A Keeper’s Tale: The Story of Tomkin and the Dragon by J.A. Andrews
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Keeper’s Tale by JA Andrews is the tale of a boy living in the shadow of his older brother, a girl running away from her past and a dragon seeking revenge.
The Cover: I love this cover. It is interesting, it is professional, it depicts the story beautifully and it conveys that it fits in the fantasy genre.
The Good Stuff: This book was a freebie for signing up to JA Andrews blog and I was very pleasantly surprised by it. Other than the couple of points noted above, it was well written. In fact, there were parts in the beginning section that I really loved because they were so well written. The story is definitely geared towards YA and fits well into this genre. The story is quite clever in my opinion with some great dialogue. The metaphors and similes are original and the characters are likeable.
The Bad Stuff: There were one or two places in this story where the description had been dumped in a block of information. This could have been worked into the story better and revealed over a few pages, rather than clumped together in one piece. There were also one or two spots later in the story where the actions became a little stunted. I.e. He did this, then he did that, sort of thing, but it was very limited and other than that, there wasn’t really anything I didn’t like.
Overall this is a quick, fun read. I really enjoyed it and therefore I’m going to give this one a dragon roaring 4 out of 5 golden bookmarks.
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