Inside Out (Harlequin Teen) Review

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Inside Out (Harlequin Teen) ReviewI've read all of Maria Snyder's books. I have noticed that her main character, always female, is basically the same character just different name. All the women feel alone. They feel abandoned. They have a hard time accepting their fate. Trouble always follows. And there is always a man. Finding that man and falling for that man is always painful to read. It takes forever then it goes nowhere. As in you are lead to believe it has a "happily ever after" ending. Not saying I don't want "HEA" just saying that's the original. Snyder built a beautiful world with The Study and Glass series. Granted its the same setting, it's still wonderful. As for Inside Out, I kind of figured it would be "Spoiler Alert" space. Nothing else fit. I'm eager to see where Snyder will go with the next book. Week one million is very far away and I'm not sure Trella will live to see it. Maybe it should have been week 500,000. I'm really hoping Snyder keeps this to a three book max.
Overall I thought the book was o.k. I don't feel like Snyder tried hard enough. I think she has a powerful imagination and I want her to push herself to do better. I know she has a great character and story somewhere that isn't a repeat. Don't get me wrong, Yelena is one of my favorite literary characters. I need to believe Snyder hasn't written her master piece yet. This first book isn't that hoped for work of art. Synder writes on the edge of greatness. I just don't feel she reached her stride.
As for the lame review that comments on her references to "mating" and vulgar language, disregard that. It's the most absurd thing to point out. I can't recall a single cuss word, I thought for sure a few places could have used a four letter word. Come to think of it Snyder never cusses, that I can remember. And mating?! Really Snyder was so mommy about it, it's laughable. I would think YA readers would feel insulted about the lack of enthusiasm used to describe sex. It sounded more like what animals do rather than what people do. Either way, get a grip.
My overall opinion. Wait for the whole series to be complete then borrow the books from someone. It left much to be desired. It could have been great but it wasn't.Inside Out (Harlequin Teen) Overview

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Storm Glass (Glass, Book 1) Review

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Storm Glass (Glass, Book 1) ReviewFirst of all, I have to warn any readers that if you've never read any of Snyder's previous novels you will most likely end up becoming extremely confused -mainly because Snyder throws so many characters at the reader that it would become quite overwhelming if you didn't already know who some of them were from the other books. So, view Storm Glass as a stand-alone novel at your own peril. That said, I did enjoy this novel. However, I found it to be more reminiscent of Magic Study or Fire Study than Poison Study.
Opal, the glass maker who has the strange ability to insert her magic into her creations, is asked to travel to the Stormdance clan in order to figure out why the glass orbs that contain a storm's power are breaking. There she meets Kade, a Stormdancer. She's there long enough to learn that a rebel group from another clan is plotting to steal the recipe that is used to make the glass orbs. Opal travels back and forth over several different clans (basically she's in a saddle about 15 of 20 days). Opal stays in the Stormdance clan and in Kade's company for only a very short amount of time before returning back to the Citadel, the magic school. There, she meets up with Ulrick, whose company she keeps for about 75% of the novel. A multitude of sub-plots are added as Opal and her friends try to solve the mystery surrounding the glass orbs and other such things before riding out to another clan to solve some problem and eventually Ixia.
Like Magic Study and Fire Study, the reader is pelted with one "adventure" after the other. Opal travels to about 7 of the clans in magical Sitia and about 3 of the Military Districts in Ixia. That's a lot of traveling -and, of course, not one journey was without being attacked, imprisoned or some other type of dilemma. The non-stop action read just like the last two books of the Study series, giving the reader no time to catch a breath.
Because of this, I feel like character development extremely suffers. You learn a lot about Opal, what drives her, what her fears are, etc. And really, she's the only one you really get to know. Kade pops into the picture sporadically and only for a few pages at a time. He's probably only in about 15% of the book. It's hard for me to view him as a serious romantic contender when he's hardly even part of the novel.
A few good things are that Opal is not a mirror image of Yelena. Opal seems to be unsure of who she really is and unwilling to see what value she has in the magical community. She struggles against herself to find her inner strength without relying on anyone else to protect or solve her problems.
To recap, I would only recommend this novel to those that have read the Study books by Snyder. And, to those (like me) who wished to read another book with the magic of Poison Study, this book is not it. It's good. It's fun to read. The main character is interesting. But it just doesn't have the same sparkling quality as Poison Study. There are too many sub-plots and way, way too many characters that keep the novel from flowing seamlessly.Storm Glass (Glass, Book 1) Overview

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