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Raven Boy
Adventure, magic and romance
The Viking king is killed and his widow is called to suggest to the council a worthy successor, able to win the raging war.
Torn between her feelings and her duty to choose the best for her people, she decides to seek the divine guidance and goes to see the rune caster.
But the message of the Gods is weird beyond belief: it says that the only person who can win the war is but a boy, the youngest of her twin sons, Hrafn.
The rune caster’s predictions have never failed yet, and suddenly the queen has another problem to worry about – the second part of the prophecy promises the boy something much more dreadful than death on the battle field...
The Viking king is killed and his widow is called to suggest to the council a worthy successor, able to win the raging war.
Torn between her feelings and her duty to choose the best for her people, she decides to seek the divine guidance and goes to see the rune caster.
But the message of the Gods is weird beyond belief: it says that the only person who can win the war is but a boy, the youngest of her twin sons, Hrafn.
The rune caster’s predictions have never failed yet, and suddenly the queen has another problem to worry about – the second part of the prophecy promises the boy something much more dreadful than death on the battle field...
- GenresFantasy
243 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 13, 2013
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January 18, 2014
When the Viking King is killed, his widow is called to help determine an appropriate successor to the throne. Seeking help the the gods, she learns the only person to fill the king’s boots is a boy—the youngest of her son’s twins, Hrafn, a boy of only twelve years old. The first part of the book focuses on the historical background of this society, but I thought the Kei really hit her stride by the second half of the story—with the entrance of the character Anna, a witch-in-training. Anna would become Raven’s (Hrafn) soulmate. She’s a wonderful character—independent, beautiful and tough—a terrific character and relatable to female readers. She’s a sort of mystical spirit with the ability to communicate with animals, as well as conjuring potions and spells.
Kateryna Kei spins a tale reminiscent of the the boy King Arthur—an unlikely child-hero thrust into the world of men. Kei has a talent for creating vivid descriptions and interesting, likable characters. Her prose is natural and flowing, and suitable for adults as well as younger readers. I understand this is the first book in a series. I’ll be in the lookout for the next installment of the Raven Boy.
Kateryna Kei spins a tale reminiscent of the the boy King Arthur—an unlikely child-hero thrust into the world of men. Kei has a talent for creating vivid descriptions and interesting, likable characters. Her prose is natural and flowing, and suitable for adults as well as younger readers. I understand this is the first book in a series. I’ll be in the lookout for the next installment of the Raven Boy.
September 24, 2013
This is such a fabulous book! If you like adventure, prophesy/curse, romance, this book is definitely for you. It's set during the Viking times. The story is flowing, easily read, and the characters are very interesting and develop more thoroughly through. The Viking twin boys, Olaf and Hrafn (Raven) are only 10 years of age when they become Kings. On this day they hear a prophesy that changes their lives forever. As they become men, they become stronger as individuals but as children they are even stronger together. Anna, Raven's soul mate is a strong willed, beautiful, and loving person. She can talk to animals, open and close things locked, potions and spells. Anna and Raven's love is strong and will endure over time and eternity. A very good book and look forward to continuing Anna and Raven's love story.
October 9, 2014
Raven Boy is one of those books where the idea is good, but the errors in grammar let it down. The whole book needs a good edit. When it comes to historical fantasy novels that focus on description and a lot of detail, the need to edit it to near -if not perfection is essential to make it an enjoyable read. I love historical fiction and I like fantasy, and this novel has my kind of both, but my enjoyment was quashed at times by its flaws.
I'll go through the flaws first and then move on to the good stuff. Let's rip the band-aid off quick.
These are my rough notes that I made whilst reading:
Uses colons too much, especially before speech
Too many adverbs
POV hopping
Too much info dumping
Sounds like an American writer playing with Olde English: e.g. awesome, cool, mom, (I even wrote: Would Vikings say Mom?!)
Misspellings
Using exclamation marks before saying 'so-and-so whispered'
Repeating words
Weird sentence structure such as: '… suddenly remembered Hrafn.' or '… was impatiently begging Anna.' The name should come first.
