Review: Good world building
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
I received this book from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review.Jessica is returning home when her plane crashes and she is thrown into an alternate universe.  She is rescued but is not sure who to trust.  She had been communicating with a man through her mind but will not let others know for fear that they will think she is crazy.  She has been able to read people's minds and emotions growing up so she knew she was different.  Now she must decide whether to reach out to this man in her mind or place her trust in another survivor of the plane crash in Patty Jansen's, WATCHER'S WEB, book 1 of her RETURN OF THE AGHYRIANS series.  Where is she?  Who can she trust?  Can she come back to earth?Patty Jansen does a good job with her world building.  We learn the rules and history on a need-to-know basis along with Jessica.  She is 17-years old.  She knows what it is like to be an outsider.  She works to learn the customs and language but it is not easy.  She feels she is responsible for the accident but has no one to help her through her guilt.  She is around an alien people and cultural.  When she once again meets the other survivor, Brian, she knows he is hiding something but she cannot figure out what it is.  As Jessica learns who to trust and who not to trust, she has been in communication with a man, Daya.  She has been able to connect with him through her mind.  Now they will meet but Brian, also known as Iztho in this world, has sown seeds of mistrust so she does not know who to believe has her best interests at heart.  It does not help that both men use sex as a way to control her.As Jessica struggles to survive in this world and make it back to her own world she learns to control the special gift she has.  She also learns that she has a history that may connect her to the people in this world.  Jessica has to decide if she wants to stay or go.I could not tell if the story was it supposed to be for YA or adults.  Sometimes it was more YA and other times it was adult.  I would say this story is for 16 and up.I like the characters.  The story kept me interested so that I want to know what Jessica's future holds.  Does she stay or does she go?  At times the pacing of the story was slow, especially at the beginning.  By the end there is a lot of action and adventure that kept me involved and wanting more.  There are questions I want answered so I will be reading book 2 to find out what happens.