Megan

Very cute! The Kiki's Deliver Service inspiration is pretty heavy-handed, but I can see where the author is going and diverging from that initial inspiration by the end. I can see how this will be even better in the next book, which I plan to pick up. I don't love the rhyming incantations because it feels extra childish and bizarre to read an adult saying cute little sayings, but other than that the magic system was actually quite interesting! The friendships are wonderful too. The biggest problem I had was that almost everything and everyone felt developed at, or just below, surface level. I think as the series goes on this could definitely improve though!

Jurassic Park is a fast paced, action packed, plot driven story full of fairly flat characters and annoying children. There is way more death than I expected, but honestly I was there for all of it. The short chapters are typical of what I consider “fast fiction” and help you fly through the book.

Dealing with Dragons was fun but predictable for an adult. I think I would have given it 5 stars when I was a kid, as Cimorene was the heroine I wanted and needed in the early 90s. I was that “tomboy” who wanted to see a princess who acted like me!

I listened to the audiobook but would recommend reading it instead. I'll give that a try when I pick up the second book in the series.

Overall this hit me right in the 80s nostalgia and made me feel like I was playing all these old games right alongside my brother in our childhood game room. It's by no means a groundbreaking story or anything along those lines. Honestly though, I had a lot of fun reading it and would recommend it to anyone who wants to read something easy.

This book is so outstandingly illogical and poorly paced that I don't think I noticed anything else about it. It's also at least 300 pages too long.