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Meeting (2011)

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0670012831 (ISBN13: 9780670012831)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Viking Juvenile

series

Magic Next Door

review 1: "Meetings" continues Nina Kiriki Hoffman's sparkling "Magic Next Door" series. Maya is trying to cope with all the new, strange things that have come into her life since moving to Spores Ferry. Rimi, the strange being she found in the first book, has become a part of her that Maya can't imagine being without. The Janus House next door has begun to weave her into it's strange family of magicians and gatekeepers, but Maya isn't sure that she's fitting. Her own family is tugging at her as her siblings start to pry at Maya's secret life. On top of all of this there is a strange new girl at school who seems to know that there is something strange about Maya. Maya has to balance the needs of her two families; her two worlds, magical and mundane; and her two best friends, R... moreimi who is now and Stephanie who was before. This book is magical and wonderful, but it is also real and grounded. It is a story about balance and friendship, but it is also a story about healing after loss. "Meeting" entertains and also comforts.
review 2: I like Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Her books are typically vaguely urban fantasy with some sort of psychic powers and this book fits that. Normally her books are edgier and more surprising. This series is pitched young and unfortunately is written young as well. The language and writing of either this the second book or the first has the feel of intentional dumbing down. I give this 3.5 of 5 and did enjoy it but it is far from one of her better books. less

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