Review: Magical!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2014
Magical!That's all I can say about this book. The writing style captures the imagination of the reader successfully. I'm not really a fan of fantasy in general, but I really liked this book as it has an approach like an epic and leaves the reader in anticipation of a sequel. Also, it crosses the boundaries of its genre at times, or maybe, not crosses, but goes beyond "just-fantasy" while staying within the specifications of the genre perfectly. The alternative world becomes allegory or metaphor of the real world. Let me put it this way, just replace magic with art in this novel and see what happens when you decipher other magical elements and turn them into "Real-world-things". Or maybe, imagine the court in place of the lighthouse and replace magic with adulterous tendency and turn the two different worlds into two different families that has different norms and rules. I don't know if you are getting it, but this is how and why I found this book appealing. Then again, that's my personal reading style, even if you don't do it, you'll surely enjoy the book (especially if you are a fan of fantasy). The plot-building and character-building are also really good. It's completely worth your time, attention and money.