A review by booksavvyreviews
Cogling by Jordan Elizabeth
4.0
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Jordan Elizabeth has a way of depicting creepy scenes so wonderfully. She takes an idea, makes it her own and creates an entirely new world. This is a prime example, a tale full of hags [witches,] Nix, Ogres, and dragons! This isn't your typical Steampunk.
Edna Mathers discovers something horrifying, her little brother has been replaced by a Cogling and she must find him. Hags have him and what they use him as well as other children happens to be equally eerie. They're used in a factory to knit their dreams into powerful blessings and spells.
Along the way she finds an unlikely friend named Ike and a new journey begins as Ike promises to help her, but Ike has some secrets that he's keeping from her.
This story really is imaginative and I adore the wicked haunting quality to it, but there were some issues I had, too. Edna doesn't seem to be like a fifteen-year-old, rather she comes across as a twelve-year-old. I had this issue with Elizabeth's other story, Escape from Witchwood Hollow. She doesn't make it believable that she is older as Edna comes across as immature as a whole until the end where she seems to have aged a few years.
The other aspect of it that I found a little trying was that there was constantly a mention of the evil inside of Edna and even on page 215 you have yet to see what said evil is. You don't find out until oh the last 20ish pages. I felt like we could have done away with the repetitive mention of this, because while yes it does add a question as to what it is, it also adds frustration because you constantly are on the verge of learning only to have it snapped away.
The end seemed a bit rushed, but there are twists and turns that had me sitting back in my chair going "Huh?!"
All in all, this is a fairly adventurous read, fun and goes by relatively quickly.
Definitely recommended for those who enjoy a supernatural twist on Steampunk.
3.8 Stars!
Book Savvy
Jordan Elizabeth has a way of depicting creepy scenes so wonderfully. She takes an idea, makes it her own and creates an entirely new world. This is a prime example, a tale full of hags [witches,] Nix, Ogres, and dragons! This isn't your typical Steampunk.
Edna Mathers discovers something horrifying, her little brother has been replaced by a Cogling and she must find him. Hags have him and what they use him as well as other children happens to be equally eerie. They're used in a factory to knit their dreams into powerful blessings and spells.
Along the way she finds an unlikely friend named Ike and a new journey begins as Ike promises to help her, but Ike has some secrets that he's keeping from her.
This story really is imaginative and I adore the wicked haunting quality to it, but there were some issues I had, too. Edna doesn't seem to be like a fifteen-year-old, rather she comes across as a twelve-year-old. I had this issue with Elizabeth's other story, Escape from Witchwood Hollow. She doesn't make it believable that she is older as Edna comes across as immature as a whole until the end where she seems to have aged a few years.
The other aspect of it that I found a little trying was that there was constantly a mention of the evil inside of Edna and even on page 215 you have yet to see what said evil is. You don't find out until oh the last 20ish pages. I felt like we could have done away with the repetitive mention of this, because while yes it does add a question as to what it is, it also adds frustration because you constantly are on the verge of learning only to have it snapped away.
The end seemed a bit rushed, but there are twists and turns that had me sitting back in my chair going "Huh?!"
All in all, this is a fairly adventurous read, fun and goes by relatively quickly.
Definitely recommended for those who enjoy a supernatural twist on Steampunk.
3.8 Stars!
Book Savvy