An Average Curse

DNF @ 42%

I won this book in a goodreads giveaway, so I was really trying to read through this one, but I'm confused with it.

This is a very short book (190 pages), so I expected some things to be rushed given that this is a fantasy book AND it is for a younger crowd. Unfortunately, I don't know how anyone can understand what it going on.
Flynn and her friend Hazel seem to go from one event to the next– from initiation ceremony into joining a class because they were forgotten about?? Some how?? Who just ‘forgets' about the High Priestess' daughter right after she and her friend become the first to go into the Spirit Hopa after... i believe 50 years. And the ceremony was hyped only for it to be done in a minute with little fanfare nor segway.

I could probably keep going so, the basic break down of why I didn't like the book: lacking of information of what is going on and the world, no transitions, and characters acting weirdly (laughing at things that aren't funny, ignoring the fact that someone talks to fairies, not curious as to where someone went when they couldn't find them, etc.). Seriously!! Also, explaining what things are is super important. How is the average reader supposed to know what a moa, hopa, etc. are if they aren't at least described like, “Her moa had beautiful black and red feathers and was slightly bigger than the rest, able to carry two little girls in the sky” or something... instead of what did go down.


The rather sad thing is that this book has a lot of potential. The words are there, the magic system is... probably there (i just need it explained), there is some okay world-building going on, and so many cool little details! I just couldn't get past the rest of it :(

So, I'm leaving it off here. I wouldn't not recommend this book to younger kids, but it wouldn't be the first option I present to them either.