Review: Story in Swiss-cheese-style: tasty but with a bunch of holes
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2013
I' kind of divided about linking or disliking this book. Since I got it for free I didn't have high expectations and for a freebie it was ok. Not sure if I would have payed for it though.:-)  The story itself is interesting and moves at a nice pace. Also, there are some creative ideas about witches and dragons, so that the book is certainly entertaining. You get curious about what will happen next and probably read the book in one sitting. The insta-connection between two of the characters is not a new idea, but fit the story and seemed believable in its own way.:-(  What I seriously disliked was the fact that the author frequently forgot to mention details of the story that would have been necessary for the understanding process. Sometimes there is too little explanation about the surroundings (p.ex. party scene), sometimes the plot is unclear (p.ex. telefone in her hand/ end of the last fight) and sometimes it is hard to understand the characters because their behavior seemed to come out of nowhere (p.ex. the entire end of the story). I felt like Sherlock Holmes at times, trying to puzzle out what the hell was going on. I'm also unsure if I really like the characters, because you learn very little about them. Cora seems nice in some moments and than again just insensitive and dumb. Of course insomnia makes people act strange, but caring for someone in one moment and behaving totally cold towards said person only hours later... seemed a bit odd, to say the least.The book ends with a cliffhanger and while part of me wants to know how the story goes on (mainly because of Sarim) I probably won't buy the sequel.