

If I had to pinpoint a problem with the plot, I think I would say that the different bits of plot don’t really mesh. She has to rescue her friends from the clutches of the villain – blah, blah, blah – she has a crush on Kai but he’s invisible and (mostly) intangible – blah, blah blah. It was about a little girl called Dana whose friend Kai is invisible to everyone else and then she goes away to study magic and then there’s intrigue and deception, but it’s all kind of blah. The problem with The Valley of the Wolves was that the writing was awkward and uninspiring (very possibly the fault of the translation), and the plot was – frankly – not very interesting. Picked up randomly because I absolutely loved the cover. “My name is Kai,” the boy said to her back. Even so, she did not reply to his greeting but merely returned to her berry picking. He was skinny, with unruly blond hair that fell to his shoulders, and his green eyes shone in a friendly fashion. Though he was about her age, Dana had never seen him before but her family tended to keep to themselves, so that was not unusual.

A smiling boy was sitting on the rock wall, watching her pick the sticky fruit.
