Journey to Power

by Marie Helene Lebeault

The Journey To Power is like a condensed version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You have children not necessarily competing with one another but delving into the concept of getting power, finding their rightful place in the world and so on. You follow a number of kids and their journey, all aged 13. . .there might have been one 12 year old as an exception.

In a nut shell, each child has to go on this pilgrimage and drink from a fountain and find out if they are dragon, witch, or human, and then find their rightful place, or choose their own place. They go on this journey, and that's it. That's the plot. There is some tension, but I wouldn't necessarily call the tension conflict as it has little to do with the story itself. It's a very simple story.

Audience: this is targeted towards children so this affects how I review things, presuming it's intended to read one's child to sleep.

The plot was easy enough to follow, and the writing style was more or less reminiscent of Magic Tree House. The characters were archtypes, and little more. Some seemed more mature for their age, and some just right. There was enough intrigue to keep me going but the world building was rather minimalistic. I wouldn't call this book very original necessarily because it leans heavily into tropes and doesn't do anything new with them.

However, I can absolutely see children enjoying this read.