review 1: usually, this kind of book would be right up my alley, but this time... not so much. it seemed to take forever for things to get going, and then forever for them to happen. the idea was not all that original, but the fox thing was unusual, which kept me reading. sadly, that part was not developed as much as i had hoped. stuff seemed a little to random sometimes and it was very LOTR rip-offy. the characters were kind of minimal and stereotypical and i never really liked them much. no offence, but it was kind of crappy. review 2: It has potential but I feel like it is being overly detailed in a few parts, which sadly doesn't contribute much to the plot. The main chara is your normal shounen main character. His good friend is good for nothing throughout 7/8 of the... more book (and the author is emphasizing the point by making her obnoxious all the time). A lot of mysteries are remain unclear until the end of the book (one is either to make you pick up the sequel or the author is trying to cut everything into a defined number of pages - but of course both still leave you feel irritated). Decent but not the book I would recommend. There are a lot of better books out there. less
