Review: A Magical Quest
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
Locke is indeed a strange place, just like the description tells you. Metal is scarce, everything is created from wood. Surrounded by cliffs and forests, population 8,000. No one has ever ventured out, the only group that enters in are a strange tribe of people called Puritans who come in from the woods. They enter the town for one sole purpose, to kidnap the town's deformed infants. Elias, 13 year old Evan Groon's baby brother, is one of the unfortunate children snatched by the Puritans.Evan enters a quest he never thought he would. He enters the forest to find both his brother and his now missing father. The forest holds things he's never seen before. Magical things, scary things. A true fantasy, nothing like what he ever imagined would be in a forest. The descriptions were so vividly written, it was so easy to picture yourself right alongside Evan on his journey.The characters of this book were the best part. My favorites of course were Evan and "Lobo". Evan had great inner strength for such a young person, and his determination to find what's left of his family really gave me a good feeling. The ending was complete, yet not. It seems like the author made it that way in case any sequels were to come along. It was still a satisfying ending.I'm trying to figure out what the perfect age group for this book is and I can't think of who would be the target audience. Anyone from pre-teen to adult who enjoys "fantasyland" would probably find interest in it. There are some things that youngins may find a bit scary, which is why adults may like it too. Heck, I'm an adult (at times) and I would read it again, including any sequels that are written.