Book Review: Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw

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About the book:   

Book One in the Wintercraft Series

   

Rating: O.K

Pages: 278

Released: May 13th 2010

Published by: Headline Book Publishing 

 

-Information from Goodreads

 

Synopsis:

The Wardens have returned to Albion and they've taken Kate Winters' Uncle - just like they took her parents 10 years earlier. Kate is determined to rescue him but she's being hunted herself by Silas Dane. Silas is a killer with a haunted past and he's recognised Kate as one of the Skilled who have the ability to see through the veil between life and death. He wants Kate to help him with his own personal nightmare but he isn't the only one with plans for her... The key to solving everyone's problems is the book of Wintercraft and Silas believes Kate knows how to find it and he'll use any means to force her to help him...

 

First Line:

"At the southern edge of a moonlit city, a women stood over an open grave."

 

Review:

This book was an ok read for me. The plot, although good in theory, was not engaging for me and because of this my attention often wandered. In some ways I couldn't wait to finish this book... I don't like being harsh but I must be honest. I liked the description of the writing but I felt it dominated the book leaving little space for plot of character development. I don't know if I will continue with the rest of the series...I will have to think on it but overall the book just didn't do it for me and that makes me sad as I thought it was going to be much better. It was a great idea but wasn't executed well enough for me.