Is everyone a giant??
So to clarify my scribbles, the author uses colons before speech a lot, and I have no idea why or where that style came from. It looks a lot like a playwright and it is distracting. The colon is also used incorrectly during most of those times, and other points in the story.
The author loves her adverbs, and I've been spanked into submission by my editor's recent notes about my own adverb obsession. Even before I was made aware of it, I know this author's love of them is greater than mine. Some are ridiculous and don't even make sense, others work, but most are not needed. It is pretty clear that the person yelled something loudly. That's what yelling is. Things like that just made me grind my teeth because I felt upset for her. Because I've made the same mistakes.
POV hopping, is also an issue that I've had to fix in my own writing. The author switches between characters too suddenly and though a lot of people I know are not fans of omniscient POV writing, I am, and I have written in that style, but it is not easy to write in. Because of the risk of POV hopping, also known as head hopping. The transition from person to person needs to be smooth and not overdone. So, not one sentence in one POV and then the next sentence written in another POV. It has to be clear when the POV has changed to a point that the reader doesn't really notice it, just goes along for the ride. I stalled when reading her POV switches sometimes. Other times she did it well.
Info dumping, in the sense that the author talks about things that aren't really necessary and detracts from the story. I want to know what's going to happen, not have lessons in history or back story or whatever. I must admit it's a minor grievance but I still noticed it. It's hard with historical fiction, I know. But I've read some really good historical fiction.
So the issue I had with speech was that the author has taken a historical novel and added modern speech. I don't mind that it doesn't have old words, because we don't know for sure how they -the Vikings- spoke. It's fine if it is modernized for our level of understanding. Most novels are of course, but when they start coming out with words like 'awesome' 'cool' and 'Mom' I just think: 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.'
Dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. No wayyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Three other things were misspellings, repetitive words ('proudly' springs to mind in one point where it was written three times in the space of a few lines), using similar descriptions for different people like 'giant' which did grate on me after a while, and misusing punctuation such as colons and exclamation marks. Nothing an editor/proofreader couldn't fix.
Lastly, the sentence structure, which made it clear to me that this author's first language isn't English. I rate any author who writes a novel in a language that isn't their mother tongue. Hurrah for them! But the fact is, it doesn't look professional if they don't get it right and people who don't care who the author is or where they're from, will focus on the writing and nothing else. She needs that editor to show her where she's going wrong and make it look the best it can be.
So these are all points I'm making simply because I want them to help the author in the future. She's a nice woman, and I really wanted to love her book. But I couldn't, because of the above mentioned.
However, all the nasties aside, the novel was good. And at times very enjoyable. I loved Hrafn's character. He was brave, sweet and funny. He was strong and believable as a ten year old. His journey was enjoyable. The characters were well written and had very distinguishable voices, which really is hard to do with that many characters.
The description of the setting was clear and I could picture it well. I admire the dedication to detail and historical facts the author took to make it as true to history as possible. At least, it felt it as I was reading it. The ship battle scene was my favourite part of the book and I loved the brotherly affection between the twins Olaf and Hrafn. Then later on the mixture of the more magical side of the story with Anna the witch and how their paths meet is well done. I also found the connection between Hrafn and his raven fascinating and wished there had been more about that.
It has its flaws and it needs work in my opinion, but if all the cosmetic errors are fixed, the story can be brilliant. It has so much potential and is a unique idea. So with that said, I rate this novel 2.5 out of 5 (3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads and Amazon).
Thank you, Kateryna, for entrusting me with your novel and I hope my review leaves you with a positive outlook!
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I'll go through the flaws first and then move on to the good stuff. Let's rip the band-aid off quick.
These are my rough notes that I made whilst reading:
Uses colons too much, especially before speech
Too many adverbs
POV hopping
Too much info dumping
Sounds like an American writer playing with Olde English: e.g. awesome, cool, mom, (I even wrote: Would Vikings say Mom?!)
