My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Magic when remains uncontrolled, can lead to grave destructions, even sometimes loss of mind! 16year old Lysandra Blake in the novel, New Sight by Jo Schneider, thought that she has gone crazy, when she started acting strange!
Thanks to the author, Jo Schneider, for providing me with a copy of her new novel, in return for an honest review.
Lys was spending her days in a mental institution owing to the fact that she always had this urge to rip off people's eyes, but with a sudden appearance of a new doctor, Mason, made her think otherwise. He convinced that in his institution people like her are treated and also she was not crazy, instead she was reacting to a drug. But when Lys arrives in that institution, she gets the real picture and figures out that she had magical powers and she never knew how to control it. Next we find those captives are running for their lives from one location to another, trying to escape from Mason and the plot becomes completely adrenaline-rushing and thrilling.
The author has opened a whole new dimension about the theory of magic. She has presented a set of rules and regulations and all the logical explanations behind the magical abilities, which were quite easy to understand. The characterization was quite strong, but we were not fed with the back-stories of so many important characters, so it got quite dull at times to read it.
Lys is a very strong, tender and sensitive girl, who is bravely facing the challenges thrown on to her path. Kamau is described as handsome, brave and charming and a quite interesting character. The sad part of the book is that there is no romance, considering this book falls into the YA genre, people would expect a little bit of promising romance. But don't worry, the action part is really very thrilling and that entire new dimension about magic is really very compelling.
I can't complain about the writing, it's very easy and smooth; mystery was peeled very gently and slowly. So that keeps us on our edges and the twists and turns make the book one complete page-turner. I'd like to appreciate the author's approach of explaining the toughest of tough things in this book and the way she has turned her imagination into a whole new story is something to look out for.
The cons would be that the sometimes I felt m mind diverting away from the real objective of the book, though it's compelling enough to engage us till the very end, but it failed to spark up any emotional attachment with the plot! Since, I was miles away from what was really happening in the book.
YA Fantasy lovers will love this book and for others, you can give this book a try as it talks about a whole new unique world that is beyond our imagination.
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