Review: Reading as I review
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2012
Bronwen is such a beautiful elven name and when it mentions her not interested in reading human books  I automatically imagined her as an elf like in Lord of the Rings but with short hair. I love the descriptions even though I would like some dialogue at up to 21 percent of the book. Then again, I don't blame her for not talking to anyone after losing her mom.  I'm not so sure at this point if her dad died or not because she narrates how her dad wouldn't let her out of his sight and that one time she looks back and says "Goodbye, father."  "Her heart pounded in her chest", I could hear my heartbeat at those words. Good job. At 26 percent someone talks to her. He sems nice. At this point, I learn she's half elf. At 41 % I realize her dad is dead. He died the morning before she left. So, she misses her dad too. That's said she lost both her parents. I remeber now in the beginning her narrating the house seemed too much like death. So, maybe her dad being dead was mentioned earlier. I'm really liking the character of Ardan. I don't really think Arden's pride was hurt in not being able to protect her enough. More like helplessness.  That's probably how he felt. I would use the words "self esteem". I really like his protectiveness of her and willingness to claim her as his sister. It's hard to find guys like that. I really like teh other elves and how protective they are of her as well. People need to help one another.I feel for Liza, being abused by her dad. For some reason, I find a more humane side to Christopher than Liza's dad. He seems like a good uncle. Cool, she's learning to fly! Though she's not flying with a car, this made me remember the times I wished we could have flying cars like in Harry Potter.