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A review by cj_jones
Matchbox Girls by Chrysoula Tzavelas
4.0
This book starts out feeling very familiar for folks who are hep to modern urban fantasy, with the young adult whose life is unsatisfying and frustrating finding herself thrust into a frightening and action packed situation when she opens a door that shouldn't exist. Enigmatic characters suddenly emerge who know more than she about what's going on, and they display murky uncertain motives.
Characters are fun and real, and occasionally frustrating in the way that real people are. The twenty-something underachiever feels twenty-something, and the four year old twins feel four. The action is exciting and the peril is perilous.
This alone would make the story worth the time and money to me. But then Tsavelas starts turning the perspective slightly, throwing new angles, taking the story in unexpected directions. And that's where the payoff really lay for me.
This was an excellent and satisfying first novel. I'm looking forward to seeing how she follows up.
Characters are fun and real, and occasionally frustrating in the way that real people are. The twenty-something underachiever feels twenty-something, and the four year old twins feel four. The action is exciting and the peril is perilous.
This alone would make the story worth the time and money to me. But then Tsavelas starts turning the perspective slightly, throwing new angles, taking the story in unexpected directions. And that's where the payoff really lay for me.
This was an excellent and satisfying first novel. I'm looking forward to seeing how she follows up.