Shifter #2
by:
Janice Hardy (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061761782 (0061761788)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Romance,
Middle Grade,
Young Adult Fantasy,
War,
Dystopia
Series: Healing Wars (#2)
I'm not quite sure much happens in this book that didn't already happen in the first book. Evil people are doing evil things, there's a war raging, there are riots, the world is in shambles, and it's up to Nya to save the day... again. It bugs me a bit still that the people in this book are so black...
The moral choices that the heroine has to make in these series have gotten more thorny and interesting. I liked this book better than the first one in the series. I'm still kind of confused as to how her powers and the powers of the Takers work, but that may be my fault and not the fault of the auth...
*Deep Sigh* Janice said this book was hard for her to get right. Well, she must have worked her butt off, because she nailed it. Six months have passed since the events at the end of The Shifter and we are thrown right into the action from the beginning. And it doesn't let up. The best thing is that...
Book 2 of 3May or may not pick up 3. I feel like I have lost all interest in finding out what happens to these people. The plot still has some interesting points, but the characters have lost me utterly by being very boring and predictable and plain dry this time around even when they are raging and...
I love this series. I can't believe it hasn't gotten more attention in the YA lit world. The idea of pain as a magical force that can be shifted is marvelous, and Nya is just the sort of headstrong, ingenuous, impulsive, brave, street-smart, flawed protagonist I love.Minor downside (because I'm inca...
13 years ago
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