Review: Short and sweet
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
After reading the blurb for this book I realised it doesn't really give you any clue as to what to expect in the story, thankfully this didn't actually put me off as I soon found myself really enjoying the story. It centres around Willie as she goes through a major period of transition. Throughout this she also has to learn to embrace many things that were previously foreign to her as she learns more about her cultural background (Native American). Being a teen is hard enough, but to do it whilst dealing with all Willie goes through both past and present shows her amazing strength of character and I found myself really liking her. All the characters in the book work really well. You find out a bit more about many of their stories and struggles. None of them have had an easy life however they all show some great character traits. I found myself being glad that whatever happened they did not have to go through it alone and had each other to lean on. The story began quite slowly with a lot of narrative detail, that although building the foundations for the remainder of the story did make it a bit slow to start, the ending was also really abrupt and for those reasons I gave it four stars but was also glad I didn't have to wait for the next one to be written to find out where the story went next. Overall it was an enjoyable start to a series with a sweet story even in spite of some of the more serious issues covered. I definitely enjoyed it and hope others do the same.