Paradox Child
Rating: 3 StarsVersion: eBook
Author: Jane Yates
Amazon Summary:
Set in the 1980’s most of the drama for this time traveling adventure is set in the Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford UK.
Lilly's family has an extraordinary secret, one they have kept for four generations. Lilly's proud to be different and special. At Halloween she's happy to stay at home and cast spells with her mum and her gran rather than go out trick or treating like the other kids. At 12 years old, she thinks she knows it all.
But then Lilly becomes unsettled by odd events, like seeing the sinister man in the white shoes staring at her while she walks the dogs, and then local children start to go missing. When her mum doesn't come back from one of her regular night-time jaunts, Lilly's gran thinks it's time to tell her the whole story. Lilly has second thoughts about whether her family's secret is a blessing, or a curse...
Review:
Normally I don't gravitate towards science fiction and even though this book isn't science fiction per say, the aspect of time travel would still turn me away. Yet, I ran across this copy on Pixel of Ink, which means it was free, plus the central theme is about magic, so I decided to give it a shot.
The story is a bit on the long side (554 pages) and packed with grammatical errors/typo's, but the plot was interesting enough to dissuade me from giving up. I read this copy on my iPhone and saw as many as 3-4 errors per page with an average of about 1 per page. Under normal circumstance I would just put the book away, so the fact that I finished this book, not because I had to, but because I wanted to, should underscore how much I enjoyed the plot. As I've said before, I don't want to give the false impression that my grammar is perfect, but the mistakes in this book were prominent. It should be noted that the author describes herself as a "dreamer and a dyslexic", which helps provide a bit of insight and understanding to what I referenced above.
The story is definitely geared towards a young audience, but it has bits and pieces for all ages. For example, there's magic, romance, death, mystery, and science. Of course dealing with time travel, it's not hard to guess where the title paradox child comes from or where the book may lead you. However, I really enjoyed learning just how and why Lilly became one. If it had not been for the numerous typos/grammar issues, this book would definitely have earned 4 stars. So if you're borderline about reading this book, I suggest you give it a chance. After all, you can always get a sample from Amazon.
I've read that Paradox Child is only book one in a two-part series, but that information could be mistaken. Hopefully I will get back to you guys soon with an answer from Jane.
6 comments :
hello, i am sorry the 1st book did not make four starts, but i believe the second one is better.
Therianthropy
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G8KCLJ4
please let me know how you get on.
jane
ps i thought i had posted a reply but it vanished, hope this one works
hello just to let you know that i am currently writing the third and last one.
also i have a group that's free to join about the books (not a cult)
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/114036-paradox-child-goodreads-author-j-yates
get sneak previews, find out who the characters of the book are based on
find out about free download days or offers
find out about the objects that are used from the pitt rivers museum in the story
ask questions..... ty jane
hi again just to say that the second book is free, it has a different editor than the first , so hope you enjoy it. jane
free this sunday January 26th
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G8KCLJ4
Therianthropy (Paradox Child) [Kindle Edition]
3rd book is out https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/101922
click to win a signed copy.
ALSO Kindle are giving all who have paradox child a free update...
Kindle have told me that For everybody who has paradox child book one the old version, (which has spelling errors in it) Kindle activated your ability to update to the new version for FREE, you can do this 'through the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.
hello have you read book two yet:) free November the 28th
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G5R2HVM
Therianthropy (Paradox Child Series Book 2) [Kindle Edition] jane :)
book one and two are free again feb 21st.
also new book garden out feb 5th :)
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