You know it's a good book when reading it in an airport makes you gasp aloud. Or when you're sandwiched in the middle seat of the plane, and you absolutely screech at a scene that evokes mirth and excitement, causing you to pitch forward, hoping the people on either side of you don't think you're a lunatic for reacting to a book like that. I was not at all prepared for this book. I was told it was fantasy, and to a degree it is, but it is sooooo much more.
Andrea is a rebellious princess in a medieval world who longs to be her own person, but her parents demand that she become a lady. Sound like a plot you've heard before? Just wait. When Andrea finds an opening (for lack of a better word) that allows her to leave her world and enter a parallel world, modern day California, she believes this to be the place she belongs. I like the way the author reveals Andrea's experiences as she adjusts her archaic lifestyle to that of the twenty-first century. Andrea is awed by the "cubical rock" called a mall! and amazed at the way clothing hangs ready made for purchase.
Still, this is only the beginning to an action packed adventure. As Andrea inadvertently ends up back in her world, setting off a chain of events that plunge that world into war, a much more complicated story evolves, yielding many unexpected twists and turns. You will not be able to put this one down.
Read this book!!
definitely been in that situation. i want to read this book...
Posted by: valerie | March 27, 2008 at 07:18 PM