Review on A dream of reading
February 15, 2012
"At first glance, I was impressed by the imagination of Chiara Cilli.
The story is set in Penthànweald, a land inhabited by both humans and the Gods. As often happens, however, past conflicts occur between them for the power struggle. Conflicts that will forge a new Goddess, destined to rule over all, the Queen of the Underworld. The Gods, however, can not allow that to happen. For this reason, they create the Protèges, ie those who have the daunting task of defeating the Queen before she becomes - in effect - a Goddess. Morwen - heroine of the book and Queen of the Underworld - has not yet taken any decision; for now she is just 'the Heir', hiding for five years so that she can not be found by the Protègès. Because of a mission on behalf of the King Ashiwar, however, she will be forced out of hiding. During this mission she knows the Prince Galadir, who will accompany her in search of the Five Crystals that are needed to save Penthànweald from the clutches of the Goddess Lash.
Since the early chapters - that make the novel - we are witnessing the birth of an attraction between the Prince Galadir and Morwen. I find that this is a flaw because I think the author could have creating the right "waiting" and evolution of the story itself. In fact, events are shown in a very direct and this probably limits - a bit - the right interest that a reader should have when preparing to read the story. The author would have done better to leave those feelings to the back pages or from the middle of the book onwards. In this way the story would had a major evolutionary path. Besides, this is the first chapter of a saga. I think, therefore, it would been better to let the love in the end, or even the next books. Instead, these feelings appear to be the only substance of the book, which is a shame because the author has created a very original world that certainly deserves to be analyzed in detail. This is not to diminish the value of the book. I'm just saying, for my taste, I appreciate when a book manages to keep his readers in suspense until the end, until love can - eventually - triumph.
Other than that, I hope the author will can write a sequel even more exciting than the debut book."
3/5
Italian Version
"At first glance, I was impressed by the imagination of Chiara Cilli.
The story is set in Penthànweald, a land inhabited by both humans and the Gods. As often happens, however, past conflicts occur between them for the power struggle. Conflicts that will forge a new Goddess, destined to rule over all, the Queen of the Underworld. The Gods, however, can not allow that to happen. For this reason, they create the Protèges, ie those who have the daunting task of defeating the Queen before she becomes - in effect - a Goddess. Morwen - heroine of the book and Queen of the Underworld - has not yet taken any decision; for now she is just 'the Heir', hiding for five years so that she can not be found by the Protègès. Because of a mission on behalf of the King Ashiwar, however, she will be forced out of hiding. During this mission she knows the Prince Galadir, who will accompany her in search of the Five Crystals that are needed to save Penthànweald from the clutches of the Goddess Lash.
Since the early chapters - that make the novel - we are witnessing the birth of an attraction between the Prince Galadir and Morwen. I find that this is a flaw because I think the author could have creating the right "waiting" and evolution of the story itself. In fact, events are shown in a very direct and this probably limits - a bit - the right interest that a reader should have when preparing to read the story. The author would have done better to leave those feelings to the back pages or from the middle of the book onwards. In this way the story would had a major evolutionary path. Besides, this is the first chapter of a saga. I think, therefore, it would been better to let the love in the end, or even the next books. Instead, these feelings appear to be the only substance of the book, which is a shame because the author has created a very original world that certainly deserves to be analyzed in detail. This is not to diminish the value of the book. I'm just saying, for my taste, I appreciate when a book manages to keep his readers in suspense until the end, until love can - eventually - triumph.
Other than that, I hope the author will can write a sequel even more exciting than the debut book."
3/5
Italian Version
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