Annie Pearson

I have some really mixed feelings about this book. I loved the main characters, Sam and Matt and Matt's family, but with the rest of the characters I always felt like I was missing something, was maybe a step behind somehow. As other reviewers have stated, the book is hard to get into. I kept track. I was lost until 22% into my Kindle. The story was told from one of three characters, back and forth, so by the time I felt I was getting comfortable with the background of one character, the story would switch to another and I was lost once again. Some of the chapters were even just a couple sentences in length before I was pulled back into a different plot yet again. I know the author wanted to let the reader in on the secrets of Limberlost bit by bit, but what ended up happening with me was that I was losing parts of the story bit by bit. At the end of the book there were questions I did not have answers to that I am sure were buried within the pages somewhere.

The only reason I am giving the book three stars is because of the two main characters, Sam and Matt. Pearson did a wonderful job in giving Sam a unique personality, a woman who can take care of herself in any situation, and she became larger than life as the story progressed. I was wishing more of the book involved her. Matt alone probably would not have been as interesting, but the teaming up of Matt with Sam made for an exciting chase scene and ending to the book as the story of the many different characters was being woven together for the reader. Unfortunately, by end I must have missed some important clues along the way and by the very end, all I cared about was where the book would leave Sam and Matt in their lives.

I received this book from Net Galley in exchange for a review.… (altro)