I found this book to be sort of dull and rather unfulfilling. Maguire’s Wicked was brilliant, so I think I might still read other books by him. This one just didn’t live up to the expectations.

I was hoping the beginning about the animal and the girl was an intro or a story, but it never seemed to end. Does this book get any better? I’m stalled a few chapters in.

The writing in this book was decent, sure, but the content was lacking. While there was great potential contained in the story, the “climax” was premature and, well, anti-climatic. Although we learn more about the characters throughout the book, there was no real progression or development of them. This book left me feeling dissappointed and slightly bored.

I love how unheroic and hesistant nersesian’s “heros” are.