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The Perfect Tear (2015) 9 exemplar

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The perfect tear has an interesting plot for the most part, although some of the description or the vibrations was a bit confusing. Overall the plot and characters were entertaining, but I agree with other reviewers that the entrance of another main character so late in the novel did not work well. Since there were a fairly large number of main characters/narrators, I wish more time had been devoted to fleshing some of them out, or that fewer perspectives were used.
 
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mgoodrum96 | 1 annan recension | Jan 2, 2021 |

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A world created by song with divine beings described as frequencies, this is the universe in The Perfect Tear by Connie Lansberg. It feels a tad bit more sci-fi than fantasy, simply because of the frequency and experiment premise, also the lack of traditional fantasy staples such as fantastic creatures. Still, it’s an entertaining and original story.

Lansberg does a superb job of having readers connect with Eleanor (and Bella, my fave) by having the reader glimpse into her entire life. We see the troubled birth, the blessed and cursed childhood, and then a young girl’s heart’s desire before finally seeing her mature into adulthood and come into her trials. So when she has to undergo her journey, we’re with her and feel for what she goes through.

I wish the romance was explored more, since what little we saw of it made me think it was a great one. I mean hello, a prince was willing to throw away his title and family for this poor orphan girl! Who wouldn’t want to know more, see more of their struggle? But, I understand that this was not a romance. Eleanor has a task at hand that is much more serious than love. She needs to save the world from the unbalance one overzealous frequency has caused.

Sadly, I have to admit that Lansberg stretches herself a bit too thinly when she adds an extra adventurer to the mix of Eleanor and Audrey. Rosamar doesn’t seem needed and distracts from the scenes with her bad Spanish (I’m a native Spanish speaker, so some of those lines were just cringey). If she had a greater role or purpose, perhaps in a longer book, I would have been okay with it. But for the length we have, she was just pointless.

The Perfect Tear by Connie Lansberg is an enjoyable fantasy novel that is a pretty easy read and fairly light, for all its dark tones. It’s a good intro book into fantasy for teens I’d say that want to start slow.

// I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this title. //
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heylu | 1 annan recension | Jan 8, 2020 |

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