Review: Imaginative
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
There's lots to like in this book. For me, the strongest point is the plot line. A young princess discovering who she truly is. And must learn to accept and live like Zingari, the very people who she was supposed to hate. It wasn't easy for her to accept the fact she's been lied to and her healing powers were hindered by royal wizards, and even her appearance changed to not to look like Zingari girl. With their dark skin, black hair and nomadic lifestyle in colorful wagons, and traditions they reminded me of Gypsies. In fact in many Slavic languages a word for Gypsy is Cigan or Cigani for plural, with the first letter being pronounced something between z and c, kind of like making the tsk sound.I found it too be very long. In instances the chapters were a bit too drawn out and with some tighter editing about a quarter of the book could be cut out. There are some confusing parts, like Sorann going to one place and ends up in some other. The part from Jarvet's POV is confusing too, but he's moving through time and can't distinguish what is real and what is projected on him by demons. I found Sorann's doubting of who is telling the truth and who is using magic on her, a bit frustrating. It was natural that she'd be suspicious but at some point she'd have to start trusting and not going back and forth. Once her trust was established, move the story forward, no going back. Same with Jarvet and his father, is he his father, is he not, then he is again. Or is it's all projections as he moves through the mirrors of time. The same was with Jarvet's eye, did he lose it, or was it just a alternate reality? In the end that didn't add or take anything from the plot.All in all if you're in the mood for some high fantasy and wizardry in a very imaginative lands then pick up a copy of this descriptive book.