The Foretelling Book

The Foretelling has a wonderful premise with much mysticism and wonderfully strong women. But the narrative I found strange. While things are at times wonderfully described, I often felt like the story was being summarized for me.

I found each character intriguing, but was eventually disappointed as there seemed to be no growth in anyone but for the main character, Rain. I wanted to know more about Melek and his people, more about Deborah. There were tantalizing tidbits, but no actual depth or dimensionality, and very little background for anyone.

Essentially, I wanted to go deeper into this story, but it stopped short of taking me there.

One thing I must commend this story for is the female/female relationship. I noticed someone else saying that it was unnecessary, but I disagree. In a women-only culture, where men are objects to use and throw away, why should the women not understand love? I think it was a natural product of their society, and was happy with the way it was represented.

All in all I'm glad I read it, and it didn't bore me. It was a nice, quick little read.