Review: Great start... but poor dialogue between the main characters dragged it down.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2012
"Birthrights" (The Awakening Trilogy) is the first book in this series by authors Christine M Butler and Jennifer L Oliver. This Kindle e-book was a 383 Kb download and was free at the time of writing this review.SPOILERS... general theme, no specific details revealedA young witch (Caislyn) has just had her both parents (also magical inclined) disappear under somewhat unusual and disturbing circumstances. In her ongoing attempts to learn of their whereabouts she makes some intriguing discoveries and a few new friends and enemies along the way.END SPOILERSThe Pros:1.) a superb beginning... tense, exciting and full of promise for a great fantasy read.2.) cover art... an attractive, appealing cover. Caught my eye and esthetically seem to nicely portray the story within.3.) action scenes were well written with a nice sense of timing, pace and description.The Cons:1.) dialogue... often came off with a feeling of being force and contrived.Many of the conversations between Cais and Jax had a silly school girl quality,  bordering on the inane. This one major and recurring flaw gave the entire work a Young Adult feel.Conclusion:A story that started off very well and appeared to have great potential. However, conversations between characters left me feeling that this was a book intended for a tween female fantasy audience.I gave up on this book about 1/2 way through.2 StarsRay Nicholson