Clear Skyes

Just a reminder to everyone, go get on the waiting list for City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare! It came out at the beginning of the month and the waiting list at my local library, at least, is already very long. For those of you who haven't started the Mortal Instruments series yet, I highly recommend it. I won't say that it is a coming classic, like I believe Harry Potter to be, but it is still a really goo series. Very fast paced and fun. Onto our book, Pillage by Obert Skye. Now many of you might ask why his name sounds familiar. I'll tell you: because he wrote Leven Thumps! Pillage is about a boy who has to move in with his uncle after his mother's death. Beck (the boy) thinks his uncle is extremely strange and the two don't exactly hit if off, but after a bit of time, an odd bit of info comes into the light. Beck's family has a curse. A curse that allows members of his family to make plants grow on command and, this is the weirdest part, make dragon eggs hatch!
OK, I really love the Leven Thumps books. I read them super quickly and I gave a copy of the first book to my little sister to read just a few months ago. This high opinion of Obert Skye, plus the very cool book cover, made me think that Pillage might be even better. I mean, Leven Thumps is great, but this book has dragons! Unfortunately, I was very let down. This book was not that good. Honestly, it was far too short for the story that Skye was trying to write. The book honestly felt forced, and I wanted way more. Sorry, Pillage, but you just don't measure up to the Leven Thumps standard.

Rating: 2/5