Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren

Title: Weave a Circle Round
Author: Kari Maaren

My Rating: 2.5 Stars

I'll be honest -- I struggled to get through this book, and I think I'm going to struggle with this review.

Without giving away the secrets of the plot, I'll just say that Freddy, her little sister Mel, and her step-brother Roland find themselves with strange new neighbors, Josiah and Cuerva Lachance, who have a strange house as well. There's a strange sequence of time travel plopped into the middle that is far too abrupted. I think iti's supposed to seem that way, but in my opinion, it is not well done, and makes the story too confusing.

There were interesting bits. I liked some of the rpg elements that were included. I liked that there was a deaf character and sign language. I was intrigued by Josiah, and a little bit of the secretiveness of the characters, but it just didn't play out in a satisfying way.

I thought the descriptions of the three characters, Josiah, Cuerva Lachance, and Three were confusing. It said that Josiah and Cuerva never died, Josiah always look the same, and Three reincarnated and could be male or female. But unless I'm mistaken, Cuerva Lachance was also male and female at different times, and changed appearances. That was just a little confusing.

As I said, I struggled to get through it. Every time I picked it up, I considered just bailing on the book, but I wanted to see how it ended. Once I finished, I really wished I'd just bailed. It wasn't worth it for me. That said, don't let that deter you from reading it. You should judge it for yourself.

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