Kammy escape while also freeing his friend Jad from the same prison.  Eric and his friends help Kammy return home.  Then Kammy's best friend Jamie is kidnapped and the only way to help him is to return to the world between the earth, and return to Eric, and his outlaw friends.  Kammy knows that the feud between her friend Jad, and Bagor, the leader of  Alashdial is important to her new friends, but rescuing Jamie is more important to her.  On the journey to find Jamie, Kammy finds out she is actually one of them.  She is a Semei.  She finds out that Jad and Bagor are family.  She finds out that Tayah and the woman from the woods are sisters, and then Kammy finds out she is also part of this world.When family relationships are uncovered it was so interesting.  I didn't expect some of the things that happened, yet wasn't surprised with some of them either.  I love that Kammy is so passionate about her friend, and is willing to do anything she can to get him back.  Even in a world she knows nothing about.  She is willing to risk her life to get Jamie back.When Kammy is captured again by Bagor, he tells her a different story about how the feud between Jad and he began.  I am still wondering who to believe.  I cannot wait for the rest of this series to see who ends up being the "real" bad guy.  I was drawn in by Bagor's story of the events, but cannot tell if it is real or not. That to me, makes it a good story.  I still cannot figure out if I am going to like Bagor or not.  To me right now it seems as though there may have been a huge misunderstanding, but who knows.  There are so many unanswered questions, which I guess is what the author is going for, so as to draw us into the rest of the series.  Well, lets just say, it worked on me!I am hoping to learn more about how the feud began.  Where Kammy fits into the ending :), like will she embrace her new life, or will she cling to the life she has always known?  There is one character in the book by the name of Welm, and I hope that he has a bigger role in the next book.  I have a feeling there is way more to him than meets the eye.I love the adventure in this book.  I love the idea of shape shifting.  I love that it seems to be in a world that is so close to ours.  This books was exciting, interesting, and kept me on the "edge" of the page!  I am anxiously looking forward to the rest of the trilogy.