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Synopsis:

Everyone knows what happened to Alva’s mother, all those years ago. But when dark forces begin to stir in Ormscaula, Alva has to face a very different future – and question everything she thought she knew about her past..

Review:

Alright. So the first chapter is gripping as fuckk. I kid you not. The first chapter reached out and gripped my soul and I was fricken pumped to read this book. Honestly if you know a better opening chapter than let me know but until then, this one takes the cake and eats it too.

However, after the gripping first chapter I felt a little lost while I waited for the more gripping things to happen, if that makes sense. Imagine a kick off to a dramatic game and then the ball goes from one end to another without any team kicking/making a goal. SO the suspense is the kick off (opening chapter) and then there is the middle ground of play where nothing happens (most of the book) and then finally the touchdown/goal which is the last few chapters. And as powerful as the first chapter is, you need to have the remainder of the book to follow it up. Don’t let me take a bit of the world’s bloody best ice-cream and then make me sit there and watch it melt. That is NOT my idea of fun.

While the characters were intriguing and complex they were let down by their basic life of waiting for the interesting part to happen. Don’t get me wrong there were a few moments where the Dad looks like he was gonna snap and crazy but it didn’t happen? Also the world building was slow. And the plot?? Well… look… you know how everyone has that one friend that is always like three hours late to the party? Yeah well in this case the plot is your late friend who missed the party.

Overall I thought this book could have had soooo much more potential and I was super excited for this but unfortunately it didn’t hit the mark for me.

Rating: 2/5

Publisher: Scholastic

ISBN: 9781407180298