Review: A fresh and exciting story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2011
I actually wanted to give this book 3 stars on Goodreads, for a few reasons but I just couldn't. I honestly did really like the story and I think there is a lot of potential here. Reasons I wanted to give it 3 stars: for one, there are typo's. Actually it's more like words that don't belong (for example, I instead of and or an)like maybe there were some word changes in the editing but all of the original words didn't get deleted. Another reason was some time line errors. In the first chapter, Julia comes home from school to be told her family is moving from London to the Amazon in a week, Julie falls asleep, and when she wakes up they are moving that day. There are just a few of these issues throughout the book BUT believe me, these errors are NOT enough for me to not recommend this book.I really enjoyed the story line, the characters, the descriptions, and most of the dialog. The feelings of sadness and helplessness at this big move in a teenage girls life are real and believable. On top of moving away from everything she has always known, she has a mother who doesn't like her and shows no compassion or love at all and will be given a "Gift" that she doesn't understand and will slowly figure out how to use it and what it means. A lot is at stake in this teens new life, people are not who she thinks they are, and Julia must figure out who to trust and who is an enemy.I am excited to read the next installment in this new series (this is book one) and see where this new author takes this story!