The Elven Tales by Fabi Ghittoni
Published date: 1st February, 2017
Genres: Fantasy
Format: Ebook
Rating: 3.5*
Synopsis: Prudence Clark lives a seemingly normal life in Cambridge with her best friend's family. But a series of strange events compounded by a wave of kidnappings is about to turn everything she believed about her existence upside down.
A brutal attack catapults her into a new reality - one that makes her the most important refugee of the Council of the Five Kingdoms. Now, she's charged with the task of finding the King's runes to stop Alanel, the most malicious and ruthless being, following his escape from prison.
Alanel has declared war on the king of Arkana. Now, even more shocking truths come forth, exposing long-held secrets about Prudence's past and her destiny. Her newfound knowledge will prompt her to embark on a treacherous journey to face dangerous beasts in the most inhospitable of places. But her journey will not be alone, she'll be joined by the Company of the Rose, brave warriors that will fight by her side, and hopefully, lead to the retrieval of the runes before it's too late.
REVIEW:
An ebook copy of the book was kindly sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Before moving into the review of the story let's just talk about that freaking cover. It's so so beautiful! It suit the book so well and I don't know how to describe the design besides TOTAL PERFECTION.
Now into the review.
Spoiler-free!
So I'm giving this book a 3.5* rating.
Why?
Well I did quite enjoy the plot itself and where the book was leading us readers. It made me so curious to keep reading so I couldn't just not finish it but I think the fact that Prudence, our main character, lacked some emotion killed a bit of the excitement of reading this book.
What do I mean by lack of emotion? In the beginning she's worrying about one thing of her life and then suddenly it all changes dramatically but she doesn't question anything. She just enters this whole new world like: ''oh, okay''. Also, she does everything she's told to do, no questions asked. I think that aspect itself was what killed the reading buzz. But otherwise I completely enjoyed the story line and I'm pretty sure this series has a lot of potencial of getting better and better.
The characters and also the description of the surroundings we encounter in the book need a bit more work on them. We need to have something that makes us even more attached to them so we get hooked on the book and a bit more description about the place(s) where the characters and/or the action is progressing.
But hey, if you're into books filled with action please pick this one. This is one badass action packed book which will totally make you breathless!
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