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I wanted to like this book. I really did. Any 12 year old girl who writes a book and gets it published is an inspiration to me and a great motivator to my own students who are the same age as Fan when this book was published. However, the story only slightly held my interest and while Fan is clearly a mature writer for a 12 year old, there were too many inconsistencies with the flow and style of the writing. Perhaps the editors did that by design as a reminder to people that this is, after all, a 12 year old girl, but it was still difficult for me to get past. Of course, another reason I didn't like this story is for the simple fact that fantasy like this is just not my style. I prefer realistic fiction and have really only enjoyed a handful of fantasy stories in my lifetime.