Review: Fast paced and good YA read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
I zipped right through this book. I was sucked in from early on in the book, and knew there had to be something more to the "Elites" vs not elites. I just had to keep reading to find out what was just under the surface.Roxy has just moved back to the town she left as a young girl. She and her dad are the only family she knows, and she has moved so often that friends are a luxury she has never afforded. Now she meets Amber who takes to Roxy quickly and soon Roxy is learning how to maneuver the strange currents in a new high school. What she doesn't plan on however; the Elites. They are a small group of students who can't seem to do anything wrong and, of course, are more beautiful than any humans have a right to be. Lucas is drawn to Roxy but the others make it clear she is not welcome in their circle.It turns out that the rejection is more for Roxy's protection than dislike (although, we do find out there is a healthy dose of that). Roxy has always believed her mother just abandoned her, and her father, but the truth may be more difficult to grasp than the stories she has told herself to feel better. Magic and witches! Old prophecies and a very powerful struggle between the witches, and the witch hunters.Fast paced, easy to follow, not too heavy on the teenage angst (though I did want to slap a number of the characters at times just for being the type of dumb teenagers tend to be. A little romance and a lot of action. I thought it was a good balance of all the components needed to keep young adult readers interested and engaged.I will look forward to another Witchling book in the future.