Review: Great world building
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
The "Dark Child" world Adina West creates is fabulous. The characters are human -- even if they're not, technically. They have complicated histories and relationships, but the writing makes it all flow effortlessly for the reader.There is an unexpected twist in Episode 5 that I loved! In fact, if I could have asked for anything from the story, it was this twist. The twist and a couple of other scenes tie back effectively to Episode 1. I like the sense of closure that sort of matching book-ends structure gives.But talking of closure, Adina leaves the door open in a big way for a next book. May it be soon!Kat has developed as an interesting character and (this avoiding spoilers thing is tough) watching her get to grips with her new place in the world is fascinating.I received a copy of Episode 5 from the publisher, so I feel really ungrateful going back to a point I mentioned in an earlier Episode review: the serialised form didn't work for me. My advice if you're new to the "Dark Child" world is to buy the Omnibus edition and read the book as a complete tale. It's compulsively readable and you won't want to have to search for the next episode on your e-reader.