Kathleen O'Dell

This book was wonderful. At first, I was off put by the time period that the story takes places. I am not usually a fan of historical fantasy, but this book was really well done. All of the characters speak in the way of the time period and there are no anachronisms, making the setting wonderfully accurate. I loved piecing the storyline together along with Clara. My only small qualms with the story would be that some of the characters seemed one note and that the cursive of the letters within the story may be difficult for kids to read. Overall, this story reminded me of the work of Neil Gaiman and I thought that it was beautifully written.… (plus d'informations)