'The Gift' Book Review

The Gift by James Patterson and Ned Rust
Little, Brown Company
341 p. in U.S. Hardback
2010


One Star for Character Development
One Star for Ending
One Star for Plot

The book is a HUGE let-down. While it does deserve my coveted FANTASTIC COVER award, and is much better than the first book, Witch & Wizard.
The book is about Wisty and Whit Allgood, a witch and wizard, who are on the run from the New Order. Magic is illegal in the Order and they will be executed if found. Sounds thrilling, right? Well it isn't.

In the book, a relationship between Wisty and the annoying Byron Swain builds, and it came from nowhere. Byron really got on my nerves a lot, but I guess I can see where JP was going with this relationship...two annoying characters paired together. That's right: Wisty is ANNOYING.

In the first book, I loved Wisty. In this book, she was too typical-teen, and her voice was different. I could tell that Patterson wasn't very good at writing as a teen, except for in Maximum Ride. While in the first book, I dreaded Whit's chapters, in this one: I anticipated them.

I really hope that the third book is better, but I have no high expectations. Sorry, Witch and Wiz.

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