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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
This was a delightful middle grade adventure and I am definitely ready to get caught up in Sophie's world and tag along for the rest of her adventures.
While the story overall is quite fun and fast paced, there's still some real pain such as loss of a child, having to leave your family and grief. It's presented in a good way and the story is super intriguing.
Sophie's a 12 yr old prodigy who hasn't quite fit in anywhere. Her ability to read people's mind definitely doesn't help. When a strange boy approaches her out of nowhere, and he can also read minds, she thinks she's finally made a friend like her. Little does she know her life will never be the same again.
While the story overall is quite fun and fast paced, there's still some real pain such as loss of a child, having to leave your family and grief. It's presented in a good way and the story is super intriguing.
Sophie's a 12 yr old prodigy who hasn't quite fit in anywhere. Her ability to read people's mind definitely doesn't help. When a strange boy approaches her out of nowhere, and he can also read minds, she thinks she's finally made a friend like her. Little does she know her life will never be the same again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
omgg i’m sorry what?? this was my third time reading but lowkey im counting it as my first cuz i haven’t read it in so long and im actually gonna continue the series now
😭😭💗💗
#sokeefe
😭😭💗💗
#sokeefe
Overall a solid start to a middle grade, fantasy-series, but man does it want you to know just how special the main character is.
Honestly, how is any little girl supposed to see themselves in Sophie, the chosen one to end all chosen ones?
→ A 12-year-old who is a high school senior and has already been offered a scholarship to yale.
→ A girl with no less than three – that we know of thus far! – super rare, super strong abilities.
→ Who has special eyes.
→ And a photographic memory!
→ Aand can instinctively speak any language!
→ Aaand she has every boy at her new school drooling.
At least, her concentration-level is low…
Oh no, that was just her ability being dormant, my bad.
Are you getting tired of hearing about how special she is yet? Because I sure did. So, let me end with my favourite quote which had me wanting to both roll my eyes and laugh:
Honestly, how is any little girl supposed to see themselves in Sophie, the chosen one to end all chosen ones?
→ A 12-year-old who is a high school senior and has already been offered a scholarship to yale.
→ A girl with no less than three – that we know of thus far! – super rare, super strong abilities.
→ Who has special eyes.
→ And a photographic memory!
→ Aand can instinctively speak any language!
→ Aaand she has every boy at her new school drooling.
At least, her concentration-level is low…
Oh no, that was just her ability being dormant, my bad.
Are you getting tired of hearing about how special she is yet? Because I sure did. So, let me end with my favourite quote which had me wanting to both roll my eyes and laugh:
“Her family couldn’t be her family.Ah yes, what is more relatable than being the slender blonde among chubby brunettes?
She took a deep breath and let the reality settle in.
The strange thing was, in some ways it made sense. It explained why she always felt so out of place around them – the slender blonde among her chubby brunette family. ”
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If your looking for a fun time then you should read this. I can not say this is a very good book in terms of quality but it’s so fun. So if your interested in turning off your brain and just oohing and awhhhing for the span of about 11 books definitely read this. If your looking for something of substance I wouldn’t go looking for it here though. Did love this book though.
This book was so great! Makes me laugh, cry of joy, cry of sadness, frightened me. Well, it was really great. The atmosphere really makes me thought of Harry Potter, with a girl ringing out she is not human but an elf (instead of a witch), then finding out that she is special, and going to a big school, etc. And this is not a bad thing, since I really loved this part of the Harry Potter series.
I am just a little bit disappointed by one thing: how every boy Sophie met seems to fall in love with her...
I'll see how this evolves in the next books.
Can't wait to discover what will happen next in Sophie's hectic life!
I am just a little bit disappointed by one thing: how every boy Sophie met seems to fall in love with her...
I'll see how this evolves in the next books.
Can't wait to discover what will happen next in Sophie's hectic life!
This was a little slow at points but a really great intro to a very long series! I am iffy on some of these characters but I love Sophie, Keefe, & Biana so much!
3.75 Stars more like it.
I must say this was a fast read, despite the 500 pages. Well it is written for middle graders, but it didn't feel that way.
I liked Sophie as a character very much. She was for a 12 year old, very mature, which I enjoyed. I liked how bad she felt for cheating and how she was such a good person in general. I especially enjoyed the parts, where she was suffering, because nobody wanted her and that spoke to me very much. It was very realistic and enjoyed that.
However I did not buy into her relationship with her human family. Maybe it was because we didn't see much of her with them, but I just couldn't get that family connection, which made her distress a bit weird for me.
Same goes for Grady and Edaline, though I liked them better than her real family. Still I think their development as family was lacking and I would've liked a bit more of them together.
The setting was, well, very Harry Potterish, but then not. It's hard to explain. Actually I wanted something along that lines, that is great and it turned out different and better than I expected, but there were still some things. Like Bronte for instance, who is so much Snape, that I imagined him looking just as him.
Some of the stuff seemed very original, some of it didn't. I can see how the author tried to make it special, but still reasonable in a way? Like the giant leaping crystals, the school setting. I found it weird, that they have one on one classes. I mean HOW do they do it, even with only two classes each day per pupil? Then the insanely high rate for passing a lesson. 80%? Wow that's hard, but okay.
Other than that I enjoyed the characters, especially Alden and Elwin and Fitz. Also Keefe and Dex and I look forward to seeing more of them all. The overall story was interesting enough, especially Sophie's story and I am eager to find out what is behind this all. It has a bit of a Hunger Games feel in terms of the rebellion. A scif-fi too.
However I do think the end was wrapped up a bit too neatly, with Sophie getting 100% on almost all our classes. It felt a lot like Dumbledore awarding Harry all those points everytime for surviving. And it's kinda not fair, but hey, I wanted her to stay at Foxfire so what?
I'll definitely continue this, since it's a light read!
I must say this was a fast read, despite the 500 pages. Well it is written for middle graders, but it didn't feel that way.
I liked Sophie as a character very much. She was for a 12 year old, very mature, which I enjoyed. I liked how bad she felt for cheating and how she was such a good person in general. I especially enjoyed the parts, where she was suffering, because nobody wanted her and that spoke to me very much. It was very realistic and enjoyed that.
However I did not buy into her relationship with her human family. Maybe it was because we didn't see much of her with them, but I just couldn't get that family connection, which made her distress a bit weird for me.
Same goes for Grady and Edaline, though I liked them better than her real family. Still I think their development as family was lacking and I would've liked a bit more of them together.
The setting was, well, very Harry Potterish, but then not. It's hard to explain. Actually I wanted something along that lines, that is great and it turned out different and better than I expected, but there were still some things. Like Bronte for instance, who is so much Snape, that I imagined him looking just as him.
Some of the stuff seemed very original, some of it didn't. I can see how the author tried to make it special, but still reasonable in a way? Like the giant leaping crystals, the school setting. I found it weird, that they have one on one classes. I mean HOW do they do it, even with only two classes each day per pupil? Then the insanely high rate for passing a lesson. 80%? Wow that's hard, but okay.
Other than that I enjoyed the characters, especially Alden and Elwin and Fitz. Also Keefe and Dex and I look forward to seeing more of them all. The overall story was interesting enough, especially Sophie's story and I am eager to find out what is behind this all. It has a bit of a Hunger Games feel in terms of the rebellion. A scif-fi too.
However I do think the end was wrapped up a bit too neatly, with Sophie getting 100% on almost all our classes. It felt a lot like Dumbledore awarding Harry all those points everytime for surviving. And it's kinda not fair, but hey, I wanted her to stay at Foxfire so what?
I'll definitely continue this, since it's a light read!