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FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD LEO NORTH’S prospects in life are limited. He attends military school, lives with his fearful grandmother, and looks after his brother Stirling. He resists his innate powers, because those who demonstrate any sort of magical ability are considered enemies of the state. But when he finds a blank book in the snow, his typical indifference melts away. From the first moment he touches the book, he senses its strange power. Passages start to appear on the pages—revealing family secrets, telling the history of Malonia, and uncovering the story of Ryan and Anna, two teens from a parallel universe. When Leo’s seemingly narrow path takes an unexpected tragic turn, he finds himself on a journey from which he can never really return. And, as he slowly begins to lose touch with reality, Ryan and Anna’s story comes to the forefront. Their idyllic summer romance—seemingly worlds away from Leo—has everything to do with Malonia.
Leo North lives in Malonia, a country on a plane parallel to England. The two nations share the same stars, but each views the other as a fairy tale. In Malonia, however, magic is real. Ten years ago after a coup, the crown prince disappeared, supposedly to England. Now Leo, fifteen, finds a book with the story of that fifteen-year-old prince, the spy Aldebaran, and a young English girl. The setup is perfect for a fascinating fantasy; however, the novel falls short of its promise. Leo's story is one of consistent loss, beginning with the illness and death of his eight-year-old brother, Stirling, which takes more than a quarter of the book and leaves the reader wanting to skip ahead to the portions in England. Leo's immersion in depression for the second half of the book is also drawn out too long. The reader feels every day of the month that passes yet there is no empathy for Leo. Depression and mourning are serious, but this book makes the reader think, "Get over it already!" The book ends with, "Everyone's life is sad. Everyone cries. Everyone thinks they're falling sometimes. But in the end, we learn to survive." The heavy focus on those first three sentences serves to exclude the third. If Leo had actually thrived as well as survived, perhaps the book would be worth it. As it is, this reader wonders if surviving the book was worth the time. Reviewer: Beth Karpas
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