Review: Hidden (Dragonlands #1) by Megg Jensen

Title: Hidden
Author: Megg Jensen
Series: Dragonlands #1
Published by: 80 Pages Incorporated 
Published Date: Dec 20th 2013
Genre: Fantasy, Dragons, Paranormal, Young Adult
Pages: 314
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The mystery enshrouding Hutton’s Bridge is as impenetrable as the fog that descended at its borders eighty years ago. Each year, three villagers enter the mist searching for answers. No one ever returns.

Then a dragon falls from the sky to the town square, dead—the first glimpse of an outside world that has become nothing more than a fairy tale to Hutton’s Bridge. Except to Tressa.

Tressa grew up with Granna’s stories of the days before the fog fell. When Granna dies, leaving Tressa without any family, Tressa ventures into the fog herself, vowing to unravel the foul magic holding Hutton’s Bridge captive.

What she discovers beyond the fog endangers the lives of everyone she loves.

(I received a copy from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.)

When I read the synopsis I was really really interested in the book so I had to read it. Right now I am just at a lose for words really. I liked the book, but I didn't like the book, if that makes sense. At one point I got so frustrated around 40% I just wanted to stop reading this in general, but I can't just stop reading a book I have to finish it so I know what happens just in case I do enjoy it. 

In the beginning Sophia, Tressa's grandmother was only thirteen years old when all the adults in the village just up and disappeared and a strange fog surrounded them in all corners. Yeah it scared the living crap out of all the kids in the village. Every year since the fog came along they would send out 3 people to venture into the fog, and some never return. Tressa's grandma did and she told stories about everything beyond the fog. Now that she has passed away the stories passed with her. Tressa was selected to be one of the three people to venture into the fog, but before that they found out a plague is running through their village and she wants to find a cure and drop the fog barrier. Within the fog there are unknown creatures and the smell of death. 

The beginning was good, once everything started to go down and Tressa ventures into the fog the pace dropped down about 20 notches. Connor ends up getting taken away and Tressa and Bastian end up meeting with their parents that left years ago. But Tressa's "father" sends them both down different paths. Which I did not understand a darn bit. Who is Tressa's so called father and Bastian so call mother. So someone turned them into dragons? But why send them both down different paths? Once everything started to pick up pace again it started to get interesting again. Tressa reminded me a whole lot of Mulan with what she did to get close to the queen.

When it comes down to the characters, I am not sure if I liked them or not. Leo was cool, and well we hardly got to know Henry :/. They weren't really interesting characters in my opinion, I feel like they were lacking something but I can't quite put my finger on it. Overall the story-line was good, characters "eh", the pace "went up and down". I do plan on reading the 2nd book to this series because I do want to know what is going to happen to Tressa and the village.