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It's hard to know how to rate this. The book itself is great! A very fun read. But the ebook version is TERRIBLE. There are errors throughout, which really detract from the experience. These are not problems in the original, but in the translation to ebook. It looks like a bad character recognition program or something. For example:
"'...the more you risk fetal overload.' Overload? What was he saying? And fatal overbad?"
(That should say 'fatal overload' twice.) There were plenty of other examples that took a little time to decipher. It's bad enough that I had to get the print copy instead. I checked, and it does not contain these errors.
So, overall, five stars for a fun read, but just one for the ebook production. Save yourself frustration, and get a print copy.


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Heir Apparent Vivian Vande Velde 9780152053413 Books Reviews

Being a lover of video games for my entire life I was excited to read this book. The start of the book had me turning the pages quickly eager to see what happened. Our girl, telling the story, is given a gift certificate to use at the virtual gamily facility. She goes to redeem her certificate. Shortly after entering the game Heir Apparent, she is informed that the game is more than that. Her life is on the line due to an attack by an anti-game group protesting outside. This was where I was really starting to get into the book. Then she died and had to start over. This is a common occurrence in video games. Then she dies again, a different way. This is where I begin to lose count on how many times she died, why she died, what was happening next, etc. At this point in the book I became bored. The farther I got into it the more I had to force myself to continue reading. I kept hoping it would liven up, but it just didn't. This isn't a bad book; I found it more boring than exciting and the page turning died off the more the character died. If you're looking for a video game related story I'd suggest Epic (Epic) over this book.
This is the sequel to User Unfriendly, this time featuring the first protagonist's character's rival elf's player, Giannine. Ironically, this is the book I read before User Unfriendly. User Unfriendly was better (in my opinion), but Heir Apparent is a great book on its own as well.
This is a great book and a fun read! I was surprised to find that "library binding" was a paperback book. This was unexpected and disappointing.
User Unfriendly is the one Vivian Vande Velde book I come close to actively disliking, so I was disappointed when I discovered that Heir Apparent would be a sort of companion book, also dealing with fantasy role playing games. Happily, it isn't at all necessary to have read User Unfriendly to enjoy Heir Apparent, which is by far the best of Vivian Vande Velde's more recent books.
Heir Apparent is an entertaining twist on the been-there-done-that fantasy cliche of Lost Heirs. (See Diana Wynne Jones's entry in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.) Giannine, the protagonist and narrator, plays one of those ubiquitous misplaced heirs in what at first appears to be a standard fantasy setting in a virtual reality game, full of courtly intrigue, wizards, magic rings/boots/crowns, dragons, etc. The only problem the virtual reality equipment has been damaged, and Giannine must finish the game within a certain amount of time before suffering very real brain damage in actual life. Every poor decision resulting in death means starting over at the beginning of the game, and Heir Apparent is lacking that most essential option of all computer games-- the ability to save a game.
Because Giannine dies so many times, particularly at first, the beginning sequences can become a little repetitive. But she learns very quickly, and every mistake makes her warier, wiser, more diplomatic, and better prepared to make good judgments. In the end, navigating through a maze of people and events, equipped with newly gained assurance and leadership, Giannine is seriously kicking... Unfortunately, it isn't just a matter of winning the game; it's winning the game within a set period of time, and she's running seriously short on time...
Giannine is an instantly likable narrator, smart, sarcastic, and far from perfect. Her first person narration makes Heir Apparent very immediate and accessible, and the rising tensions from both the internal world of the game and Giannine's external reality make the book nearly impossible to put down unfinished. The framing device requires a little suspension of skepticism, but the science fiction of Heir Apparent is no less plausible than, say, hyperspace engines and little green men.
The pace is rapid, the dialogue snappy, and the characters quirky. In other words, Heir Apparent is Vivian Vande Velde at her best; thoroughly entertaining, and yet with some substance. As earlier reviewers pointed out, the intersections between Giannine's experiences in her two worlds are particularly thoughtful, as is its commentary on censorship. This is not a book for anyone who thinks Harry Potter should be banned! Although technically science fiction, Heir Apparent should be readily accessible to YA fantasy fans, particularly of fractured fairy tale cliches. And for a *very* different take on a similar theme, try Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood.
Ailanna
It was very entertaining... It's about a girl that plays a virtual-reality game(really good technology in that book) which literally puts her into the game, in it you can feel pain, smell, etc...when your killed, you just feel woozy and the game restarts over. The Game is called Heir Apparent... the point of the game is to be crowned the heir of the kingdom... but first survive your enemies and to choose your allies wisely. While she is playing the first level for the first time... some ppl(those that oppose games etc.. thinking it's bad for childern) barge into the arcade and mess around with the gaming systems, which includes messing up the Heir Apparent game. So the girl is stuck there playing for quite a long time... to get out of the game she must win it... before the game goes into overdrive, which could do a lot of damage to her mind. Vivian Vande Velde is a wonderful author! Check out Companions of the Night, Conjurer Princess, A Well Timed-Enchantment, Dragon's Bait...all by her! Another author to check out is Marianne Curley's Old Magic and The Named trilogy =P
This book has great characters and tons of witty dialogue. The plot is smooth, if nonlinear, and will be appreciated by all gamers, like myself.

I read it first in middle school from my library, now right after graduating high school, I decided to download it and read it over. It's even more enjoyable, if anything. Sure, it's juvenile in some ways, but it's fun and adorable! I'm glad to see a funny, realistic female protagonist for once, too.

Hope you love Giannine, Wulfgar, Abas, Sister Mary Ursula, Orielle, and Kenric as much as I do...
It's hard to know how to rate this. The book itself is great! A very fun read. But the ebook version is TERRIBLE. There are errors throughout, which really detract from the experience. These are not problems in the original, but in the translation to ebook. It looks like a bad character recognition program or something. For example
"'...the more you risk fetal overload.' Overload? What was he saying? And fatal overbad?"
(That should say 'fatal overload' twice.) There were plenty of other examples that took a little time to decipher. It's bad enough that I had to get the print copy instead. I checked, and it does not contain these errors.
So, overall, five stars for a fun read, but just one for the ebook production. Save yourself frustration, and get a print copy.