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  • Kick-butt heroine - epic quest3

    Julie Smith In a world decimated by .. we don't really find out in this first in series book ... where inhabitants are reduced to walking and horseback (and some to ships with wheels), and most others are addicted to chaal (an apparent drug you chew that slows you down), Saba is an 18-year-old whose adored twin brother Lugh has been taken by mounted men (the Tonton) who killed her father and left her and her 9-year-old sister Emmi orphaned and alone.

    Saba is determined to rescue Lugh, and even though she's never traveled to a city, she leaves Emmi with a woman named Mercy who was her mother's friend and sets off across the desert of Sandsea to find him.

    Told in the first-person dialect of Saba, a pretty kick-butt heroine, it may take a while to get into the flow of this novel, but once the reader's mind has adjusted itself, it does flow much more smoothly. Saba is not perfect; she has a deep resentment of her little sister that stems from her mother dying in childbirth. Despite this, the reader will find themselves cheering her on and hoping that she escapes from the predicaments she finds herself in during her quest. There's cruelty, madness, romance, and danger, but there's also a great sense of awakening and growth.

    The film rights for this debut novel have already been optioned (yes, pre-release), and I can picture it in my mind's eye. Hunger Games fans - I have seen reviews comparing this to Hunger Games - it's good, but definitely not Hunger Games caliber, in my opinion. The fast-flipping, heart-pounding, "oh, my gosh! I hope Katniss will be alright - I wish none of the kids had to die" feeling I got from Hunger Games was definitely not present for me here. That is not meant to take away from THIS novel; I just think the comparison is unrealistic. While I WAS interested in what happened to Saba, a deep connection didn't surface; I actually found myself invested in some of the secondary characters, however. Unlike many first-in-series, this one ends on a good note - no cliffhanger, etc. - but leaves room for more story to be told.

    QUOTE (from a galley; may be different in final copy):

    Lugh shines like the sun.
    That must of made it easy fer them to find him.
    All they had to do was follow his light.

    Book Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars by Julie Smith

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