Review: Fun Read, Unique Story and Powers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
The story is unique and one I really enjoyed. Mandy is a tough heroine and I liked her believable attitude of wanting to belong someplace and be normal despite the circumstances. The world building is great - Mandy already knows about her powers and we dive right into why she and her brother are in hiding. I liked that there wasn't a lot of build up and instead we got thrown right in. I really liked the explanation behind Mandy's frosty fingertips (which I won't say to avoid spoilers). The twist was something I didn't see coming and I even liked the teen romance between Mandy and Zach and rooted for them to be together as well as for Mandy's survival with her family. The ending was really great action and I liked the set up that will take readers into the next book (easy to see where some of it is going so that loose ends are eventually tied up).I had some moments where I had a hard time keeping up with the narrator - perhaps in the reasoning behind a teenage narrator, I was supposed to sort of get lost, but every now and again I had to stop and reread parts to make sure I hadn't lost the train of thought. Some of it sounded a bit too immature, but it didn't take away from the story or characters by any means.