"Trudy's sight revealed itself one warm summer night when the child was no older than three. The Duke's Arms had been lively all evening, denying Trudy's mother even a minute to put her to bed, for Eds made it clear that customers always came first, and Mina was the inn's sole server."
Those are the first two lines of this book, and I had to read them three or four times in order to figure out the The Duke's Arms was the inn, Trudy a little girl, and Mina was her mother. I had assumed at this point that Eds was her father, but that is not the case.
It's a bad sign that the first two sentences were rough, but I have greatly enjoyed other books by this author, and so I persevered. The problem is that this book takes a strange form. Journal entries, encyclopedia entries, letters, scripts... This isn't a book, it's work. I'm honestly intrigued, and I would like to know the story, but I'm not willing to dig through this book to learn it.
Likes:
*It's the sequel to Princess Ben, which was quite good.
*I've enjoyed other books by this author.
*I like that Trudy only has a taste of the future. Superpowers in moderation. :)
Dislikes:
*Hard to read.
*Confusing.