About the book:
Before long, Alyssa is kidnapped by Master Beau, a banished sorcerer with a mysterious connection to her who can only regain his power by weakening hers. Suddenly hurled into a world of wizardry filled with fantastical beasts and marvelous technology beyond her wildest imagination, Alyssa must defeat Master Beau if she ever wants to get home again. But Master Beau will stop at nothing, including using Alyssa’s friends, to ensure he is triumphant.
My Review:
There are times when I really wished I liked a book. To be honest, with every single book I read. Unfortunately, this is not one of those times. I plodded through this book even though I wanted to set it down and not keep reading. This read like a "Harry Potter" knock off.
The book started out fairly well with the theme of a child who lost parents and had to live with non-caring relatives. Does that sound familiar? However, from there, character development went sour. The pre-teen girls were whiny at best and did not realize their actual strengths.
The "human" monsters in the book were not as complex as you would expect for a middle grade book and came off as rather blah. Give me some good old fashion gripping characters! Where is the "Fright" that the title suggests?
In addition, the good humans seemed not that upset that their family members had been (spoiler) kidnapped and taken out of the country. What? Where is the description of "Fiji"?
The fantasy characters in the book had the greatest potential for the whole story. Again they also had development problems, as they kept changing what they could and couldn't do with no real lead up to why or why not. This was truly a shame as some of these characters had that interesting wow factor and funny. But with great potential, they simply fell flat.
The last I have to say here is the book should have ended with chapter 17. The author introduced new ideas that would have been better left with the continuing series. Yes, I said the series. This was the first book!
I am giving this book 2 stars and actually, that is pushing it. I did not absolutely hate the book. The cover was nice and as I said above, I did somewhat like the fantasy characters. If I was to give the author some advice, I would suggest that she revamp the book, flesh out her characters better, and make it more your own.
Disclosure: I did receive this book from the author. The views expressed here are 100% my own and may differ from yours.
~Michelle, Reading Authors Network
Where to find the author:
Sunayna Prasad enjoys writing fantasy books for children, as well as cooking, creating artwork, watching online videos, and blogging. She is passionate about modern-day life in fantasy stories, world building, and even humor. She is constantly brainstorming new ideas and using her creativity.
Sunayna has been writing stories since the age of six. Many sources that have inspired include various books and movies, all of which are fantasy.
She is lives in New York with her parents.
Contact Links
Website: https://www.sunaynaprasadbooks.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5002639.Sunayna_Prasad
Purchase Links
Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Frights-Alyssa-McCarthys-Magical-Missions-ebook/dp/B07HXMJ6GB
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