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gnatj's review
4.0
Werewolves and vampires and unicorns, oh my!
Let me just say, right off the bat, that I loved this book. I loved the characters and the utterly unique take on the fantasy genre.
Quinn is a Guardian who has lost her way, torn between her destiny and her family. The story takes us along with Quinn as she starts to reconcile the two parts of her life. Quinn is so completely relatable, she could be me. I followed her highs and lows with baited breath and I can’t wait to see how her story unfolds.
I am intrigued by all the characters Quinn interacts with and the relationships she has with them, her father, her mentor, an ex-lover and an unlikely friend. I can tell that not everyone is as they seem and I’m keen to see how each of these characters reveals their true selves to Quinn over the course of the story.
I’m really looking forward to reading the rest of this series and I hope that we get to see more of the wards of Summerfeld in the next book, the giants and the dwarves and the grumpy old troll.
Let me just say, right off the bat, that I loved this book. I loved the characters and the utterly unique take on the fantasy genre.
Quinn is a Guardian who has lost her way, torn between her destiny and her family. The story takes us along with Quinn as she starts to reconcile the two parts of her life. Quinn is so completely relatable, she could be me. I followed her highs and lows with baited breath and I can’t wait to see how her story unfolds.
I am intrigued by all the characters Quinn interacts with and the relationships she has with them, her father, her mentor, an ex-lover and an unlikely friend. I can tell that not everyone is as they seem and I’m keen to see how each of these characters reveals their true selves to Quinn over the course of the story.
I’m really looking forward to reading the rest of this series and I hope that we get to see more of the wards of Summerfeld in the next book, the giants and the dwarves and the grumpy old troll.
amia's review
5.0
This is an absolutely wonderful story that explains much regarding the fairy tales I loved as a child (and still do love).
I was enraptured with the details and marvelous telling of this tale. It felt as if it were written just for me.
The only thing I did not like is that I wanted it to go on for 300 or more pages. Lucky me, there will be more pages in the next book in the series.
I hope I am not leaving anyone frustrated because of my lack of details in this review. I always write my reviews so that I won't take anything from the story for the next person reading. I know you will find out all those great details for yourself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Disclaimer: I received an ecopy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I was enraptured with the details and marvelous telling of this tale. It felt as if it were written just for me.
The only thing I did not like is that I wanted it to go on for 300 or more pages. Lucky me, there will be more pages in the next book in the series.
I hope I am not leaving anyone frustrated because of my lack of details in this review. I always write my reviews so that I won't take anything from the story for the next person reading. I know you will find out all those great details for yourself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Disclaimer: I received an ecopy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
dozylocal's review
3.0
The blurb for this book isn't very gripping. Thankfully I bought the series based entirely on the awesome covers :-)
I wasn't too sure what to expect (especially after reading the blurb). In the end it was a fast-paced and enjoyable tale (with some unfortunate text layout errors along the way - but thankfully those were few and far between and not too distracting).
The story starts with Quinn who is raising the twin children of her dead sister. The children are kidnapped by "The Gaurdians", a group of twelve that Quinn, her father, and the father of the children are all bound too. The children are safe, but Quinn has to promise to return to her Gaurdian duties before she will be allowed to see them again.
A lot of the book is spent explaining the back stories. What is Summerfeld and how did it come to be? What is the role of the Gaurdians? What and who are the creatures that they are protecting? And how did it come to pass that the magical creatures needed to be hidden and protected in the first place?
Turns out, the baddies are vampires. So there's a bit of a "A Discovery of Witches Feel", especially when Quinn ends up in a strange partnership with a vampire called Drake. To complicate matters more, there is also a band of humans trying to find the elusive Summerfeld - a band of humans more commonly known as gypsies.
The story is set between the fantastical city of Summerveld and a modern-day world. I have an inkling that some of the back stories of some of the characters - whether their own, in the case of the long-lived, or their ancestors', in the case of the humans - will end up being intertwined.
I have the full series so will definitely be continuing with book two.
I wasn't too sure what to expect (especially after reading the blurb). In the end it was a fast-paced and enjoyable tale (with some unfortunate text layout errors along the way - but thankfully those were few and far between and not too distracting).
The story starts with Quinn who is raising the twin children of her dead sister. The children are kidnapped by "The Gaurdians", a group of twelve that Quinn, her father, and the father of the children are all bound too. The children are safe, but Quinn has to promise to return to her Gaurdian duties before she will be allowed to see them again.
A lot of the book is spent explaining the back stories. What is Summerfeld and how did it come to be? What is the role of the Gaurdians? What and who are the creatures that they are protecting? And how did it come to pass that the magical creatures needed to be hidden and protected in the first place?
Turns out, the baddies are vampires. So there's a bit of a "A Discovery of Witches Feel", especially when Quinn ends up in a strange partnership with a vampire called Drake. To complicate matters more, there is also a band of humans trying to find the elusive Summerfeld - a band of humans more commonly known as gypsies.
The story is set between the fantastical city of Summerveld and a modern-day world. I have an inkling that some of the back stories of some of the characters - whether their own, in the case of the long-lived, or their ancestors', in the case of the humans - will end up being intertwined.
I have the full series so will definitely be continuing with book two.
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