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The Nowhere Chronicles - Book I
Sarah Silverwood
Indigo (Orion)
5 January 2012 / ISBN: 9781780620596
Teen / Fantasy / England/Alternate Reality
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Sixteen-year-old Finmere Tingewick Smith leads an odd existence.
Sometimes he is at a comprehensive school, sometimes at a private
school but always having to make up stories to explain why. Then
one day he gets to find out what it is all about, and then it is
too late for school and any trace of normalcy. He is on his own
and fighting for his life, heir to rather more than he bargained
for…
Harry Potter this ain't, but fans of this type of book are likely
to enjoy Fin's adventures in two different realities as he struggles
with secret societies, magic swords and more. Ms Silverwood is adept
at sketching in as much as we need to know at any given time in
broad, rapid strokes so this one does indeed hit the ground running,
even if it does flag at times. To its detriment this is more a boy's
book on the whole, with one female character to a lot of men and
the world it depicts - both worlds rather - is very much a man's
one. There are not a lot of characters in this novel but this means
that there is more opportunity to develop them, and this is one
of the novel's strengths. Add in a cliffhanger ending and you are
perhaps ready to tackle the next volume of this trilogy.
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