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A review by remlezar
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
3.0
I feel a pros and cons list coming on...
PROS:
-YA SF/fantasy with a female lead is pretty rare (unless the female's primary objective is to get a boy to like her), so I really appreciate this book's very existence and wish that there were more like it.
-Easy to read but high interest, which is the ultimate combo when looking for books to recommend to struggling readers.
-I didn't read the first book in the series, but it wasn't much of a problem at all. I was able to jump in and understand what was happening.
CONS:
-Not the most original idea, which isn't a huge problem, but it does take away some of the novelty factor
-I wanted to know more about the main character outside of the realm of the game - the real world really didn't end up mattering very much in this book. It is part of a series, though, so that might get explored in another book.
-This is a personal preference, but it is very rare for me to enjoy fantasy writing, so this was a bit of a slog for me. Again, this isn't the book's problem, it's mine. I read this book because it came highly recommended by a student and I wanted to be able to talk about the book with him.
PROS:
-YA SF/fantasy with a female lead is pretty rare (unless the female's primary objective is to get a boy to like her), so I really appreciate this book's very existence and wish that there were more like it.
-Easy to read but high interest, which is the ultimate combo when looking for books to recommend to struggling readers.
-I didn't read the first book in the series, but it wasn't much of a problem at all. I was able to jump in and understand what was happening.
CONS:
-Not the most original idea, which isn't a huge problem, but it does take away some of the novelty factor
-I wanted to know more about the main character outside of the realm of the game - the real world really didn't end up mattering very much in this book. It is part of a series, though, so that might get explored in another book.
-This is a personal preference, but it is very rare for me to enjoy fantasy writing, so this was a bit of a slog for me. Again, this isn't the book's problem, it's mine. I read this book because it came highly recommended by a student and I wanted to be able to talk about the book with him.