Jennifer A. Nielsen

Sometimes in a book you will have a mixed cast of characters that you love, or a certain relationship is written so well you read to see where they go and what happens with the people you hope always stay friends. The Shadow Throne is neither of these things to me. It is all Jaron. This one, singular character has pulled me through the entire trilogy. Though there is a whole stage of players, the spotlight is firmly hooked to our one main guy who entertains, perseveres and as usual, triumphs. I loved the intensity of this book and the gripping, non-stop action. Jaron, as I mentioned above, is a...

Oh my double dunked chocolate donut - it's another book by Jennifer A. Neilsen (my highest rated Junior Fiction author of 2012)! I was so happy to buy this book for my daughter's Easter basket present and even prouder that I didn't crack the cover myself until...

As you can tell from my rating above, I loved this book! Normally, I do not allow my 10 year old daughter to read ANY Young Adult books as yet, but when we went to the bookstore to purchase her year-end summer read, the store employee suggested she try this new, hot book. It wasn't until I went to write this review that I discovered it is classified as a Young Adult read. D'oh! At any rate, my daughter loved this book as well and like me, couldn't put it down.