Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Looking over some of the reviews for this book it is clear that there has been some social networking to get this book highly ranked. It is my duty to negate many of the fluff reviews. The book was not a page-turner, was not unique, and was very predictable. Overall Opinion: To put it mildly, the book was a mess. The story was all over the place, and time, and it seemed like the author was trying too hard. The reader had a hard time engaging because the point of focus changes too often. The story felt like the author was trying to mix Harry Potter, Twilight, and a drab history book from England all together. The only compliment I feel I can pay the book was that the editing was good. The author knows where to put breaks and when to end a chapter, and unlike many E-books there weren't any grammatical or spelling errors. Character: The main character (Saira) was semi-unique, but the story was destroyed by a multitude of minor characters. Many of these minor characters had nothing to do with the main story arc. The secondary characters who actually related to the story arc should have been more in focus. The villains involved were seen at such a distance that it didn't really matter if anything happened with/by/because of them. Saira herself was a bit super human overall, and I think the author realized that because Saira suddenly got sick in the middle of the book and was forced to be vulnerable. Story: The story was very disjointed. The main story arc which was set upon at the beginning really was skated over for a good 150 pages and then focused on at the very end. The author's sense of time was cloudy at best. I'm not even talking about time-travel, just time. One minute the sun is going down and the main character is walking with someone and having a short conversation, and the next moment the sun is coming back up with no explanation where the 10 or so hours went. The author seemed to have a pile of story ideas but could not stick with one or two, so she shoved all into a bowl and hit power 7 on her electric mixer and threw it all in the book. The author could have EASILY skipped the entire "school" section and saved us 100 pages of filler. The only benefit of the entire school section to the main story line was Saira looking at a hair in a microscope. This was the only true connection to the main story arc. Ideas: While a time-traveling parkour tagger is unique there were not many new ideas. We have our families of "magic", we have our werewolves, we have our vampires, and we have time travel. Nothing made this book stand out from the multitude of competing fantasy novels. Make into a Movie? Not at all. The focus is so lost through the middle of the book that nobody would be patient enough to care. By the climax of the movie everyone would be confused as to what time of day it is and if the villains really even mattered to the story at all. If you are looking for a great and intense new fantasy based on outstanding reviews, this is not the book for you. If you got it for free and want to waste some time before bed or in the bathroom, this book is for you.