May 2010

Dreamdark: Silksinger is the second in the Dreamdark series and I haven’t read the first. I hate it when that happens. But TW assured me that I didn’t need to read the first one… and she was right, though I probably would have found it easier to dig into this one had I read the first. I found the first few chapters a little slow and confusing because of the introduction of so many new to me characters and situations. Once I got through that initial slowness, I was hooked.

Now I have to go back and read the first one.

(Also loved the author’s note at the end – the evil character was named for a comment captcha form. That’s awesome! I like it when funky captchas turn into something good.)

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The beginning of Farwalker’s Quest made me feel like I’d already read this story – 13 year old children preparing for their naming test, a treesinger, a healtouch – it just seemed familiar. Now that I’ve finished, I know I haven’t read it before but it still feels familiar.

But anyway – another good middle grade science fiction/fantasy book from the Cybils short list. I don’t think this is going to be the winner but it’s an excellent story with characters I liked a lot. The ending was particularly interesting. I expected the Farwalker (and her companions) to find what they were looking for, where they found it, and how they found it – but I didn’t quite expect what they found. I don’t know why I didn’t expect it, that’s what made sense – or it did once I read it. Heh.

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