Oksa Pollock is just a normal thirteen-year-old girl, moving with her family from her home in Paris to a new life in London-new friends, a new school and new adventures. But bizarre things start happening around Oksa. Suddenly, she finds she can produce fire from her hands, move objects with her mind, and even fly. As Oksa experiments with her wonderful new powers, her family notice, and an amazing truth is revealed... Along with her best friend, Gus, her loving, powerful grandmother, her wicked new Physics teacher, her mysterious uncles and a whole host of fantastical creatures, Oksa will be thrown into a wilder adventure than she could ever have imagined.And Oksa knows she must triumph over her enemies. A whole world is counting on her. The Last Hope is the first book in the phenomenal Oksa Pollock series, followed by The Forest of Lost Souls. The Heart of Two Worlds, the third book in the series, is coming soon.
I had a very meh reaction to this story. It's a pretty typical story of a teen who finds out that they have magical abilities and that there's a hidden world beside this one of magic and magical creatures. It's been done before and this version didn't stand out for me. I actually found it quite easy to put it down and move on to something else while reading it. It wasn't terrible, it just didn't wow me.
And to be honest I wanted more of Gus, I wanted his story. He seemed to be there as support not as a character of his own.
I think the most disappointing thing about this book was that it felt like it could be more.
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