Upon finishing this book, I'm really tempted to give it five stars because I AM SCREAMING LIKE WHAT. It probably started out as 3 stars, then turned to five, so we're going with 4.

Why, do you ask?

Five Things About The Rithmatist

1) THE WORLDBUILDING. Like, this guy. is. crazy. O.o howwwww. It's so in depth and complex how all the rithmetic stuff works. Like WAHT EVEN.
There was a slight downside to this though. The first 100 pages, I felt like nothing had really happened. It was basically reading a book on Rithmatics. And while it was interesting, it wasn't really ... Captivating.

2) Melody. Can I just ... I LOVE HER. She's such a well done character and AH.

3) all the characters, actually. Joel and Fitch most especially. I just CAN I FLAIL FOR A MINUTE??? *flails*

4) THE TWISTS. THE TURNS. YOU THINK IT'S OVER, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT. AND JUST. AHHHH. And I really, really loved the ending. It didn't drag on, and it didn't cut me short. It was just PERFECT.

5) Those last 70 pages were soooooo good. That made it 5 stars. I think I went into this expecting fast pace and action tho, which it was not. It was a fantastical mystery, and mysteries are slower in the beginning. So this book is just ... Amazing. I loved it, even if the first part was a little hard to get through. Definitely reading the sequel!!

*There was no language and no inappropriate content. It was a little violent at times, but it's a mystery. What do you expect? XP