A review by enelya
The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell

2.0

Beautiful covers hides beautiful prose with a "but", it's too hard to follow. I'm 26 and found it hard sometimes, so knowing this book is aimed at a younger age group startles me. It's not that the sory is complex (it's actually a very simple storyline), it's the many twists and turns Sandra puts the words through, that loses the reader. There's a bit of sparkle here and there, in moments that stay with the reader for a while, but overall it just comes across as a words-too-big for the story told kind of book.

(Looking at the cover of book 2 - so pretty! I hope the writing and the simplicity of following the sroryline improves!)