I read this book a little, but honestly it kind of bored me. I know it's supposed to be exciting because there's time travel, and a gigantic horse race. But it seemed kind of young for me. Like it was something I could have love when I was eight or something. It is probably an amazing book too, but it just didn't appeal to me.

Once again, I failed to read all of a good book. I just got to the part where Choyotito was it? got stung by a scorpion, and I'm hoping that he'll live, and then I have to stop reading because the book isn't mine. I'll probably have to read it for school or something. It was a little cheesy, but I'm a little cheesy, so I enjoyed it. Cheesy like, something my parents would make up. Of course, I don't want to admit that my parents aren't half bad, but hey, I'm like them. I just know that the main character is going to find a pearl, but it's the how? that will get me to seek this book out and read it.

Unfortunately, I only got to read about thirty pages of this book, yet I could already tell that if I ever got into it, it would be hard to get out of til the end. I started reading it, looked at the original copyright date: 1924, and was thinking, maybe, just maybe, this would be the first "classic" that I ever finished by myself (Classic by my father's definition, means more than 50 years old. This book definitely qualifies.). Sadly, I still am yet to finish it, I had to turn it back in to the library. I will read it though! You read it too. See if it's good. Maybe get back to me on it.

I read all of this book! It is amazing. It's about Thirrin, a 14-yr-old princess, who becomes queen when her father dies. This is not an easy job, especially when the country of rule is at war with an empire 50 times it size! Talk about nightmares! How does Thirrin manage to not go completely insane? She gets alliances with creatures the Empire doesn't even believe in, and that have rarely been in alliances with humans: Vampires, Werewolves... you get the picture. This book is really good, just the right blend of action and suspense. I will probably read it again and again. Right from the beginning, it gets exciting. I looked at the last page going, "Wow, this book over 400 pages long and it's already exciting!" I would recommend this book to those who already love fantasy, or for those who, like me, hadn't truly enjoyed any fantasy books since they reread the entire Harry Potter series (I was so shallow.). Even if you're not really into that kind of thing, I say, try it. Read and enjoy!!