Hey it's Vionna and in this post I'll be reviewing the book Shadow Sisters by Carole Wilkinson.
image of the book cover
(image from booktopia.com)
First impressions of the book cover, it seems like a book that anyone would want to pick up and read. Not only is it colourful and eye catching it also has pretty good graphics which altogether makes a nice book cover.
The Shadow Sister is the fifth book of the Dragon Keeper series and it's the second book that tells of the stories of Tao and the dragon Kai. Wilkinson believed that her stories of Kai and Ping felt like it wasn't over and she needed to write more about Kai the dragon. I've read all the first four books of the series and I admit that Wilkinson is right, Kai's journey isn't over yet, but when I picked up this book and read the first half of this story, I found the book a bit boring. I found that it wasn't as interesting or spectacular as the other four stories in the series. I also found the story a bit slow.
But after reading more of the book I realised that I was wrong. The beginning of the story might of been slow but from the middle to the end did the story get interesting. Tao and Kai come across a series of complications. My favourite part is when they encounter a naga who lost it's home. The naga is a bit of a mischievous character that causes some trouble between Tao and Kai.The main characters of the book had matured more from where their journey first started but they still needed to grow even more. It's not till the very end that I fully understand what the title 'Shadow Sister' means.
Overall I think that Shadow Sister at the beginning is a little bit slow but it's worth reading it till the end. It's an excellent book that shows Tao and Kai maturing and working together as a dragon and a dragon keeper. I would recommend this book to people.
My overall rating of this book is 6/10
