I really enjoyed this book. The author is a fantastic world builder who manages to bring a fantasy world to vivid life. The interactions between Sir Topher, Finnikin, and Evanjalin were real, funny, heartbreaking, poignant, and sometimes harsh, all of which made the characters very three dimensio...
3.5. Hard to rate this book because I can't say it is a three, an average read because I applaud the author for infusing realistic, brutal conflicts into the story. The intellectual part of the plot is above average. However, the weak characters and uninspired plot for an fantasy read do not qual...
SIGH. Melina Marchetta does it yet again! Her ability to throw you entirely into the world of lumatere and its beautiful and terrible inhabitants is unmatched! I could talk about this book forever because it has everything; the writing and language is clear and precise, the characters are multi-f...
I'm putting this on hold for now. Thomas mackee is kinda similar to Adam Wilde from where she went, which is kinda annoying because of their arrogance and bad behavior. To be fair, the first chapter is intense and exciting, the characterization is also excellent. Just by reading chapter 1, you ca...
Melina Marchetta is wicked awesome in her malicious power to make people feel all the SOBS AND PAIN!Bare with me here people. Let's say that one day you wake up. The sun is shining, the air is clean, and your nameless pet licks you on the face. You stretch your arms and feel every muscle in your ...
I have never come across an author whose work I swore by. I've read many great pieces of literature but they stand alone, they are individual. A writer's first novel might leave me uninspired but his second novel might break my heart. Its like music, not every song by a musician is going to be a ...