GUEST REVIEWER: Danielle Dodge
It's a
pleasure to welcome Danielle and her review. At fourteen, she already has several credentials. She has written
two novellas, a novel, and several guest blogs. She also has placed in
numerous writing competitions. Her goal is to write and traditionally
publish YA that will "make a change in teen fiction."
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing
180 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1460988949
- ISBN-13: 978-1460988947
Rapunzel is a girl with impossibly long
hair. She’s locked in a tower by her
Granny Aunt who only wants to protect Rapunzel from the evil men in the world.
When
a young man climbs into her tower, Rapunzel finds out not all men are
evil. The two fall in love but Granny
Aunt finds out about Brendan and chases him away.
Later
on, her granny stops coming to bring food for Rapunzel. Unsure what’s happened to her, Rapunzel
escapes her tower only to find Granny Aunt on her deathbed.
Rapunzel
must take her fate into her own hands. When
her new life is threatened, can she save herself and her new-found friends?
* * *
This was an
enjoyable, easy read that kept my attention.
Several unexpected things popped up throughout the story to keep it
moving. I found Brendan sweet and funny
and overall, a very nice guy.
All
the characters could have had more personality and be more 3-D. As it was, the characters’ voices didn’t
sound unique or distinct.
Throughout the
story, I didn’t sense an overall goal that Rapunzel was striving to achieve or
see the stakes raised for her, making her life harder. If there had been more obvious goals, the
stakes probably would have been raised, making her achievement of the goal more
difficult.
I was
expecting there to be a revelation as to why Granny Aunt locked Rapunzel in the
tower. I knew that the granny wanted to
keep her safe from evil men, but seeing that Rapunzel didn’t meet too many evil
men in the story, I found that a rather pathetic reason.
There were
several moments when I was really looking forward to and expecting
something dramatic or romantic. As it
was, they were a bit anticlimactic and disappointing.
Overall, the
story was a light read and I would give it two out of five stars.
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Write on!
Because of Jesus,
Miz Sharon
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