Watersmeet

Ellen Jensen

352 pages

I found this book to be a little disappointing. The story itself is intriguing but falls flat along the way. The main character Abisina is an Outcast in her village because she doesn't look like their paragon of beauty which includes blonde hair and blue eyes. She has been treated cruelly all of her life by most of the people around her. The villagers don't like anyone who is different. Centaurs and humans kill each other on sight and dwarves aren't thought of any better. The village is set on the outskirts of a civilization that is pretty new to the area and is constantly under attack or having problems getting food. A leader comes to the village but just stirs up the hate in the villagers and proposes getting rid of all the outcasts. Abisina barely escapes and her mother tells her that her father is from a place called Watersmeet. Her mother's last words to her are directions to Watersmeet. Abisina wants to go to this place but must depend on dwarves to help her on her way. She learns much on her way there but there are setbacks. These setbacks are mostly in the way the book is written sadly. I would call it a decent read but probably wouldn't recomend it to anyone.