BOOK REVIEW - #Epic #Fantasy Kindle Price: £2.63 In Dreams The Solitary Road (In Dreams #1) by S.I. Hayes 3 out of 5 (good) I received this book from the author in return for a fair and honest review. This book is a blend of the typical medieval style fantasy worlds together with a technological world more usually found within sci-fi. To be honest, it threw me occasionally as we flipped from one to the other but this is a small factor within a big book. Amara is raised within a secluded, matriarchal community of which her mother is the high priestess. Amara is expected to follow in her footsteps as she has been marked by the Goddess. However, she has also been prophesised as being the catalyst for change and so her mother rejects her at birth. Things do not get any easier for her as she fails during a ritual and thus loses the only true family connection she has had - her father. She leaves the island but finds a man who she hopes to love until they are both old. Fate has a way of changing thing though and it is not meant to be. After starting a family with him, her daughter also is unable to complete the ritual so Amara loses her husband in the same manner as her husband. She is then sent to exile where she meets an abundance of characters, some of which she spends time with, some are just fleeting. We follow Amara as she travels and tries to learn more about herself. She has to deal with hearing the rumours that abound about her island, knowing what is truth and what isnt. There are some editing issues with this but mainly just spelling mistakes where words are incorrect but spelt correctly. On the whole, this was a very good introduction into an epic fantasy world that Im sure will continue to appeal as the books move on. amazon.co.uk/Dreams-Solitary-Road-Book-ebook/dp/B00FH3XZG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1420482671&sr=1-1&keywords=s+i+hayes+in+dreams
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:37:01 +0000