Review: Great concept...but
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
I loved the concept, it's original and has great potential. But I'm not sure how I feel about the way it was written.  Some of the most valuable information is kind of just dumped out, there's no tension or suspense.  In fact, I felt like both of those elements are missing from a lot of the book.  Some information was repeated a bit too often for my liking and the majority of the guardian characters haven't really been fleshed out.  I understand the book is in a series, but I enjoy seeing who the characters are at the beginning so I can almost chart their change.  There's a lot of telling, a little too little showing, and some of the drama is displaced, but at the end, I did enjoy the read.  I'm hoping the second book is written better because I would love to see how everything plays out.  If the second book feels as rushed as this one, though, I won't be reading on.