Misspellings
Using exclamation marks before saying 'so-and-so whispered'
Repeating words
Weird sentence structure such as: '… suddenly remembered Hrafn.' or '… was impatiently begging Anna.' The name should come first.
Is everyone a giant??
So to clarify my scribbles, the author uses colons before speech a lot, and I have no idea why or where that style came from. It looks a lot like a playwright and it is distracting. The colon is also used incorrectly during most of those times, and other points in the story.
The author loves her adverbs, and I've been spanked into submission by my editor's recent notes about my own adverb obsession. Even before I was made aware of it, I know this author's love of them is greater than mine. Some are ridiculous and don't even make sense, others work, but most are not needed. It is pretty clear that the person yelled something loudly. That's what yelling is. Things like that just made me grind my teeth because I felt upset for her. Because I've made the same mistakes.
POV hopping, is also an issue that I've had to fix in my own writing. The author switches between characters too suddenly and though a lot of people I know are not fans of omniscient POV writing, I am, and I have written in that style, but it is not easy to write in. Because of the risk of POV hopping, also known as head hopping. The transition from person to person needs to be smooth and not overdone. So, not one sentence in one POV and then the next sentence written in another POV. It has to be clear when the POV has changed to a point that the reader doesn't really notice it, just goes along for the ride. I stalled when reading her POV switches sometimes. Other times she did it well.
Info dumping, in the sense that the author talks about things that aren't really necessary and detracts from the story. I want to know what's going to happen, not have lessons in history or back story or whatever. I must admit it's a minor grievance but I still noticed it. It's hard with historical fiction, I know. But I've read some really good historical fiction.
So the issue I had with speech was that the author has taken a historical novel and added modern speech. I don't mind that it doesn't have old words, because we don't know for sure how they -the Vikings- spoke. It's fine if it is modernized for our level of understanding. Most novels are of course, but when they start coming out with words like 'awesome' 'cool' and 'Mom' I just think: 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.'
Dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. No wayyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Three other things were misspellings, repetitive words ('proudly' springs to mind in one point where it was written three times in the space of a few lines), using similar descriptions for different people like 'giant' which did grate on me after a while, and misusing punctuation such as colons and exclamation marks. Nothing an editor/proofreader couldn't fix.
Lastly, the sentence structure, which made it clear to me that this author's first language isn't English. I rate any author who writes a novel in a language that isn't their mother tongue. Hurrah for them! But the fact is, it doesn't look professional if they don't get it right and people who don't care who the author is or where they're from, will focus on the writing and nothing else. She needs that editor to show her where she's going wrong and make it look the best it can be.
So these are all points I'm making simply because I want them to help the author in the future. She's a nice woman, and I really wanted to love her book. But I couldn't, because of the above mentioned.
However, all the nasties aside, the novel was good. And at times very enjoyable. I loved Hrafn's character. He was brave, sweet and funny. He was strong and believable as a ten year old. His journey was enjoyable. The characters were well written and had very distinguishable voices, which really is hard to do with that many characters.
The description of the setting was clear and I could picture it well. I admire the dedication to detail and historical facts the author took to make it as true to history as possible. At least, it felt it as I was reading it. The ship battle scene was my favourite part of the book and I loved the brotherly affection between the twins Olaf and Hrafn. Then later on the mixture of the more magical side of the story with Anna the witch and how their paths meet is well done. I also found the connection between Hrafn and his raven fascinating and wished there had been more about that.
It has its flaws and it needs work in my opinion, but if all the cosmetic errors are fixed, the story can be brilliant. It has so much potential and is a unique idea. So with that said, I rate this novel 2.5 out of 5 (3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads and Amazon).
Thank you, Kateryna, for entrusting me with your novel and I hope my review leaves you with a positive outlook!
Reviewed for Bit'N Book Promoters
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January 31, 2014
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Raven Boy is one of those books where the idea is good, but the errors in grammar let it down. The whole book needs a good edit. When it comes to historical fantasy novels that focus on description and a lot of detail, the need to edit it to near -if not perfection is essential to make it an enjoyable read. I love historical fiction and I like fantasy, and this novel has my kind of both, but my enjoyment was quashed at times by its flaws.
