By Katherine Rundell
4 Stars
Katherine Rundell's novel, Impossible Creatures, is a truly creative story. Evolving around the key themes of friendship, love, mystery, and myth, it's not a story to miss. The novel features a flying girl, a pet griffin, a friend, and a murderer on their tail. The boy isn't of interest, but the girl… Somehow, there's a correlation between her and the Glimourie, the source of the world's magic, and someone wants her dead because of it.
I really enjoyed this book for multiple reasons. For one, it contains magic and mystery, one of my favourite combos, and for another, the world is spectacularly crafted. The only thing, in fact, that I disapprove of is the ending.
The Archipelago is the main location of the events of this novel, and I feel that it is a great one. I love that it is hidden from the rest of us, and I find that the creatures of myth that exist in it are fantastic. I have always enjoyed mythology, Greek and otherwise, and find that this book was a wonderful collection of it for the inhabitants of the Archipelago range from humans to Griffins to Chimeras and are all spectacularly described. The world itself is also a masterpiece as it was made in mystic ways and is described in immense detail with no plot holes (as is the magic of it).
As I have already mentioned, my one critique for this book is its ending. I am always very critical about them, and this one did not meet my expectations. The whole book was very ingenuitive but the ending was more of a summary that did not flow well with the rest of the story. Either way, it's a great read, and I highly recommend it to fantasy and mystery enthusiasts alike.
Reviewed by Uliana as part of the Teen Reviewer, opens a new window program.
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