This story took place over one day basically. So we have to get all our history and background info filled in as the day goes by. The author did that perfectly! While the magic parts were a little fuzzy and not completely filled in, even by the end, it worked enough to make the story not be too concentrated on that, and more on the characters and the world around them.

I’ve personally never read Shakespeare’s The Tempest, so I am not able to compare to that. But I liked the storyline, have seen it or read similar in other books. All the characters had qualities to them that made them stand out on their own. They each fulfilled their needed roles in the story as well.

The crush Mae had on Miles made sense, but I would have thought she would have had some feelings for Ivo as well, even with the blow up that had made them not talking to each other at the beginning of the story. It was easy to see Mae finally realizing the things that others thought about her were true, or that she had only made their beliefs stronger by worrying about pleasing them and keeping them happy. When she finally took a stand, or at least made plans based on what she learned and what were towards her own personal goals, I definitely cheered for her. Yeah, maybe they weren’t the best idea, and a little selfish, but she deserved to think of herself after all she’d put up with and to take care of herself in the future.

I enjoyed the epilogue to see just how things would go after the way they left the island at the end of that First Night that the main story took place over. Another great book to add to my school library!