I'll go through the flaws first and then move on to the good stuff. Let's rip the band-aid off quick.
These are my rough notes that I made whilst reading:
Uses colons too much, especially before speech
Too many adverbs
POV hopping
Too much info dumping
Sounds like an American writer playing with Olde English: e.g. awesome, cool, mom, (I even wrote: Would Vikings say Mom?!)
Misspellings
Using exclamation marks before saying 'so-and-so whispered'
Repeating words
Weird sentence structure such as: '… suddenly remembered Hrafn.' or '… was impatiently begging Anna.' The name should come first.
Is everyone a giant??
So to clarify my scribbles, the author uses colons before speech a lot, and I have no idea why or where that style came from. It looks a lot like a playwright and it is distracting. The colon is also used incorrectly during most of those times, and other points in the story.
The author loves her adverbs, and I've been spanked into submission by my editor's recent notes about my own adverb obsession. Even before I was made aware of it, I know this author's love of them is greater than mine. Some are ridiculous and don't even make sense, others work, but most are not needed. It is pretty clear that the person yelled something loudly. That's what yelling is. Things like that just made me grind my teeth because I felt upset for her. Because I've made the same mistakes.
POV hopping, is also an issue that I've had to fix in my own writing. The author switches between characters too suddenly and though a lot of people I know are not fans of omniscient POV writing, I am, and I have written in that style, but it is not easy to write in. Because of the risk of POV hopping, also known as head hopping. The transition from person to person needs to be smooth and not overdone. So, not one sentence in one POV and then the next sentence written in another POV. It has to be clear when the POV has changed to a point that the reader doesn't really notice it, just goes along for the ride. I stalled when reading her POV switches sometimes. Other times she did it well.
Info dumping, in the sense that the author talks about things that aren't really necessary and detracts from the story. I want to know what's going to happen, not have lessons in history or back story or whatever. I must admit it's a minor grievance but I still noticed it. It's hard with historical fiction, I know. But I've read some really good historical fiction.
So the issue I had with speech was that the author has taken a historical novel and added modern speech. I don't mind that it doesn't have old words, because we don't know for sure how they -the Vikings- spoke. It's fine if it is modernized for our level of understanding. Most novels are of course, but when they start coming out with words like 'awesome' 'cool' and 'Mom' I just think: 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.'
Dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. No wayyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Three other things were misspellings, repetitive words ('proudly' springs to mind in one point where it was written three times in the space of a few lines), using similar descriptions for different people like 'giant' which did grate on me after a while, and misusing punctuation such as colons and exclamation marks. Nothing an editor/proofreader couldn't fix.
Lastly, the sentence structure, which made it clear to me that this author's first language isn't English. I rate any author who writes a novel in a language that isn't their mother tongue. Hurrah for them! But the fact is, it doesn't look professional if they don't get it right and people who don't care who the author is or where they're from, will focus on the writing and nothing else. She needs that editor to show her where she's going wrong and make it look the best it can be.
So these are all points I'm making simply because I want them to help the author in the future. She's a nice woman, and I really wanted to love her book. But I couldn't, because of the above mentioned.
However, all the nasties aside, the novel was good. And at times very enjoyable. I loved Hrafn's character. He was brave, sweet and funny. He was strong and believable as a ten year old. His journey was enjoyable. The characters were well written and had very distinguishable voices, which really is hard to do with that many characters.
The description of the setting was clear and I could picture it well. I admire the dedication to detail and historical facts the author took to make it as true to history as possible. At least, it felt it as I was reading it. The ship battle scene was my favourite part of the book and I loved the brotherly affection between the twins Olaf and Hrafn. Then later on the mixture of the more magical side of the story with Anna the witch and how their paths meet is well done. I also found the connection between Hrafn and his raven fascinating and wished there had been more about that.
