A review by jkribbit
A Clock Of Stars by Francesca Gibbons
4.0
In this first book of A Clock of Stars series, we meet two sisters who follow a moth through a door in a tree and find themselves in different world. Every night this world is overrun with monsters. Together with a lonely prince, the sisters must figure out how to get back home, and they just might solve a mystery or two along the way.
Francesca Gibbons has created a rich, new world for this series. There are Eastern European references—the city being called Yaroslav. I also felt some of the great authors of Britain were referenced, from the sublime high fantasy of Tolkien to the ridiculous of Lewis Carroll. And there was plenty of adventure!
I did feel the book could have been tightened up a bit. It’s a big book at 477 pages. I struggled to really get into the story at the beginning. But that may also have been due to the fact that I found two of the three main children rather annoying. I will say that character growth occurred and I did end up liking all three. Regardless of those small quibbles, I did enjoy this book and am excited to see what happens next!
Francesca Gibbons has created a rich, new world for this series. There are Eastern European references—the city being called Yaroslav. I also felt some of the great authors of Britain were referenced, from the sublime high fantasy of Tolkien to the ridiculous of Lewis Carroll. And there was plenty of adventure!
I did feel the book could have been tightened up a bit. It’s a big book at 477 pages. I struggled to really get into the story at the beginning. But that may also have been due to the fact that I found two of the three main children rather annoying. I will say that character growth occurred and I did end up liking all three. Regardless of those small quibbles, I did enjoy this book and am excited to see what happens next!