Review: Innocent and enjoyable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2012
First, my only criticism is that I didn't care for the length or the ending - with a few subtle changes, this book could become a series to rival Narnia!The story has the same basic feel as Narnia. Children stumble upon a portal to a magical land, and there they lose their innocence and gain maturity, strength of character, and valuable friendships.A major difference is that this story contains hints of still MORE dimensions/worlds, the likes of which we will never see! Heck, they never even entered the one city mentioned in Camelot.  If the ending were different, this could easily be a series with each story set in a different, yet intertwined, dimension.I have to say the climax could have been better as well.  There was so much emotion and detail building up to it, and then in just a few pages it was over.The creativity is definitely there: the variety of creatures, the description of the landscape, the back stories of the characters.  It's a very enjoyable read overall, a book I would recommend for any "tween" with a taste for mystery and adventure.