Review: I loved this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
I've read a lot of YA books. I've gotten rather tired of all of the YA books with vampires and werewolves, and all of the YA post-apocalyptic themes. This book has a fresh new world with interesting people and cultures. Even though these people are quite different from our modern day culture, you can easily relate to everything that's happening. That's because the theme is all about relationships, understanding each other, learning to forgive, standing up for what is right, learning to make altruistic decisions.  That's why YA books can offer so much. The characters in a great YA book will learn and change and grow as the story progresses. That's what makes this book one of the great ones! You get to see growth and development in multiple characters. And none of the people in the book are flat, uni-dimensional characters--the adult characters are interesting, as well.The author does such a great job of telling the story from varying points of view. You simply can't help but love Korram. But you'll also love Ernth and Thel and many other characters. I even loved the horses. I look forward to reading the other books in the Annals of Alasia.