The Everlasting Road

Having not read the first book, I struggled to get into this. The book is choppy and there's no segue between the floraverse and the real world, the characters are just there in the next chapter. I enjoyed learning about Anishnaabe culture and there are some clever concepts plot-wise but the writing is inconsistent, particularly Kinew's action scenes where there's a tendency to tell instead of show. I hope Wab keeps doing kids books because I'm quite sure he'll be turning out blockbusters with a little practice (and a more invested editor?) but this reads like the publisher put this out before it was ready because they knew the author's name would propel sales and I find myself disappointed by the result.

I received a free copy of this book for review.