Penelope King

this book is a very well written YA novel. It is engaging and has good characters. The author has some very good storytelling skills. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. BTW I am an adult and, yes, i recommend that some adults read it. It is very light. You open the book, read it and your enveloped in the world of witches. It is nice to come across a story that lets you float away.

So I liked the premise of the story
but for the first 80 some pages of the
book I felt like we did not get anywhere
and when we did I felt like I was unable
to have any feelings for the characters
Nice story but I wanted it to be something
more and although I can't begin to explain
I think it just took too long to get to
the part of the story that I liked. I am
giving it 3 stars based on the fact
that I liked the last 50% of the book a
Whole Lot.

This second book in this series started just a tad slower for me in comparison to the first however the further I got into the story it completely had me hooked. The magical journey the heroine goes on is incrededible. The descriptions are vivid and the turmoil that the she is feeling really comes across. She is a character that I really came to like in the first book and there are so many surprises and twists I can't wait to find out what will happen in the the third segment.