Patricia C. Wrede

I'm enjoying the story, but it's a slow read for me and since it is due back at the library I won't be able to finish it. All of the story elements sound like this should be a quick read for me, but something about it is making it just the opposite. Part of it is that while I think it's great fun having Kayla's family get dragged along instead of it being just her (as with most Chosen One stories), her mom is really grating on my nerves. She's behaving as paranoid as I would expect from a mother in her situation, but I'm bored with the attitude. The constant "don't touch that" / "we need to go home" stuff got really old for me really fast, and as a result I read many fewer pages per sitting than I would have otherwise... and ended up needing to return the book to the library unfinished.… (lisätietoja)