Descriptively beautiful, evocative. At the same time, dark and somewhat depressing tale of an eleven year old growing up under stress of divorce, adoption, loss of friendship. Fantasy well told with welcome references to Harry Potter, the Golden Compass, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe....
This is a great culmination to the Cronus Chronicles and may be my favorite of the three books. That's hard to decide as all three were witty, adventurous, and magical. In 'The Immortal Fire' Charlotte grows as a character. Her relationship with her parents has evolved and this affects her course...
This was the weakest of the three books as it's only in the last third of the 500+ page book that Charlotte and Zee actually encounter Zeus and pull it all together. The remainder of the book is Charlotte's parents and Mr. Metos (teacher) calling them children and trying to protect them from dan...
I'm a little disappointed with the book. I had heard good things about it before ordering and the synopsis was interesting to me so I was extremely keen to read it.The cover is a bit simple and when I saw it I said to me "This is not a typical YA cover, this does not show nothing about the book a...
After all, there’s no good that can come out of being a new kid in school, especially when you’ve just moved halfway across the country, especially especially in the middle of the year. Nothing says Give me a wedgie and hang me from the flagpole like waltzing into a new middle school in February ...