Review: "Hang on to your hat!"
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2013
"So hang on to your hat! If you don't have a hat, you'd better get one. This is going to be a breezy ride . ." This quote sums up this story perfectly, because what a ride it is.We start off by meeting Arletta Trimble, aka Meezly who is a very meek individual and lacks confidence and a sense of self worth. She lost her parents and is now in the care of her scheming and greedy Aunt Camille. She is given an "if something happens to me letter" from her parents to find and protect The Cursed Eye which is an ancient stone said to have magical powers and the ability to control a raging storm demon. The story follows Meezly, her bag of tricks, and a diverse group of characters all trying to find the stone. They find themselves literally sucked into the Storm Demon's horrific world where nothing is as it seems and everything is out to get you.This is not my normal genre that I read so it was a little hard to follow at first but as the story progressed and I got an understanding of the flow of the story and I was hooked. Ms. Lopez's word play and attention to detail is astonishing. At a few points throughout the story I thought my brain was going to go into sensory overload by the realistically terrifying scenes, monsters and gory details of the world we have been brought to. There are so many twists, turns and exhausting challenges each character has to endure that even I felt drained as we neared the finish line.Along the way we are introduced to an eclectic cast of characters that are given a chance to speak and provide their point of view not only on what is happening at the time, but what happened in the past to make them who they are today. What I found refreshing was that we are given a sense of closure for all of the  characters and we get to see the transformation that Meezly has made from being as an insignificant girl, to a women who is learning her true worth.