Pub. Date: August 20th, 2013
Publisher: Zondervan
Hardcover
368 pages
I was sincerely excited for this book. I loved the Alice in Wonderland, Princess Bride kind of feel I got from
the synopsis. But Doon is more Twilight melodrama, than Alice in Wonderland fantasy world
building – which isn’t a bad thing; it just wasn’t what I was expecting. The writing
was solid and consistent, but as a reader, I was left looking for more fantasy
from this ‘fantasy’.
Discontent with her life at home, Veronica wonders if she’s
going crazy when she starts randomly seeing a strange Scottish boy telling her
to come to Doon. Jumping at her best
friend McKenna’s invitation to spend the summer in Scotland at her recently inherited
Aunt Gracie’s home, the girls soon find a set of rings and Gracie’s old diary, telling
the story of a hidden land over a bridge called Doon. At the mention of Doon Veronica
knows the boy she has been seeing is real, and feels compelled to find Doon and
him. McKenna on the other hand is not convinced Doon really exists. Finding and
crossing the bridge to Doon is easy compared to getting both of Doon’s Princes,
Jamie and Duncan, to believe they are in Doon with good intentions. Prince
Jamie – Veronica’s dream boy – is especially hard to convince because he suspects they were sent by Doon’s evil witch to destroy his land. The girls know there’s a reason
they found Doon, and they need to figure it out before the witch destroys them
all.
