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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
I reviewed that book before! I think David Michael has a engaging writing style. I just finished reading another book of his. It's a young adult coming of age type of tale called "The Girl Who Ran With Horses." Good read. I won't lie, I shed a few tears here and there.... and I don't even *like* horses!
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The Summoning Fire really impressed me straight away. I found myself thinking surfy-type thoughts like "Cooool!!!" and "Gnarly!!!".
I'm only a third of the way through and there's a bit of a back and forth going with the timeline and although this is quite an interesting way to fill out the complete story, it does also tend to make things a little disjointed.
Right at the beginning the main character is thinking about a witch she met just beforehand. OK - fine. I'm surprised that mini-back story was worth replaying later from the perspective of the witch as you could probably deduce a great deal of things from the meeting as it was.
I don't hate the mechanism, I just think you have to be particularly selective about what you want to hold up the action for.
Anyway - at only a third through, it might make more sense later and I do really like the idea of the story. It's great and completely entertaining. I already know I'll be hassling Mr Michael for another novel for me to sink my teeth into. I might push The Girl Who Ran with Horses aside for the moment though. Teenage girl coming of age? Well, yeah, sometimes. However, not for the moment.
Regards
Caleb