Review: weak characters, probably a kids book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
I have read everything I can find by this author and loved most of it. However, this book left a lot to be desired. The plot is very much a "Young Indiana Jones" but with a girl as the central character. The sidekicks are pretty light weight as well so I guess the target market is 8-10 year olds.Lots of other reviewers have summarized the plot and described the characters so I won't elaborate on that. The evil beast they have to kill is not very well described nor is it's reason for being on earth explained so you don't get any understanding of what is really going on. The Elf like characters are pretty much left unexplained as well. In the end I just forced myself to finish the book in the hope that something ended up being clarified but I guess the author was leaving that for the next book.I can't really recommend this book to an adult and I doubt that I would buy any followup books in this series.