Review: A great YA fantasy!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2012
I don't know what it is about indie, self published authors, but I absolutely love them.  Lately I have been extremely lucky to find or be contacted by some amazing self published authors and Ann Haines is one of them.  Her book, Brunswick is an extremely imaginative tale that takes you on a journey to another world to fight against pure evil.What I loved most about Brunswick was the story itself.  It is a new twist on the "finding a new world" tale.  While reading I was taken along for a ride with Jonathan as he is somehow transported into another world that he must somehow save.  There is a dark force destroying the land and friends and family members are disappearing only to become something that the heroes must fight against.  Brunswick had me so captivated that I felt like I was fighting alongside Jonathan to rid their world of the dark force.I also really liked the underlying message of the book of to not completely loose sight of your own imagination.  The way Ann Haines described Brunswick and Jonathan's imagination took me back to the days where I would pretend I was fighting off evil forces in my own backyard.  It reminded me how important it is to still keep your imagination active and not get so caught up in the stresses of real life.My only small complaint (which technically may not even be a real complaint) would be the book cover.  Now I know the book cover has nothing to do really with the story itself, however, I do think that it is an important part of the book as a whole.  To me, the cover doesn't seem as imaginative as the rest of the book.  With Brunswick being a story about imagination and another world that Jonathan travels to I feel that the cover should portray that as well.If you are like me and you love young adult fantasy adventures then you will completely fall in love with Brunswick like I did.  I highly recommend it!