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The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty
5.0
Title: The Cracks in the Kingdom
Author: Jaclyn Moriarty
Publisher: Scholastic
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Rating: 5/5
Cover Impressions: The digital image really doesn't do this one justice. In the physical copy, the colors are so vibrant and the raindrops and lightning keep your eye moving across the image. It fits beautifully with the first cover in this series, but I am still wishing for the parking meter to be featured on a cover - here's hoping for #3!
The Gist: Madeleine and Elliot's communications through a mysterious crack between their worlds have been fun and exciting, but now their notes must take on more purpose. The royal family is missing, presumably transported to The World and Madeleine and Elliot have been charged not only with finding them, but with determining the science governing the cracks so that they can bring the family home. As if that weren't enough, Elliot must also travel Cello with the Royal Youth Alliance and endure tours and parties while trying to discover where in The World to start looking for the missing royals.
Review:
I shouldn't like this book. The characters are strange and some are completely unrelatable, there are long scientific diatribes that make little sense and the "rules" of the fantasy kingdom are near impossible to discern. I shouldn't like this book, but I do. In fact, I love it.
It has a strange charm that drew me in and I ended up closing the book wishing for just one more chapter. Please, Ms. Moriarty, Just. One. More. Chapter.
The rest of this review, and my parent/teacher advisories can be found at Reading Between Classes
Author: Jaclyn Moriarty
Publisher: Scholastic
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Rating: 5/5
Cover Impressions: The digital image really doesn't do this one justice. In the physical copy, the colors are so vibrant and the raindrops and lightning keep your eye moving across the image. It fits beautifully with the first cover in this series, but I am still wishing for the parking meter to be featured on a cover - here's hoping for #3!
The Gist: Madeleine and Elliot's communications through a mysterious crack between their worlds have been fun and exciting, but now their notes must take on more purpose. The royal family is missing, presumably transported to The World and Madeleine and Elliot have been charged not only with finding them, but with determining the science governing the cracks so that they can bring the family home. As if that weren't enough, Elliot must also travel Cello with the Royal Youth Alliance and endure tours and parties while trying to discover where in The World to start looking for the missing royals.
Review:
I shouldn't like this book. The characters are strange and some are completely unrelatable, there are long scientific diatribes that make little sense and the "rules" of the fantasy kingdom are near impossible to discern. I shouldn't like this book, but I do. In fact, I love it.
It has a strange charm that drew me in and I ended up closing the book wishing for just one more chapter. Please, Ms. Moriarty, Just. One. More. Chapter.
The rest of this review, and my parent/teacher advisories can be found at Reading Between Classes