Reviewed by --
Jacqueline Driggers
Book Review of --
The Transient (The
Castle Trilogy Book 1) by M.W. Russell
Overall star rating
--- 4
About the book:
She never believed.
Not in ghosts, not in friendship, and especially not in love.
When Melodie Gibson
moves half way around the world to upstate New York, her entire world turns
upside down. Living in a quirky castle turned bed and breakfast, she finds
herself confronted with someone watching her every move. That someone is
Joseph, who captivates Melodie's heart, fulfilling her dreams and drawing her
into his world—a world that is beautiful, magical… and treacherous. It will
take all the courage Melodie has to face those who will stop at nothing to rip
them apart.
From the pages of a
Victorian Gothic novel transplanted into modern times, The Transient is the
first in The Castle Trilogy, a powerful fantasy romance series for teens.
Book creation ratings
Overall total, out of
30 possible -- 22
-- Story &
characters -- 8
-- Cover & title
-- 7
-- Editing &
formatting -- 7
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The review --
Let me begin by saying
that this book has a cliffhanger ending. A plus is that there's no sex in the
book, and not much violence. But it is very spooky, so if you like the
supernatural, then you'll love this. Very likeable characters populate the
book, and it's really a ghost romance story. This is a perfect book for the
teen reader who likes a bit of the supernatural.
But the prologue of
the book has a very dated 2012 reference, which is probably a bad choice; and
the prologue makes you feel as if you are coming in on the middle of a trilogy
instead of the beginning. Not a very successful prologue.
Reader Recommendations
Genre -- supernatural
romance story
Age recommendations --
12 and up
Sex content rating --
none
Violence rating --
very mild
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Thank you Jacqueline for your lovely balanced review . MWR xx
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