Review: Great Debut
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2012
I'm not sure what to make of this book. It is written extremely well, the characters, past, present, and unaccounted for, were likeable( or not), but always interesting. Sophia came to life in the book, as did Ilianna and her Sophia's brothers. Yet it left me conflicted. I know this is a series, so I expected the ending - kind of What I did not expect was the roller coaster ride of emotions. I was literally addicted to the book. And when the grand revelation finally came towards the end, it was NOT what I was expecting, doubly so (even though I peeked ahead), and book took off in a totally different direction I really wasn't prepared for.I didn't always like what was happening in the book, and there were many times that I felt very sad for some of the characters. But I was fascinated by and glued to the book. Congrats Ms. Van Orman - a stunning debut. I look forward to more books from you, though I hope you provide two of the characters with some well deserved happiness in their lives.BTW, this book is a landmark for me - it's my 300th read for 2012 - hey, the end of the world might be coming this year, so I gotta get all the good stuff in!