A review by droar
The Memory Thief by Jodi Lynn Anderson

3.0

A lovely first book in what I suspect will be a bit of a sprawling fantasy adventure. I quite like the slightly grim tone of the magic in Rosie's world (very ghost heavy), and there is tons of excitement to be had in the plot, but overall I found the characters to be a bit too vaguely sketched to really connect with as much as I'd like. Don't get me wrong all of the characters are interesting but they just never felt particularly solid, even Rosie (our protagonist and POV character) felt a bit wobbly from a character direction. Likely this will even out as Anderson gets deeper into the series and we have more time to spend with the cast.

Still! This is a great middle grade fantasy adventure, especially for the slightly spooky tween in your life. Tiny Darcy would have loved it without reservation & I'll certainly be recommending it to any mini-me's I might find in the library!