This book was some what fascinating but I didn't really feel any type of connection to this book. But if I read it to my son, I think he would of liked it. The characters were a little too rough for my taste. ( )

A little slow to begin, later gets interesting though. ( )

A little slow to begin, later gets interesting though. ( )

It was actually pretty interesting. I thought the worlds were creative. I especially liked the author's use of metaphors, most of which were new and interesting. Like, "his face turned the color of overcooked broccoli". More than just creative, they were also often spot-on, and I liked that. However, I felt the story sometimes dragged, and if I am honest, there were a few parts that annoyed me, like the talking animals. ( )

4 STARS

Air Keep is book 3 in Farworld series. I admit I have not read the first two books in the series. That could have influenced my decision to only give it 4 stars. It did give a pretty good overall of what happened in first two books of the series.

The plot in some ways is simple and others complex. Master Therapass found the baby Marcus that had a marking on the shoulder badly wounded and sent him to Earth to be raised by Monks. To balance things he had to bring a baby girl Kyja from Earth and raise her.
No one realized what he had done. The two children are supposed to save theirs worlds some how.

Their are evil black circle who don't want the worlds saved. They thought they destroyed Marcus as a baby to stop him.

Marcus and Kyja lives are intertwined. They need to build portal that will bridge the two worlds. It is dangerous to do. They need to get the four elementals to work together to do it. They never work together. In the first two books they got land and water to agree to help. Now they need to find the air elementals keep and convince them to help. No one knows where the air keep is.

Marcus has found that he can do magic. He lives with Monks on Earth. He is stuck in a wheel chair on Earth. He has a strange marking on his shoulder. He found out in first books that he was born on Farworld. He is supposed to save it. A lot of pressure for a teenager.

Kyja lives on Farworld. A land that every creature and person can do magic except her. She did not know why she was different from anyone else on Farworld. Kyja in the first book found she has one magic she can pull Marcus through the shadow land into Farworld. But he can only stay three days. Kyja is a fighter. She is supposed to save Earth but she can only be their three days too.

Their are many strange and different creatures on Farworld. This book deals with time travel. Which gets a little confusing at times.
Also deals with trust and working together to help others. Lots of drama, action, fantasy and friends. I liked it but now I want to read the first two books and the next and not have to wait.

If you have been waiting to read Air Keep I am sure you won't be disappointed in it. This is a very clean book.
I was given this ebook to read and asked to give honest review of it by Netgalley.

Published February 26th 2013 by Shadow Mountain 336 pages ISBN: 1609073258 ( )