Wings

Stephanie Meyer’s endorsement figures prominently on the cover of this book, and I think that says more about the book than I possibly could.

I haven’t read Twilight, but Wings does remind me of Meyer’s adult novel, The Host (linked to my review). In both novels, the reader gets lost in the realism of the characters and forgets about the completely mythical setting.

I haven’t read her Twilight series (linked to Lisa’s review), but from what I understand, there’s a fair about of romantic yearning. My 5th grade daughter’s friends are “all” reading Twilight, and I think that she’s too young for that content. I did let her read Wings (although it contains a few sentences of romantic yearning within the couple of hundred pages in the book).

All in all it was a very suspenseful story with creative fantasy details that draw the reader right in. The teenage protagonists were likable and the kinds of kids that you’d probably like your kids to befriend (or look up to).

This is a perfect read for an adult who likes to dabble in Young Adult fiction. It is a completely self-contained novel, but it ends as if there will probably be more to come, and I look forward to reading the next in the series.

Managing editor Jennifer Donovan has enjoyed her recent forays into children’s and young adult literature. She blogs at Snapshot about life with her tween daughter and preschool son.