Customer Reviews

Gleaming Bright

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i'll get the good stuff out of the way first. The book never got bogged down with descriptions, and the description of the evil wizards fortress was cool. I also liked the very start.

I also have some problems with this book. First of all, it was too short for the story it told. Fifty more pages would have been a better length.

Secondly, I thought the whole thing about the robber was stupid. He was a creep, and her whole attraction to him seemed fake.

Thirdly, the whole plot wasn't especially original. There are plenty of better written fantasy books with similar plots and more original characters than this one. Read one of them.

I read this book for the first time in the 6th grade (about ten years ago) and I never forgot the name of the book or the author. It was one of the first fantasy books I have ever and it blew me away. Maybe when I get this in the mail and read it as an adult I won't be so impressed but the impact wont have changed. My family was poor so I never had many book, they were mostly old ones bought at yard sales that were below my reading level. So, I rented this from the school library which was rare since I always owed the school money so I didn't ever get to rent any most of the time. I am grateful to have read this book as it introduced me to how wonderful books can be and how magical the world of fantasy is, wish I never gave it back to the library! I remember trying to track this book down at books stores. I also read her other book, Child of Fairy, Child of Earth, also amazing. Anyone who loves simple fantasy will love this book, deff a read for older kids. I'm so excited to own a copy of it.

this is the story of a princess when being forced to marry a not nice prince. She runs away to find a magically item given to her grandfather by a nice wizard and stolen from him by an evil wizard! The other reviwer is right it would not have been bad for more character building and a little more adventure,but I also think this was a good book! Now don't get me wrong this is not the best book I have ever read but I found it enjoyable! I did not think it a waste of time ! So pick it up at a library or anywhere you can find it you might like it you might not but you will never know until you check it out!