Title: Threats of Sky and Sea (Threats of Sky and Sea #1)
Author: Jennnifer Ellision
Publication Date: May 20, 2014
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Blurb:
Sixteen-year-old Breena Perdit has spent her life as a barmaid, innocent to her father's past and happily free from the Elemental gifts that would condemn her to a life in the Egrian King's army. Until the day that three Elemental soldiers recognize her father as a traitor to the throne and Bree's father is thrown in jail—along with the secrets from his last mission as the King's assassin. Secrets that could help the King win a war. Secrets he refuses to share.
Desperate to escape before the King's capricious whims prove her and her father's downfall, Bree bargains with him: information for their lives. It's a good trade. And she has faith she'll get them both out of the King's grasp with time.
But that was before the discovery that she's the weapon the King's been waiting for in his war.
Now, time is running out. To save her father's life and understand her own, Bree must unravel the knot of her father's past before the King takes his life—and uses her to bring a nation to its knees.
Desperate to escape before the King's capricious whims prove her and her father's downfall, Bree bargains with him: information for their lives. It's a good trade. And she has faith she'll get them both out of the King's grasp with time.
But that was before the discovery that she's the weapon the King's been waiting for in his war.
Now, time is running out. To save her father's life and understand her own, Bree must unravel the knot of her father's past before the King takes his life—and uses her to bring a nation to its knees.
Kayla's Thoughts:
So usually I will start my reviews with a kind of blurby section of what the book is about, and then I will basically say what I liked about it and some things I may have changed about the story, if anything. But since the blurb of this book does such a good job of doing that itself, I think I will just go into the like or don't like section of my review.
AND I LOVED THIS!!!
Oh, my, gosh. This story is the perfect example of what I have talked about in many reviews of fantasy novels. That indescribable feeling of regalness about it can never be forgotten once it is experienced. The text of this story just flows flawlessly together. I was practically in awe of Threat of Sky and Sea. It was AMAZING!
And the characters...such strong, well-developed people were they. I could feel their presences beside me as I read, and I definitely felt the mistrust Breena felt as she began her life in court.
Nothing could have been better than reading this.
AND I LOVED THIS!!!
Oh, my, gosh. This story is the perfect example of what I have talked about in many reviews of fantasy novels. That indescribable feeling of regalness about it can never be forgotten once it is experienced. The text of this story just flows flawlessly together. I was practically in awe of Threat of Sky and Sea. It was AMAZING!
And the characters...such strong, well-developed people were they. I could feel their presences beside me as I read, and I definitely felt the mistrust Breena felt as she began her life in court.
Nothing could have been better than reading this.
Verdict:
SO TOTALLY WORTH IT! This book had all the aspects of wondrous fantasy novels that I absolutely adore. I want more...so much more...
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Author's Bio:
Jennifer Ellision spent a great deal of her childhood staying up past her bedtime with a book and a flashlight. When she couldn't find the stories she wanted to read, she started writing them. She loves words, has a soft spot for fanfiction, and is a master of the fangirl flail. She lives in South Florida with her family, where she lives in fear of temperatures below 60 Fahrenheit.
Threats of Sky and Sea, a young adult fantasy, is her first novel.
Threats of Sky and Sea, a young adult fantasy, is her first novel.
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Wow you make this sound like all kinds of amazing that I can't miss! I love when a book gets me to giddy! :D Great review, Kayla!
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