It has its flaws and it needs work in my opinion, but if all the cosmetic errors are fixed, the story can be brilliant. It has so much potential and is a unique idea. So with that said, I rate this novel 2.5 out of 5 moons (3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads and Amazon). I've rounded up.
Thank you, Kateryna, for entrusting me with your novel and I hope my review leaves you with a positive outlook!
Raven Boy is one of those books where the idea is good, but the errors in grammar let it down. The whole book needs a good edit. When it comes to historical fantasy novels that focus on description and a lot of detail, the need to edit it to near -if not perfection is essential to make it an enjoyable read. I love historical fiction and I like fantasy, and this novel has my kind of both, but my enjoyment was quashed at times by its flaws.
I'll go through the flaws first and then move on to the good stuff. Let's rip the band-aid off quick.
These are my rough notes that I made whilst reading:
Uses colons too much, especially before speech
Too many adverbs
POV hopping
Too much info dumping
Sounds like an American writer playing with Olde English: e.g. awesome, cool, mom, (I even wrote: Would Vikings say Mom?!)
Misspellings
Using exclamation marks before saying 'so-and-so whispered'
Repeating words
Weird sentence structure such as: '… suddenly remembered Hrafn.' or '… was impatiently begging Anna.' The name should come first.
Is everyone a giant??
So to clarify my scribbles, the author uses colons before speech a lot, and I have no idea why or where that style came from. It looks a lot like a playwright and it is distracting. The colon is also used incorrectly during most of those times, and other points in the story.
The author loves her adverbs, and I've been spanked into submission by my editor's recent notes about my own adverb obsession. Even before I was made aware of it, I know this author's love of them is greater than mine. Some are ridiculous and don't even make sense, others work, but most are not needed. It is pretty clear that the person yelled something loudly. That's what yelling is. Things like that just made me grind my teeth because I felt upset for her. Because I've made the same mistakes.
POV hopping, is also an issue that I've had to fix in my own writing. The author switches between characters too suddenly and though a lot of people I know are not fans of omniscient POV writing, I am, and I have written in that style, but it is not easy to write in. Because of the risk of POV hopping, also known as head hopping. The transition from person to person needs to be smooth and not overdone. So, not one sentence in one POV and then the next sentence written in another POV. It has to be clear when the POV has changed to a point that the reader doesn't really notice it, just goes along for the ride. I stalled when reading her POV switches sometimes. Other times she did it well.
Info dumping, in the sense that the author talks about things that aren't really necessary and detracts from the story. I want to know what's going to happen, not have lessons in history or back story or whatever. I must admit it's a minor grievance but I still noticed it. It's hard with historical fiction, I know. But I've read some really good historical fiction.
So the issue I had with speech was that the author has taken a historical novel and added modern speech. I don't mind that it doesn't have old words, because we don't know for sure how they -the Vikings- spoke. It's fine if it is modernized for our level of understanding. Most novels are of course, but when they start coming out with words like 'awesome' 'cool' and 'Mom' I just think: 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.'
Dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. No wayyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Three other things were misspellings, repetitive words ('proudly' springs to mind in one point where it was written three times in the space of a few lines), using similar descriptions for different people like 'giant' which did grate on me after a while, and misusing punctuation such as colons and exclamation marks. Nothing an editor/proofreader couldn't fix.
Lastly, the sentence structure, which made it clear to me that this author's first language isn't English. I rate any author who writes a novel in a language that isn't their mother tongue. Hurrah for them! But the fact is, it doesn't look professional if they don't get it right and people who don't care who the author is or where they're from, will focus on the writing and nothing else. She needs that editor to show her where she's going wrong and make it look the best it can be.
So these are all points I'm making simply because I want them to help the author in the future. She's a nice woman, and I really wanted to love her book. But I couldn't, because of the above mentioned.
However, all the nasties aside, the novel was good. And at times very enjoyable. I loved Hrafn's character. He was brave, sweet and funny. He was strong and believable as a ten year old. His journey was enjoyable. The characters were well written and had very distinguishable voices, which really is hard to do with that many characters.
