Synopsis from jacket:Was This Book Worth My Time?
The latest YA fantasy book from Bones of Faerie author Janni Lee Simner!
After her mother mysteriously disappears, sixteen-year-old Haley convinces her father to take her to Iceland, where her mother was last seen. There, amidst the ancient fissures and crevices of that volcanic island, Haley meets gorgeous Ari, a boy with a dangerous side who appoints himself her protector.
When Haley picks up a silver coin that entangles her in a spell cast by her ancestor Hallgerd, she discovers that Hallgerd's spell and her mother's disappearance are connected to a chain of events that could unleash terrifying powers and consume the world. Haley must find a way to contain the growing fires of the spell—and her growing attraction to Ari.
Janni Lee Simner brings the fierce romance and violent passions of Iceland's medieval sagas into this twenty-first-century novel, with spellbinding results.
Not so much.
There are very few books where I feel like I have nothing great to say, but I'm afraid this is one.
What Bothered Me?
I thought a lot about why it was that this book didn't "speak" to me. I finally realized it was because I was not emotionally connected to the characters. Every reader knows that the books you can't put down are the books where you feel like you are friends with the characters. These books are the books that pull you in, and when the characters are happy or sad, you are too. I never felt that way about Haley and , thus, never got into her story. Sadly, with a slow plot and little connection to the characters I felt little love for this book.
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