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A review by booksnorkel
The Shadow Thieves, Volume 1 by Anne Ursu
3.0
I have a friend who won’t read the Percy Jackson series because she read this book first. Well I read them first and loved them so it took me a while to get around to reading this one. Sorry this book is a slight let down especially since my friend keeps insisting on thinking that the two books are the same. It took a little bit too long to get into, a little bit too long to discover the plot, a little bit too long overall. Don’t get me wrong this book was good, it just isn’t great. It follows a girl who is normal then her cousin comes to live with her and then everyone starts getting sick with a mysterious illness that just makes them sleep. The point of view shifts to her cousin who came from England and you find out that the sickness is following him. Then it shifts again to Hades where you discover a demon is the reason behind the sickness and it’s following the British cousin for ‘reasons’ This book is just different enough that you really can’t compare it to Percy or claim that this book ripped it off.
The story is good, and the writing is too. It’s just good though. I would read the second one if I didn’t have to pay more than five for it, and I would probably finish the series if there aren’t too many books. The first half of the book really did drag and seeing as how the book itself is rather large… the first half could have been tightened up a bit and I think I would have enjoyed this more.
For fans of Percy Jackson who are looking for another greek gods in our modern world book series, ages fourth grade on up both boys and girls since the view point changes between the two.
The story is good, and the writing is too. It’s just good though. I would read the second one if I didn’t have to pay more than five for it, and I would probably finish the series if there aren’t too many books. The first half of the book really did drag and seeing as how the book itself is rather large… the first half could have been tightened up a bit and I think I would have enjoyed this more.
For fans of Percy Jackson who are looking for another greek gods in our modern world book series, ages fourth grade on up both boys and girls since the view point changes between the two.