Review: Great Buy--remember the title!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2011
First, I'm a big Hocking fan and supporter. When I read the description of this book on her blog, I expected a sweet love story for a very young audience, ages 14 and up. Being the old person that I am, I wanted to be whisked away back to my childhood and this certainly took me there. Yes, it could have been longer (for older readers) but remember, this was a magical fairy tale and I for one appreciated the characters.While I don't disagree that it felt short, that was really because I wanted more detail about the world that Lily and Lux lived in..I would have liked more information about the magical creatures (I wanted faeries!) and hoped for a bigger understanding of what happened to Instonia to make it so bleak..was it her mother's death? And I presumed that her mother gave up being a castimonia and replaced herself with Lily? That part I assumed to be true. It would have been nice if her father had a stronger role, or if we could see what he was going through when Lily was gone, but otherwise the tale was purity at it's finest. I think I love Lux.No, I don't think it was so simple that you could figure out the ending, as a matter of fact, I was surprised with the ending. Happily of course! Yes, it's a fairy tale, and Hocking delivers what she intends; a sweet, coming of age fairy tale about love and courage that made me smile. Thanks Amanda! I'll re-read it again when I'm feeling blue...:)