A good start to the series...
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I agree with the previous reviewer. Despite wishing that it had as much to offer as the Abhorsen trilogy, the story was enough to keep me reading and I read the whole book in one day. It's much thinner than the Abhorsen books and I found myself wishing the series hadn't been cut up into so many different books.
The characters lack some depth. Milla comes across as a blood thirsty teenager, but i'm sure there's more to her than that and this will be revealed in the subsequent books. I doubt someone who can write Sabriel and Lirael so well (as in the Abhorsend trilogy) would give us a one dimensional female character now.
I've seen reviews of the second book and it looks like things rev up quite a lot. Shame we have to wait for October to have it published in the UK. I'm keen to know the next part of the adventure.
I would recommend you buy this book, but perhaps wait until more of the series has come out.
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Its reasonable..but not in the same league as Sabriel
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I think its a decent premise, but it feels rushed at times and lacking depth. Also, I found it hard to feel empathy with the characters. Hopefully book 2 will beef things up a bit!
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