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Gaia's Secret (2011)

by Barbara Kloss(Favorite Author)

4.26 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1466372702 (ISBN13: 9781466372702)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Createspace

series

A Pandoran Novel

review 1: This book had me so frustrated at times that I almost stopped reading it. I'm giving it 3.5 stars because it did suck me in, and I read through it crazy fast to see what finally happened to Daria. And that ending was so tragic that I'm now hooked and must find out what happens in the next book. The reason I did not give it more stars is the fact that I didn't like Daria through most of the book. She was rash and made stupid mistakes, but what frustrated me the most was everyone around her was keeping her in the dark about who she was and where she was from and she wouldn't ask or demand them to tell her the truth. This is an ongoing theme with YA books, the heroine is someone of power or importance but for her own safely she was lied to and kept in the dark, and she has to... more investigate on her own to find the truth. Most of these stories she finds out in a reasonable amount of time. However Daria does not find out until well over half the book, and for me that was just too long. Anyhow, if you can get past these problems it is a great YA story. I hope the next book is better in its execution.
review 2: This book was a romance that just happened to occur in a fantasy world called Gaia. So if you like YA romances with some magic and adventure thrown in, you might want to give this book a try.Daria was a decent main character. The story is told from her point of view and you can feel her frustration, joy and anger over the various situations that occur. I felt that she was the only character, though, that had flaws. The rest of the main characters that you meet pretty much always do the right thing. This is most frustrating with Alexander, the romantic interest. I also found it confusing that Daria can sense people's feelings and yet was unable to figure out Alexander's feelings for her and realize that Durus is an OK guy. It just felt that this power of hers was inconsistent.The world of Gaia itself sounded typical of a fantasy book. Beautiful castles, enchanted forests, magical creatures, etc. The politics add some extra depth to the story line which should be interesting to see how it plays out in the second book.I do plan on reading the second book. I'm hoping for a little less worrying about Alexander and a little more focusing on how to save Gaia, but we'll just have to wait and see.I would recommend for 11 years old and up. less

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