A review by jodyladuemcgrath
Miss Mabel's School for Girls by Katie Cross

3.0

I want to start by saying this was good. I had some problems with the logic of the Competition. Some of it seemed really simple for something that was suppose to be soooo dangerous. It didn't seem like a very big deal. The story also dragged quite a bit. The author went on and on about the food, but it wasn't unique and quirky like Harry Potter. It was just food. Same with the setting. She seemed to be trying to describe the scenes in a magical way, like Harry Potter. She failed. The setting seemed pretty mundane and when it wasn't it was hard to imagine. That being said, the story was interesting and well thought out. It would have been nice to have been told more concrete details about different things and spells. Like how they worked, how she practiced, what was the curse exactly. It was all sort of outlined and then glossed over. I wanted more concrete details, so I could think for myself during the battles and trials. Instead, everything was new each time. The main character already knew everything, so we don't get to learn with her, or think with her. We just reacted to what she did. That was the amazing thing about Harry Potter. The reader learned with Harry and got to figure out things with him. The reader had the information. In this story, we did not.