Title: The Prophecy of The SistersAuthor: Michelle Zink
Publisher: Little, Brown
Age Recommendation: 7th Grade and Up
Star Rating: 0/5
Plot: When Lia discovers her twin sister, Alice, chanting mystical incantations in her late mother's bedchambers, she doesn't want to get involved. Being a newfound orphan, under careful supervision of her Aunt, Lia is trying to recover from the recent death of her father. But, as she tries to sort her own issues out, complications stand in her way. For one, Alice has become more mysterious and dark; the second being a prophecy come across by Lia's boyfriend James. The prophecy: one shall work with the forces of good, while the other shall fight with evil. One will overcome the other, one will reign. Lia is the innocent, admirable one.She will be the good one. Or will she?
Critique: I don't want to say this, but I had high expectations before I sunk my teeth into this novel. I had judged it by it's cover. It looked fantastic. When I finished it, all I could say is it wasn't. It wasn't even good, or enjoyable for that matter. This novel lacks everything that a well-written (or at least attempted) novel should include. The plot was predictable, flat, like soda after it's sat in a warm car for too long. The romance was underdeveloped, the characters were confusing. I very strongly resent wasting time on this one. I did learn one thing from this novel: When they day "don't judge a book by it's cover" it may not be because you will enjoy it, it may be because you might regret giving it a try.
--Rachel
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