In all honesty, I read this before I read Flowers For Algernon but it's an old one so I decided to wait before adding this. You may notice that I've written three posts today... Yeah, I haven't had much to do.
Vivian Vande Velde is one of my favorite authors whom I have previously forgotten to mention for reasons unknown. She writes fantasy (my favorite of which is 'Mordred';it's also the longest), basic fiction set in the present, and futuristic sci-fi. Heir Apparent I would accept being classified as both sci-fi and fantasy; here's why! The main character, Giannine, goes into a videogame where she has to survive to become the next king. So inside the videogame is fantasy, the outside world is sci-fi. If you want to know what happens read the book.
I like VVV because her books are usually hilarious. And they have suspense and originality, etc. (Hey, I didn't use whatnot!) This is one of the two of her books that I actually own and therefore I have read it a million times. Literally. Not really.
Rating: Good to Great.
Read again? Already have.
You read? You'll probably like it more if you're a girl, but sure.
Age level: Teen.
2 comments:
Hey I've read this one too!
I love Vivian Vande Velde (although i would like to know her real name, assuming this isn't it). I have read Companions of the Night, Dragon's Bait ( think that's what its called) and one other one whose name evades me, and I lvoe them all. They are a nice mix of reality and sci fi. I would call it magic realism. But basically I just like how she writes her men, as lame as that is, its true.
Just putting this out there and not being a sycophant at all; I agree with all of that. Was it possibly Witch Dreams or Magic Can be Murder? User Unfriendly? Curses, Inc?
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