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The Arrival (2010)

by Nicole MacDonald(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

self published

series

BirthRight Trilogy

review 1: I am giving this 4.5 stars, not amazing but as close as you can get without being there. This story unfolds slowly but moves along to lay out what is important so that you can see it all tie together. The characters get a chance to develop in a natural way without having having to wait until the end to feel like you know who they are. Even the pets are allowed to have personalities that need a chance to get to know. The foundation is set to allow you to see that the girls are being prepared for all the things that they are going to encounter during their adventure and beyond. The thing that made this just a bit dizzying for me was the fact that it is told from the perspective of all the characters, even though they let you know at the beginning it is sometimes hard to be s... moreure who is speaking/thinking until a name is given. It does make for more interesting however because you do not wonder about what they think about situations.Catherine, Sian, Kassandra, and Laura are best friends and have known each other for years. They do everything together and support each other in all their separate and joint endeavors. Before the girls attend a costume party Sian convinces them to perform a spell to find their soul mates when they return home. When they arrive home they perform the spell and then all fall asleep on the floor right after never believing it would really work. When they wake up they find themselves in another place and confused as to how they got there, and also to how they can find their way home. These girls found themselves in a land very different from the one they left behind but a place of magic, myth, and technology. They have a destiny that they would never have dreamed possible and the love that they sought.I don't know what I was expecting but this was way more than I thought I would get. Once The story started moving I found I did not want it to end because I was coming to really like all the characters. The idea that all those creatures we think of as only existing in fairy-tales and as part of mythology are real and can be a part of your life. The romance is sweet and romantic, not just a sexual attraction but that kind where you want it to be special. I flew through this book because I was just completely entranced by the whole thing. And now I need to get to the next book because it left me on a cliff and I want to know if things work out.
review 2: It took me a while to get started with this book as the opening chapter is a bit info-heavy and confusing, with the four main characters introduced and every aspect of their appearances and personalities defined. But once the reader gets past this exposition the plot takes off and it becomes a genuinely engaging read. I really wanted to know what was going to happen next, once they found themselves in an alternate world; and the characters are convincing in the way they react and relate to the new circumstances. I liked the way it’s about four girls and their relationships, and thought the second half, with the focus on romance and magic, a bit weaker than the first. The contentious use of different viewpoints worked fine for me – I thought it was interesting and original and I was never confused, as the signposting and use of names made it very clear.This is escapism at its entertaining best. Don’t think too hard about the generic world building and the way everyone in the alternate world speaks in modern, idiomatic English. Just enjoy the ride as four girls fight and romance their way through a fantasy adventure. less

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