HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SOPHIE AND JOSH NEWMAN! You'll see who I'm talking about. It seems like its been way too long since I've last posted! About a whole month! Welcome back!
Title: The Sorceress
Author: Michael Scott
Genre: Fantasy, Mythology
Summary (Straight from the Publisher): Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders. But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. Perenelle is still trapped in Alcatraz, and now that Scatty has gone missing, the group is without protection. Except for Clarent—the sister sword to Excalibur. But Clarent’s power is unthinkable, its evil making it nearly impossible to use without its darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it. If he hopes to defeat Dee, Nicholas must find an Elder who can teach Josh and Sophie the third elemental magic—Water Magic. The problem? The only Elder who can do that is Gilgamesh, and he is quite, quite insane.
Review: I have semi-mixed feelings about The Sorceress. There were some things I absolutly loved about it and other things that could've been better. Let's start with the bad news. If you've read the first two books in this series (which I highly recommend) you may find this quite similar with the second event wise. Sophie and Josh find other immortal humans with Nicholas, sub-plots develop throughout, elemental magic learned, more sub-plot, confrontation with enemy / climax battle, very short yet shocking falling actions BOOM end of book leaving you waiting for so much more. In a nutshell, the downfalls were the repetion of plot, too many rising actions, and lack of falling actions. Okay now, out with the bad in with the good! The main thing that drew me to the series which keeps me reading is how the author takes components of mythologies of Celtic, Egyptian, and Roman descent and combines them with the real world much as the Percy Jackson series (great series for tweens) did. I also like the constant change of setting and fast pace of the series. In the first book they were in San Fracisco, the second Paris, and now London and Stonehenge. Another thing I enjoyed was the ending of one subplot which was half a book too long and the beginning of a new and very scary one. Unfortunately, we only got a taste of this new one. The very best thing about this book was the last paragraph which will leave you breathless. I know it did to me!
Grade: B+
Monday, December 21, 2009
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