Rachel and the Many-Splendored Dreamland

Disclaimer The author will be coming to my store to do a signing weather permitting, please, no snow in a few weeks, but I completely fell in love with the first book of the series a year or so ago, well before this signing was to take place The opinions below in no way reflect this visit, but I admit, I might just fangirl when she comes in Because these books are just THAT darn good Ok disclaimer over, onto the all over the place, don t know how to put into words the awesome ness of this book, [...]

L Jagi Lamplighter s Rachel Griffin series is a fantastic modern fantasy series for young adult readers I ve already reviewed the first two entries here The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin and The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel The newest entry, Rachel and the Many Splendored Dreamland, is available today As with the second book, I was fortunate enough to receive a free review copy only this time I was even luckier because I got it in advance Like the first two entries, this book is fanta [...]

I got a free copy of this from the author, BTW the continuing adventures of Rachel Griffin Spoilers ahead for the earlier two.It, in fact, opens with Rachel and her friends experimenting with the dream walking powers from the earlier books.This book takes up time than the earlier ones, and progresses through several months as they learn about the significances of the sacrifices It includes a castle in Transylvania, a goose that s than it seems, learning about the princess s visions and what [...]

Interesting characters Fun plot lines Interesting interaction with mythology However, the story arc in this is all wrong I admit, I didn t read the first two books, because I had this in a collection It grabbed my attention right away, though it wasn t quite the same as the other stories in the collection, with the characters being quite a bit younger But there was a bunch of action at the beginning which I m assuming finishes some of the things set up in the previous books and some action at th [...]

Nothing much to add to the other reviews I liked it, it works good, while it has a Harry potterish theme, the characters and topics are pretty different and will follow it while it gets published.

This third book in the series is the best so far I say that having read both of the previous entries twice since I enjoyed them so much.One of the problems with series is sustaining a story arc that ramps up while also providing a solid ending to an individual book So far this succeeds in that you are learning and about what is going on while also knowing there is a lot to be revealed.The book starts off pretty fast building up the action and also ends that way Mostly I just love the whole gr [...]

This long awaited third installment of the books of Unexpected Enlightenment was a bit disappointing, though for the most part still likeable Rachel is rapidly progressing on her character journey, the many experiences she has gone through forcing her to grow up very quickly Actually, I think the author is running up against a difficulty with cramming too many events in too short a time Rachel is developing as a character, but her friends are standing still This is not too remarkable considering [...]

Good bookI really enjoy this series I have been a fan from way back I like how Rachel is growing g up in this book The last coupe ha e been good, but this one takes the cake I like how her family is worked in this one I am really looking forward to the next book It seems to have something to do with Rachel secret weapon.