Review: Worth the read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2013
What a great story. I was drawn in right at the beginning as I felt a connection with Sophina's family. I obviously knew from the blurb that Elliot was going to be kidnapped and was feeling quite sad right from the start to think he would be gone. I was thinking more from the point of view of Sophina and her Mum. I loved how we got to step into the alternative dimension of Trellah and feel all the fears that Sophia did. I enjoyed the relationship between Sophina and Mrs Tanner (her ex-science teacher). I also enjoyed the flashing back to Sophina's Mum in Thomasville. It added that extra bit to the story to read about what she was going through looking for her children.I felt at times that Sophina was acting more like a 15 year old than a 13 year old. I know they mentioned she was wise beyond her years, but some things just seemed a little grown up for a 13 year old. (As an aside - the blurb on the amazon page indicates she is 14, whereas the book indicates she is 13). I also found some parts a little confusing in Trellah as it took me a while to work out of all the different creatures. But in the end I just worked out which ones were the good guys versus the bad guys and didn't worry too much about who they exactly where.Overall a great book, that was a little different to the YA stuff out there at the moment - definitely worth the read (and I'm not a YA).I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review.