Río's Reviews > The Tiltersmith

I enjoyed the general idea and journey of this narrative.

This story is set in a world in which winter is staying too long - the spring equinox comes and there is still snow on the ground - and there are kids who encounter magical items and learn that they need to help someone, but everything around their interactions fade from their memories, making it hard to follow up.

I felt that the main characters could have been more clearly defined with a little more depth, but I understand that takes more time. Overall, I enjoyed how the story stayed consistent in language - it kept its audience in mind. As such, despite the narrative being less complex at points, those points were not jarring. The book was informative and guided the reader along, educating and offering many clues, as new elements were encountered. That being said, they were concerned about winter staying so long, but snow in March and chilly weather in April are not unusual in many areas, so their concern on that point seemed over the top. As such, I was not overly invested in the overall premise, (they were supposed to help a rather vague "someone" which related somehow to the weather being so cold, a person who, as they could not remember, they did not care or talk about very much) but I enjoyed the small adventures that the characters took along their journey. I would suggest this book to a young reader who enjoys fantasy/adventure and is graduating to longer chapter books.