Review: A Great Book I Hungrily Devoured!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2013
*I received this product free in exchange for an honest review.I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading this book but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised! From the first few sentences I was hooked, hungrily devouring the next few chapters and though life forced me to take a break, I was eagerly awaiting the next few lines.The book starts in our world, the human world, but it quickly transports us into Methelwood, a magical town with people called 'crafters'. As soon as Emmy gets there she's reunited with the brother she hasn't seen in years, her mother is placed under arrest and Emmy agrees to a deal that could mean saving her mother, or trapping them all. It was all very hectic in the beginning, but I loved it!As I mentioned before the book was engaging from the start, and I was immediately drawn into Emmy's life, wanting to know more. I loved learning about Methelwood and thought the aspect of the crafter's revering humans was very cool and not something I'd come across very often. I really liked how the crafter's were described and Emmy's immediate reaction to them was really human. She was confused and scared and a little repulsed by their appearance and I could really relate to that. She wasn't in awe or wondering at the magic around her. She had been thrust into this crazy, new environment full of people who were strange and different and I thought her reaction to it all was real: stunned, confused and a little afraid.The romance was a little juvenile compared to what I've been reading recently, but seeing as the main character was only 15, I reckon it was spot on, at least in my experience. I loved that just because Emmy and Breckin shared a unique connection, they didn't just go and drop everything to be together.I'm really intrigued to see if Emmy's father and/or Jesse (Emmy's best friend) make an appearance in the next book. Though I didn't get to see much of them, I did become fairly close to them and would love to see if they can some how worm their way back into the story.I am really looking forward to seeing how the character's grow and develop in the next book, especially Emmy's love life as she gets older! The Keeper's Curse was an amazing story, a few tiny editing errors but I can easily overlook them as it was such a great story.