by Jessica Townsend

Rating: 4/5

I like that Morrigan has realistic feelings and that she thinks like me. For example, she gets scared of the shadow puppets when they escape from the shadow room. I would be scared too. I can relate to Morrigan because she overthinks a lot. When Jupiter left her before the show trial, she thought that he would abandon her to find her knack by herself.

While reading the long descriptions of the scene, my brain gets drawn to something else, and I start thinking about food. The author could make the descriptions a bit shorter, so I can focus harder on the scene. The dialogue and the descriptions could be changed so that they are on separate pages. This would help me focus on the descriptions rather than skipping it to read the interesting conversations.

There was a tree called a Fireblossom that was extinct, but when Morrigan touched it,  it burnt her a little. That was the only scene that talked about this tree, so I am still concerned about it. Other than that, everything was crystal clear.

I enjoyed scenes that had detailed conversations and parts where Morrigan is displayed as a kind human being. It tells me that people in Nevermoor care about her and don’t think that she’s a curse. I was shocked that she got four bids even though she was cursed. The inventions in Nevermoor surprised me because I would never think about those. It made me sad when Morrigan told Jupiter that she wanted to go home because she was nervous about the show trial.

I would read the second book whenever I can because overall, this is a great story.

By Lanice C.