Spoiler-Free Review: The Boy with Hawk-Like Eyes (Sprite Sisters #6) by Sheridan Winn Title - The Boy with Hawk-Like Eyes Author - Sheridan Winn Series - Sprite Sisters (Book #6) Genres - MG/YA Description/Synopsis - THE SPRITE SISTERS Four sisters Four elements Four powers 'The Boy With Hawk-like Eyes' is the sixth title in Sheridan Winn's Sprite Sister series. Aimed at 'tween' readers, the magical adventures of Flame, Marina, Ash and Ariel - who each have a power related to one of the elements, Fire, Water, Earth and Air - have been bestsellers for Fischer Verlag, with over 500,000 copies sold in Germany. Piccadilly Press published the first five titles in the UK, where the books have a keen fan base. Sheridan Winn bought back the rights in 2012 and now publishes the Sprite series herself. The Boy With Hawk-like Eyes moves the story along and the sisters are now:- Flame, 15, Marina 15, Ash 123 and Ariel, 11 years. 'Have you ever thought about flying?' said Zak. Ariel blinked. 'In an aeroplane?' 'No. Lifting your arms and soaring into the air.' Ariel stared at Zak. She could feel his eyes boring into her and the colour rising in her cheeks. She had been flying over Sprite Towers last night! What should she say? 'No, ' she said, with a shake of her head. 'Why, have you?' Zak grinned. 'Yes - flying is cool. You should try it.' It is a year and a half since the Sprite Sisters used their magic powers of Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Amidst much bickering, Flame and Marina are busy with their teenage social lives and even Ash seems to have forgotten about magic. As Ariel harnesses her power of Air to learn to fly, a strange boy comes to Sprite Towers and the family is threatened by the invasion of terrifying, insect-like creatures. With dark magic unleashed in the old house and the air turning poisonous, the Sprite Sisters must quickly find a way to remember their powers. Even though this is the sixth book in the series, it can be read as a standalone, which is how I read it. Reading it as a standalone doesn't effect your experience in any way, but I would recommend reading the series in order, because after reading this book I now have an urge to read all the rest in the right order. *I was provided a copy of this book in trade for an honest review. All opinions are my own.* Thank you to Sheridan Winn and Sage's Blog Tours for kindly sending me a copy of this book and letting me take part in such a great blog tour. Quick Summary Incase the synopsis was a bit too long or confusing, here's a quick summary of the book.
The book follows The Sprite family, but it's not your standard family. The family contains magic powers, which is one of the main focuses of this book. The family has 4 daughters - Flame, Marian, Ash and Ariel. Each of their names corresponds to their magic powers. Flame - Fire Marian - Water/Ice Ash - Earth Ariel - Air The sisters are banned from using their powers unless it's completely necessary, but Ariel (the youngest of the sisters) is tempted into testing out her newly strengthened powers, but she didn't know that it could cause as much trouble as it did... Writing Style The writing style in this book was great. It was easy to understand and follow but still contained the right amount of detail to carry the story and to keep the reader interested. Most chapters ended with a slight cliffhanger, making you really want to read on and I think that was a great addition to the book, though it did make it hard for me to put the book down, haha. Pace Overall, I think the pace was good and I didn't find a single point in the book that I found to be slow or dragging, which is normally one of the problems I tend to find in books. There was a great amount of tension dotted throughout and the pace matched this. Characters The characters were my main favourite thing about this book. Each character had their own unique personality and there was a great amount of character development throughout the story. At the beginning of the book, Ariel (the youngest of the sisters), was quite lonely and miserable because as her older sisters have grown up, they have drifted away from Ariel and the sisters are no longer as close as they were a few summers ago. However, when the sisters have no choice but to come together, their relationship blossoms again and the sisters are soon just as strong and more powerful then they were the last time they had to use their powers against dark magic. Plot The plot of the book was very detailed and there was never a boring moment with these sisters. There were a few guessable points of the book, but that's the case in most books. However, there was still a great amount of twists and turns. Rate Overall, I really loved this book and have been left with an overwhelming urge to read the other books in the series to just learn more about these characters and the world. I think Sheridan did a fantastic job with this book and I can't wait to read more of her books! Rate - 4.5/5 This book and the series is designed for Middle Grade/YA as far as I know, but I feel like anyone could get at least a tiny bit of enjoyment out of these books as they are just a lot of fun to read. I think as far as children wise, these books would be great for reluctant readers as well as your typical bookworm. The sense of suspense and curiousity you feel when reading this book is surely enough to keep any sort of child reader hooked until the end. Well, that's about all I have to say, I know this is a bit rambly, but I'm just starting to get back into writing reviews and I'm struggling to condense what I want to say, haha. Though, I've never been too good at that ;) Anyway, thanks for reading, BYE! LINKS: GR - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13819364-the-boy-with-hawk-like-eyes?ac=1&from_search=true BD - http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Sprite-Sisters-The-Boy-with-Hawk-Like-Eyes-Part-6-Sheridan-Winn/9780957164802 AMAZON - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sprite-Sisters-Boy-Hawk-like-Eyes-ebook/dp/B0076O66AQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472159769&sr=8-1&keywords=the+boy+with+hawk+like+eyes BARNES & NOBLE - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sprite-sisters-sheridan-winn/1113121732?ean=9780957164802 The Sprite Sisters: The Boy with Hawk-Like Eyes (Vol 6) on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2b8dsMX {FREE ON AMAZON FROM AUGUST 24th-28th} The Sprite Sisters: Magic at Drysdale's School (Vol 7) on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2aOj041 {ON SALE FOR 99 CENTS ON AUGUST 29th} The Sprite Sisters: The Mystery of the Locked Room (Vol 8) on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2aOj9Ew " The Sprite Sisters: The Mystery of the Locked Room (Vol 8) on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2aOj9Ew {FREE ON AMAZON FROM SEPTEMBER 2nd-6th}
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QUICK UPDATE HI GUYS,
As most of you will have probably noticed, I haven't really been active on here apart from the occasional blog tour, cover reveal etc. The last few months I've been in quite a big reading slump, which also came with absolutely no motivation to post on here, my Instagram (@sprinkle_of_books) or Twitter. I'm finally slowly getting back into reading and I really want to make an aim to try and restart all of my social media including this blog. Tomorrow there should be a review up of a middle grade/childrens book (hopefully), which I'm doing as part of a blog tour. Hopefully, this can get me back into a more regular posting schedule. I'm going to try and post once a week to start off with and try and go from there. Thank you for staying on this page and my Instagram especially, even if I have been really inactive. There will probably be another post like this soon, with a possible new posting schedule. As always if you have any post ideas (book tags, reviews, etc) or book recommendations then please comment them below. THANK YOU, BYE! |
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