This book was nothing like what I was expecting. It was 100 times better!!

Amazing adventure mixed with mythological characteristics that made a great book for any to enjoy!

The Waterfall Traveller is a fun and entertaining read which brings you into a world where in every country, the weater is different. In the town where it all began for Samuel, Ri's adoptive father, a horrible man reigns the por with an iron fist. But two guys stand there and smuggle healing weeds and medicine into the city. Rice, Mallory and Baxter are part of this unforgiving town and help Ri get back to Samuel, but what she discovers on her way back is not only amazing, but also confusing and dangerous...

I really enjoyed reading the Waterfall Traveller. It has a lot of action in it so the pase is fast but not overwhelmingly so. The writing style is easy and fast to read, funny and engaging. I loved how the characters grew together over time and how they interacted with each other. There was a great group development. In the beginning, everybody is distrustful and cares mostly for their own skin but after some time, even supposed enemies grow fond of each other as their try to survive.

The reasons why I have four stars was because there were some moments of confusing and irrational insta-love which really had me wonderung what was going on there. And also, I kind of rolled my eyes evertime some danger stood in the group's way and everybody had an argument about who would be sacrificing themselves for the rest and then miraculously make it out alive. That string got old really fast.

Let me tell you frankly. I chose book based on its cover only. From cover I judge that book would be a light read for kids. But it proved me wrong completely. Book was more than a kids genre.

'The Waterfall Traveller" is a story in a fantasy world. This world was created and maintained by three God-siblings. In this world, a girl name Ri, adopted by a guy called Samuel, venture into wild. She didn't know what awaited her in to wild. Things changed forever after that.

A danger lurks in their world, which is taking toll on human life. Ri and her friends decided to destroy that danger once and for all.

Though it is a long book, but pace and storyline has made sure that reader will stick to it to last page.

Overall very nice book.

I tried so hard to like this book, and while based on the description I should, it's just not for me. First of all, it was insanely long for the story it was trying to tell. There were so many places that the scene could have been shortened just a little bit, and it would have made a lot of difference. Secondly, the characters with the exception of one all seemed the same to me. Especially the boys. They just all seemed to do the same things, and their personalities were interchangeable. Lastly, I can not stand love triangles. They are the worst and I just hate having to read them.

I had some issues with Ri. Scratch that, a lot of issues with Ri. She much of the book reacting to the plot, but never felt a part of that plot. Samuel wandering off and Ri chasing after him is how the book opens. From there its uneven pacing as she meets Mallory (an extremely questionable sort who alternately threatens and sort of mentors Ri), Bryce (also rather questionable, but less dangerous than Mallory and protective of Ri), and Baxter (ok so he's questionable too, but not as much as the other two). All of whom speak the "Crooked Tongue" that Samuel speaks (and which Ri can too, though she can't read it), who seem to know stuff Ri wants to know, but withhold it from her either because of spite (Mallory) or protection (Bryce and Baxter).

If you think the "unforeseen love" is really that unforeseen you are drinking some cactus juice. AND we get a bonus love triangle. >.>

I'm going to be vague about what I did like, since it rather ruins certain actually surprising elements:
- the enemy: ha! I do give Lem credit for sprinkling clues throughout that I only picked up on in hindsight
- when Samuel met Ri: ha! also the consequences of this action, in the epilogue are amusing
- Miss Meow: my new favorite cat
- Gods: ah the Gods.

As for the illness that Samuel suffers from :sigh: It made me somewhat uncomfortable to be honest. It hews close to symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's.

Honestly this was a let down. Ri annoyed me to no end and I really didn't like any of the male characters. When my favorite character is either the cat or the bad guy...well. :sigh:

I really enjoyed this title and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the writing. I hope there is more to the series!