(Young Adult-Girls Only)
On first glance, this is just another coming of age story. A young princess, Andrea, chafes at the limits of her sex and longs to become an archer, a warrior in her father's army. I was expecting the same old story as dozens I've read before in the genre, but by the second chapter, I saw something unique that kept me reading. Andrea is from another planet, Xaren-Ra, which is connected to Earth via a time portal in an ancient and secret cave near the ocean. Right away, there was something to hook me. I enjoyed this alternate view of women's issues-the eternal struggle of feminity and power. What made the story so much more intriguing was the thought that, if not for a very few important inventions, Earth could have turned out much different. Imagine a present where women still live locked in castles, subject to the whim and whimsey of men.
This book will make a great introduction for young girls who take these freedoms that women have today for granted. It really brings home the past and present in a way that is fresh and new. My only complaint is with some of the language and other sayings that too casually cross the past/present boundary. Otherwise, a really interesting read!
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