A review by slc333
Null and Void by Susan Copperfield

3.0

It was interesting and I liked the world with US states as kingdoms ruled by magic users. I did felt it dragged a bit and was quite drawn out. It also annoyed me how long it took for her to figure out who he was and I didn’t like the way he and her daughter where conspiring behind her back. I have no problem with them building a relationship –it was just the sneaky manipulative behaviour that went with this that made me uncomfortable. And speaking of uncomfortable there was that whole relationship between Mireya and Adam. I found it both creepy and unbelievable that a 15yr old boy would be obsessed with and crushing on a 10yr old girl. What is worse - both sets of parents encouraged it. I get in fantasy books we often revert to the medieval early marriage thing but the different between 10 & 15 in terms of development and maturity was just not right. Sure the marriage wasn’t til she was 15 but throwing them together as a couple from such a young age – just no.
Interestingly the author’s note goes into why she chose to do this and notes that the subject is raised again in the other books in the series. It was to draw attention to the fact that child marriage is still happens today, and indeed is still legal in many places that would surprise you. They certainly surprised and disturbed me.