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Incarceron
by Catherine Fisher
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I will admit that I was bought in by this cover. There are two things that would sell me completely and they are 1: Keys and 2: Pocket Watches. So without a second thought, I picked this up from the shelf on my library and scanned it out.
I hadn't merged with pure fantasy in a while so it was a tough transition going from contemporary and futuristic fiction. The beginning of the book was a slow paced read as you venture back and forth between the POVs of Claudia, the Warden of Incarceron's daughter, and Finn, a prisoner of Incarceron. It roughly took me a few tries and a motivational pep talk to get halfway through. The beginning was the toughest part to get through, it was like trying to fit into that pair of jeans that just quite didn't fit but after jumping around and doing the "pants dance" they went on snugly.
For the characters, the development of emotions and bonds were well progressed, but when it comes to my favorite story to read about it was Claudia. You'd think that reading about Finn, the prisoner trying to escape, would galvanize by interest but it didn't. Claudia's attitude, her spunky nature, and just the tight-knit bond between her and Jared, her tutor, grasped my attention and had me flying through her story. She was a character that I looked up to.
I do recommend this book to true fantasy lovers hoping to dissolve themselves in a new world. Fisher does a wonderful job stitching together two different worlds in one universe. Though I wasn't bought in the beginning, by the end I was sold again and again.
I will admit that I was bought in by this cover. There are two things that would sell me completely and they are 1: Keys and 2: Pocket Watches. So without a second thought, I picked this up from the shelf on my library and scanned it out.
I hadn't merged with pure fantasy in a while so it was a tough transition going from contemporary and futuristic fiction. The beginning of the book was a slow paced read as you venture back and forth between the POVs of Claudia, the Warden of Incarceron's daughter, and Finn, a prisoner of Incarceron. It roughly took me a few tries and a motivational pep talk to get halfway through. The beginning was the toughest part to get through, it was like trying to fit into that pair of jeans that just quite didn't fit but after jumping around and doing the "pants dance" they went on snugly.
For the characters, the development of emotions and bonds were well progressed, but when it comes to my favorite story to read about it was Claudia. You'd think that reading about Finn, the prisoner trying to escape, would galvanize by interest but it didn't. Claudia's attitude, her spunky nature, and just the tight-knit bond between her and Jared, her tutor, grasped my attention and had me flying through her story. She was a character that I looked up to.
I do recommend this book to true fantasy lovers hoping to dissolve themselves in a new world. Fisher does a wonderful job stitching together two different worlds in one universe. Though I wasn't bought in the beginning, by the end I was sold again and again.