The Watchtower by Lee Caroll
Thursday, 7 June 2012
The Watchtower by Lee Caroll
Publisher : Bantam
Pages : 397
Genre : Young Adult
Type : Paperback
Cover : UK Cover
Got : For review from publisher
Genre : Young Adult
Type : Paperback
Cover : UK Cover
Got : For review from publisher
Rating : ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
About
Each encounter leads Garet closer to finding Will Hughes, but she realizes that she’s not the only one who’s trying to find the way to the magical world called the Summer Country. As Garet struggles to understand her family legacy, each answer she finds only leads to more question and to more danger.…
Review
This is the second book in the Black Swan series. It, like the first is brilliant. The story continues with Garet now on her journey to find Will. It's filled with various interesting characters, all of which are sturdy, making you want to learn about them. All the characters adding to the story, making it richer. Garet, with the help of these characters progresses in her search for Will and finds out more about herself and him. Like the first in the series, this is full of detail and a continuation of a well thought out story. We get to see into the past, how things happened to create the current circumstances. I can't wait for the next in this series, it was left with such a twist.
Labels: Book review, Lee Carroll, The Watchtower, Young Adult
Black Swan Rising by Lee Carroll
Monday, 22 August 2011
Black Swan Rising by Lee Carroll
Publisher : Bantam press
Pages : 400
Genre : Young Adult
Type : Paperback
Cover : UK Cover
Got : From publisher for review
Genre : Young Adult
Type : Paperback
Cover : UK Cover
Got : From publisher for review
Rating : ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
About
When New York City jewelry designer Garet James stumbles into a strange antiques shop in her neighborhood, her life is about to be turned upside down. John Dee, the enigmatic shopkeeper, commissions her to open a vintage silver box for a generous sum of money. Oddly, the symbol of a swan on the box exactly matches her ring. Garet can’t believe her luck and this eerie coincidence until she opens the box and otherworldly things start happening
Review
This book has everything a fantasy enthusiast wants. Action, romance, mystery and one thing that some books don't have, an interesting and well thought story. The story is thorough and full of detail. We get to know Garet, a young woman who makes jewellery, her father owns an art gallery and she lives with him above it. Garet comes across a shop, which she enters and finds herself shocked when the shop owner questions her about her ring, showing her a box which has the same emblem on its clasp. He asks her to open it, it is solded shut and seeing as she makes jewellery, he thinks she can open it. That's when everything starts to get strange. Garet is thrust into a journey of not only trying to find answers about the box but also herself. She can't see how she can be connected to the box really, but her new acquaintance, Will, seems to know otherwise. He is very handsome and ever the gentleman, but there's something about him. With stunning detail and strong characters, this book had me hooked, i couldn't not read on to see what happens, stumbling along with Garet on her journey.
Labels: Black Swan Rising, Book review, Lee Carroll, Young Adult
