Sophia Alessandrini

Fast paced indeed!
In this coming of age, fantasy epic our protagonist is 16 year old Ailie who is slowly growing into the immense powers she will one day possess. But living in a Convent Academy and having the power to open the gates of hell really don't commingle so well. With the help of her werewolf best friend, Ailie vows to discover and reap Revenge for the murder of her would be mother. Will she be able to save this world? Or will she damn us all to hell? Our Fate is in the hands of a brave 16 year old girl.
Beautifully written and constructed. The storyline is intriguing and keeps you on your toes all the way through to the end. The sentence structure and paragraph formation are perfect. You can tell when you're reading this novel that the author is well read.
The only qualm I have is that the author seems to write a bit in the shadow of Stephen King in the sense that she tends to put way too much detail into each scene. So much detail becomes daunting for the reader and it becomes monotonous. Another very small factor that probably would play against the author's writing style is her word usage. While the words that she uses are very beautiful and elegant, some of them are simply not words that are used in the common tongue today. The casual layman reader would have trouble understanding some of her words. But of course those readers who are like me and read with a dictionary are good to go on that point.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I feel that the story was very inventive and the plot was very well thought out. The characters were very well developed. I don't want to give too much away but let's just say I'm anticipating the second book's release 😉… (más)