Review: Wonderful....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2011
Seeing how this is my first Autumn Dawn book, I think it was worth at the very least four stars.  I think that she has a good basis to begin a series that I will enjoy. There are some issues that should be pointed out just for Mrs. Dawn to consider for future reference.I love the transition from one world to another,  however smooth it was, I think that we could have been given more information on the new world she was on.  Description of the surroundings, smells and tastes could have been more developed. What was different, what was similar between the Dark Lands and Earth?I wasn't crazy about the many intimate instances in the book, even though I think they are well written,  I felt they were too frequent and took away from the plot. And I think I would have rather read more about the individual characters and their background with a couple less sexual encounters.  Also, I would have enjoyed it even more if the characters were more developed.  Tell me more about Jasmine's background, explore why Keilor was behaving the way he did, and what did Jaymes do to win over Rihlia.  Rihlia couldn't have adjusted to the new environment as quickly as she did, and what was done to help her along that wasn't for Jasmine? I enjoyed the back and forth sass between the characters. I feel that all of them could have been fleshed out more, but all in all I think you get a feel for them accurately.The history of charmers wasn't developed nearly enough, or why a Haunt would visit Earth or how a charmer could find their way to the Dark Lands unassisted.  In this area, more information would have been useful.By the end of the book I was pumped for a big conclusion, it was very anticlimactic, however, she did leave a great deal of room for a series to develop, and I hope to see that happen. I will be downloading further books from Mrs. Dawn, and I look forward to seeing her work continues to expand and improve with each book she writes!