Review: Great start to a new series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2013
This is a very fast read, as it's a novelette of only 47 pages. I don't often read short stories as I feel I don't get the opportunity to know the characters or the world and don't have time to get attached. That's not the case here though. First of all it's a series, so as each one comes out we get to know a bit more about the characters and the world. I also felt like I got a pretty good idea about the characters and the world from this first story. It may not have had time to get real in depth, but it was just enough. And I'm intrigued! The characters are fantastic. I love characters with a bit of OOMPH and Jenny was definitely a character with OOMPH. She has a purple mohawk (AWESOME!) and is a big gamer (that's what we hear, but don't see, cause that would be boring) she's also totally kick ass, she just doesn't know it yet. Or I guess... didn't know it yet.The writing is superb. I actually don't have any problems with it at all, not one negative thing to say. Not that it was actually perfect, but the errors I saw were minor formatting ones like not extra spaces after a period and stuff. It was only in a couple places though and it never took away from the story or the writing.I know that some aren't in love with the cover, so I encourage you to look past that (if that's your issue) and consider giving this one a read cause it's definitely worth the 45 minutes or so it takes to read it.Also, this is more of a new adult book and I think is appropriate for mature YA readers.  There's a bit of bad language (not much) and some gore, but I have read some YA that's much worse.