November 15th 2010, Clarion Books308 pages, Hardcover
Won from The Bookish Type
First in Goblin Wars Series
Young Adult Fiction
Teagan Wylltson's best friend, Abby, dreams that horrifying creatures--goblins, shape-shifters, and beings of unearthly beauty but terrible cruelty--are hunting Teagan. Abby is always coming up with crazy stuff, though, so Teagan isn't worried. Her life isn't in danger. In fact, it's perfect. She's on track for a college scholarship. She has a great job. She's focused on school, work, and her future. No boys, no heartaches, no problems.
Until Finn Mac Cumhaill arrives. Finn's a bit on the unearthly beautiful side himself. He has a killer accent and a knee-weakening smile. And either he's crazy or he's been haunting Abby's dreams, because he's talking about goblins, too . . . and about being The Mac Cumhaill, born to fight all goblin-kind. Finn knows a thing or two about fighting. Which is a very good thing, because this time, Abby's right. The goblins are coming.
Opinion:
I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf since March. I kept putting it off, because I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy it. I was pleasantly surprised.
The characters were delightful, the action was fierce, and the prose was beautiful. I truly enjoyed this book. It was action packed in most places and I got seriously freaked out by the cat-sidhe. Those are some freaky little buggers.
My favorite character was Finn. He was brave, caring, and so loving even in spite of legendary enemies. The love story between them seems like one the most natural love stories I’ve read in awhile. Teagan was so caring about her little brother. She seemed to easily step into the roll of caretaker, which isn’t surprising with her love of animals. She was a very goal orientated character and I appreciated the fact that she kept her goals in mind at every stage of this book.
The only issue I had with this book was the pacing was a bit off. It would have a ton of action and then not really resolve the action and then everything would simply slow down. The pacing didn’t throw me off enough to disrupt my reading pleasure.
The mythology was painted beautifully from page one. The characters all had ancestry links to the world in which this book was set. Mag Mell is a place I’d really like to see with my own eyes. It simply seems so magically beautifully dangerous.
Rating: 4/5
I'm a wife, student, and a dog-lover who reads when I should be folding laundry (bane of my existance), I write (rarely as academic papers consume my life), and love getting wrapped up in fiction.
I've been tossing up whether to red this one or not. Thanks for the great review, and thanks for stopping by :)
ReplyDeleteI've seen Tyger, Tyger on goodreads before, but wasn't really inclined to read it... But now I feel like trying it out! Haha. But there was one part, you said that Teagan took to the caregiver roll fast because of her love for animals, and lol, it kinda made her brother sound like an animal.XD Lol, but it was a great review. Now I know what to look forward to when I read the book!
ReplyDeleteThis book had been on Net Galley for a while but the description didn't really interest me so I didn't request it. Since then I have read several positive review of the book that make me think I should give it a try after all.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book too! Great review!
ReplyDeleteGlad you loved it!
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing that be the usual story people don't think it looks good and then they read it and adore it, so I hope you read it soon! It truly was good.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yeah, I should have worded that more clearly. He was a boy that made his own rules. I adored him.
ReplyDeletei keep seeing this book even thought it came out a while ago. I probably need to break down and get it :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, it did come out awhile ago. Almost a year ago. The sequel is about to come out.
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