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Stork (2010)

by Wendy Delsol(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0763648442 (ISBN13: 9780763648442)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Candlewick

series

Stork

review 1: I had just picked this book out of my library's digital e-book database to have something to read over a weekend, and I was pleasantly surprised- while I'm not very familiar with Norse mythology, I enjoyed how it was woven into the story. While the plot could be a bit sketchy, and the villian needed more background and character instead of just showing up when a villian was needed, I enjoyed the accurate glimpses into teenage life and the book itself, however odd it started out to be, and will definitely read the sequel(s).
review 2: It actually took me a long time to warm up to Stork. I had read up until chapter three sometime in March but was so bored with it I put it down for a while. Lately I’ve had a little bit of time to read during the day so I sat d... moreown and got down to the business of reading a significant chunk of the book at once. It’s a good thing I did too. Stork is one of those books that isn’t very fast-paced at the start but it draws you in slowly and soon enough you’re hooked.Normally I’d hate a main character like Katla. She’s a total fashionista and despises the small town ways (I myself live in a small town and feel the same way, but it gets tiring after a while). I would have given up on this book except I reminded myself of the way she was raised. Her father is very similar to her and raised her to be this perfect little fashionista that looks down her nose at almost everyone. Eventually Katla improves and starts to realize that maybe fashion is just her way of hiding her insecurities and that maybe she should lighten up a bit. Overall she is a well-rounded character, though.This is loosely based off of a Hans Christian Andersen tale that I’ve never read so I can’t really comment on how true it stays to the story. I think Wendy Delsol added a lot of her own flair into the myth and that’s how we get the storks: women who help bring babies to ‘troubled souls’. They’re like the storks of myth in the cartoons that drop off babies on doorsteps, except they do it on a spiritual level. It’s much more interesting than I’m making it sound and you really have to read the book to appreciate the world-building.Stork is not the best book I’ve ever read, I’ll admit that. It does drag on in some places and there are old tropes left, right and centre but overall I was actually quite impressed. By the end of the novel I felt connected to the main characters and honestly cared about what happened to them. That’s not bad considering my low expectations from the first three chapters.Basically, if it sounds interesting to you give it a try. It’s not the greatest book out there but it was good enough that I’m glad I bought the second book in the series to continue Katla’s story.I give this book 3.5/5 stars, rounded up to 4 stars for Goodreads rating purposes. less

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