Terie Garrison

It was a good read but I must say I was annoyed by the main character a lot. Didn't see it mentioned in other reviews but what I noticed is that she wrote a lot of times that she would not give in to her mother but she did give in all the time. even when she had her child and he was about 3 years old, she said she wouldn't let him suffer as she had, but what did she do? She did go to her brothers shop to work for him every day even once she knew her son was not fed while she was gone and was beaten!. Okay if you do not have the strenght or the abilities to escape but do not constantly say you are standing up against them then.

She finally did leave but only because she was lucky that a nice man came in to her life. I think if that would not have happened she would still be there.

Another thing that annoyed me is again how it is shown in this book that a lot of immigrants do not want to mix with westerns. They make sure there children have to marry someone from there old country and than those men, women also receive a visum and can live in Europe. So I was not so in awe of this book as many other reviewers were. She did make me laugh when as a child, she was a muslim, she had the idea of going to houses and sing Christmas songs. So glad they were not caught. lol.

As a child she did have fight in her but they managed to beat it out of her. Still with all this said a quick read.… (mehr)

Reviewed by Julie T. for TeensReadToo.com

AUTUMNQUEST immediately starts at a blistering pace. Donavah attends a school for those with the gift of maejic. Everything is going wonderfully with her studies, until her brother reveals that he has a dragon egg in his possession; a crime punishable by death! Without warning, the egg hatches to reveal a small red dragon, the rarest of its kind.

Donavah's brother is found and captured by soldiers.

Desperate, Donavah abandons school with her lunch boy companion, Traz, to find the dragon and prove her brother's innocence, all the while trying not to be captured by soldiers herself.

AUTUMNQUEST by Terie Garrison is a fast read, but brilliantly so. Garrison's clear voice and direct dialogue take this story from beginning to end at a mind-blowing speed that will leave readers with the desire to read more about Donavah's adventures. Those who enjoyed Christopher Paolini's ERAGON and are looking for a shorter book will take pleasure in AUTUMNQUEST's story.… (mehr)