Review: 4 Falcon STARS!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
BOOK REVIEW:What an interesting idea Emma has come up with. I really enjoyed Owlet. The title, is perfect and the cover is stunning and the story within was captivating. I do feel like this party has only got started.Roger, Iris's father and Diana, the live in carer, are keeping a whole pile of secrets from Iris, all for her own protection, of course.Iris is seventeen and is asthmatic. Those asthma scenes I identified with as I was asthmatic when I was a child. It is a frightening condition to have.Iris is dreaming about a boy and a voice is calling out to her in her dreams.Before Iris has time to blink, her father is ushering Diana and her onto a plane and they are heading for The Island, the one Iris is seeing in her dreams. This is where the story starts to unfold.Iris's memory is slowly coming back to her. She has lost her mother and come to all sorts of conclusions by herself. Was she right?Those that love her are keeping their lips sealed tight. Finding the right time to tell her about her mother, Elena and why she has been shuffled away.What are her dreams trying to show her, tell her?Falcon, ( totally love that name) and Iris spend some time together and through more of her dreams and inner voice, she starts to rebuild some of her memories. I love the things Falcon says to Iris.A fave scene for me was the Eagles Dancing. I will say no more.More characters come into play and by the end of this instalment we are left intrigued to read book # 2 Eyrie.I loved the use of birds and the whole thing that we currently understand about Iris. Emma paints a beautiful picture of The Island and bird feeders and such. Again I won't say too much.I really like Falcon and I think I could see a novella with his back story with a certain character.Emma has written a wonderful story that will leave you wanting to know more.