science fiction

I was attracted to this series before it hit the US. After reading the entire series thus far ( 7 including Cloud Wolf ) I must say that I enjoyed it. The world that is within these books have a great deal of original ideas and characters that tend to stick with you after you finish the book. All human( and creature ) emotions are visited, some light hearted and some dark. However this adds texture to the world that Mr. Stewart and Mr.Riddell have created. The artwork is of the highest caliber giving the reader advanced visualization of the Edge World environment. I look forward to the next book and I am so sad that I missed Mr. Stewart and Mr.Riddell's visit to Chicago. Maybe next time.

I read this as a galley (I work in a bookstore) and couldn't wait for it to be published so I could tell people about it. The illustrations are *amazing*, so intricately detailed and integrated with the story. Sure, the plot's nothing new, but the characters are, and I thought it was especially interesting how the many different ... species, I suppose, are all treated as equals, where humans aren't necessarily superior. Not often seen in fantasy. So it's not the first time you've read about a boy sent into the world, but it's definitely an original way to tell it.

I did not really like this book at all. Its too cute in its attitude, as if fairy stories that we've heard a million times or like the Hobbit. The author seems to have missed the change between children's books which have a storytelling sound and young adult books which need a more mature narration.