Title: Not Captivating
Review: I found the beginning of the book to be interesting, but it got really terrible in the middle. The story was not engaging, the characters not especially interesting, and the translation was rough in places. Yes, Venice is beautiful, and the scenery was used well, but the magic was very contrived, unlike the ubiquitous magic in the Harry Potter series, or the underworldly magic in Artemis Fowl.Skip it.
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