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Submitted by Jill 
(Aug 03, 2002)

I,like many other readers, could NOT put this book down. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes has an amazing gift to draw you into the minds and worlds of her characters. This is a book that is so captivating and well-written, that anyone will enjoy it and will want to read more.

I read Shattered Mirror and loved it. I was shocked to find that the author was not that much older than me. She definitely has a future in writing. Rhodes made Nikolas, Christopher, Nissa, and Sarah seem so real. I found myself attracted to Nikolas, the villian. I enjoy writing and hope to make it big someday as a writer. Rhodes is truly an inspiration to me.

I have read all four of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's novels and must say that I was extremely disappointed. I myself enjoy writing from time to time, and when I heard about another teenager who enjoys writing I was enthusiastic and open-minded, happy that there was more than one of us out there.
Unfortunately, I found her writing and references childish and simplistic, at times trying far too hard to sound like an adult. Her sentences turned out corny and cliched. It was obvious to me that she was published for one reason: Because she's a child-author. If an adult had written the same tiresome drivel, I highly doubt it would have been published.
Shattered Mirror was by far the best of her attempts, and Midnight Predator her worst. The names of places and things in Atwater-Rhodes's novels - eg: 'Turquoise Draka,' 'Lord Daryl', 'New Mayhem' - were over-the-top and wince-worthy. In the end, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at her efforts. It is apperent to me personally that Atwater Rhodes is less of an eighteen year old and more of a sixth-grade girl.