Author: January Valentine
Date of Publication: June 1, 2013 (Kindle)
Publisher: Water Forest Press
Pages: 332
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Paperback or Kindle: Both
Fiery Fantasy Thoughts
Brook is a 17 year old boy who knows nothing apart from being on this island and helping his ‘Father’ deal with the shipment of ‘Waywards’ that would come to the island for rehabilitation.
Date of Publication: June 1, 2013 (Kindle)
Publisher: Water Forest Press
Pages: 332
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Paperback or Kindle: Both
Fiery Fantasy Thoughts
Brook is a 17 year old boy who knows nothing apart from being on this island and helping his ‘Father’ deal with the shipment of ‘Waywards’ that would come to the island for rehabilitation.
As the ‘Waywards’ come and go, Brook gets used to listening
to his ‘Fathers’ ways on life until he starts to approach his eighteen birthday
and a new set of ‘Waywards’ are delivered to the island, who arrive with more
than bad attitudes and the desire to escape…
I personally found the beginning of the book to be a little
slow as we are shown ‘Father’s’ personality in detail and we are introduced to
each ‘Wayward’, along with their annoying, obnoxious ways.
There is a lot of dialogue between the characters
(especially the ‘Waywards’), at the start, which leads us from the beach shore
(where they depart the boat) to the showers and although I understood that the
dialogue helped establish each character’s insufferable personalities, I felt
it went on for a little bit too long as nothing was really happening.
My favourite character as to be Brook and I loved his
tormented personality. Although he listened to ‘Father’ out of respect for him,
he could not brush off that there was something more to the island (and
himself) when the noises started to get into his head and his appearance began
to change…
There was a realistic build up to the cute romance with winy
Gabriella and she opens his eyes that ‘Father’ may not be as honest as he
seems.
I was slightly thrown by the consistency of some areas of
the storyline, e.g. the introduction to the ‘Waywards’ was long and detailed
but there was a very short dialogue between ‘Father’ and Brook about where his
mother is. Something so serious and emotional needed a little more anguish I
thought, as Brook seemed to accept it immediately.
If you are looking for a book which has strong characters and
slow building fantasy mystery - then I would recommend this book for you!
Eva
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