Trix can deal with being an orphan charity case at a snotty boarding school. She can hold her own when everyone else tells her not to dream big dreams. She can even fight back against the mysterious stranger in a silver mask who tries to steal the meteorite her parents trusted her to protect. But he...
Fortune's Folly reminds me of the tv movies that I watched on the Disney channel as a little kid. There's not a lot to it but what's there sparkles. I like Fortunata's journey to recognizing her own potential and thought the love story was really cute.
How many unhappy children have longed to run away to the circus? And who can resist a spaceship which is a circus tent?Trix self-sabotages. Her longing to perform, to excel, is constantly in conflict with her very need to prove herself, and a temper which all-too-often leaves good sense behind. R...
It was cute enough. Nothing terribly engaging.Nothing serious. Very light and easy.The atmosphere was very "The Princess and the Frog" Disney movie. Down in the bayous and bogs of a magical Louisiana is what it felt like to me.The characters, Prunella and Barnaby, were nothing special. They weren't ...
Let's start with the good. This story about a girl from Earth running away with an intergalactic circus is a fun, quick read. the characters are varied and interesting, the Big Top herself is really interesting and I want to know more, and I think it tries to have a nice message at its heart about h...
2.5 - 3 starsFairytale-like story set in a vaguely Italian/ medieval sort of world where Saints are closer akin to deities and there is no God to speak of. Fortunata is the daughter of a once-skilled shoemaker fallen on hard times who ends up in the awful position of having to tell the fortune of th...
Actually just under 3 stars - I rounded up.Review can be found here:http://www.amazon.com/review/R3MCLTYM69FSMV/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm[Received an advance reader's copy to review for Amazon Vine.]
I liked how all the elements pulled together, though it all seemed a little too easy sometimes ... My main concern with it is that there is quite a bit of abuse/alcoholism for being a children's book. I would not really say it's for kids under 10-12, even though I think it is supposed to be targeted...
This is a story about the universal desire to be special and have a place in the world. Trix's parents told her she was special. But after their deaths she found herself a charity student at a snobby boarding school and her "special" translated into "freak" in that environment. She is unhappy and ha...
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