The description of the setting was clear and I could picture it well. I admire the dedication to detail and historical facts the author took to make it as true to history as possible. At least, it felt it as I was reading it. The ship battle scene was my favourite part of the book and I loved the brotherly affection between the twins Olaf and Hrafn. Then later on the mixture of the more magical side of the story with Anna the witch and how their paths meet is well done. I also found the connection between Hrafn and his raven fascinating and wished there had been more about that.
It has its flaws and it needs work in my opinion, but if all the cosmetic errors are fixed, the story can be brilliant. It has so much potential and is a unique idea. So with that said, I rate this novel 2.5 out of 5 moons (3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads and Amazon). I've rounded up.
Thank you, Kateryna, for entrusting me with your novel and I hope my review leaves you with a positive outlook!
July 14, 2014
When his father is killed in battle, young Hrafn, a boy blessed by ravens, is chosen to lead his Viking clan.
Let me start out by saying there is an interesting story here. There are old legends and magic at work here, and this story is quite inventive. There is a lot of potential to this tale, but the writing itself does not match up to what the author was trying to accomplish. I kept hoping for it to improve because there is clearly a well thought out story here, but sadly, it just isn't crafted well.
I think I could identify most with Turid. I got a better look inside her mind than any other character, and her concern for her children is believable. Not only has she been forced to choose between them, but she struggles inside with the fact that it is her younger son who will lead her people.
Though there are a few spots that are written nicely, there is at least one paragraph on each page that felt awkward and clumsy. Lines such as "he will be a very good viking" and "a couple of minutes of birth-time were making a big difference" and "big black raven" need to be reworded entirely. They have an awkward feel to them, and it doesn't flow well. It is too choppy and dumbed down when it shouldn't be.
Some of the dialogue is quite interesting, and a few characters actually can spin a good tale. However, there is a lot of trailing off of dialogue as the characters can't think of anything else to say. I found that frustrating. Also, using words repeatedly like "raven bird" is silly. I know a raven is a bird, so why say it like that? I really wanted to like this story, but the writing held me back.
With historical fiction, I want to feel immersed in the time and place I'm reading about. That's true of any book, really. But I never got the feeling I was actually among the Vikings. Either the author did not know enough about Vikings to bring their culture to life, or she did not share it with her readers. There is very little description of the world around. We are told "she rode there" without a single line of how she got there. Was it cloudy? Cold? Raining? I'll never know.
There is a lot of potential in this book, but the abundance of grammar errors and poorly chosen words doesn't do it justice. An author's job is to create art, which I believe this author has done. All she needs is more time to refine her craft and an editor who can help her along the way.
I was given a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Let me start out by saying there is an interesting story here. There are old legends and magic at work here, and this story is quite inventive. There is a lot of potential to this tale, but the writing itself does not match up to what the author was trying to accomplish. I kept hoping for it to improve because there is clearly a well thought out story here, but sadly, it just isn't crafted well.
I think I could identify most with Turid. I got a better look inside her mind than any other character, and her concern for her children is believable. Not only has she been forced to choose between them, but she struggles inside with the fact that it is her younger son who will lead her people.
Though there are a few spots that are written nicely, there is at least one paragraph on each page that felt awkward and clumsy. Lines such as "he will be a very good viking" and "a couple of minutes of birth-time were making a big difference" and "big black raven" need to be reworded entirely. They have an awkward feel to them, and it doesn't flow well. It is too choppy and dumbed down when it shouldn't be.
Some of the dialogue is quite interesting, and a few characters actually can spin a good tale. However, there is a lot of trailing off of dialogue as the characters can't think of anything else to say. I found that frustrating. Also, using words repeatedly like "raven bird" is silly. I know a raven is a bird, so why say it like that? I really wanted to like this story, but the writing held me back.
With historical fiction, I want to feel immersed in the time and place I'm reading about. That's true of any book, really. But I never got the feeling I was actually among the Vikings. Either the author did not know enough about Vikings to bring their culture to life, or she did not share it with her readers. There is very little description of the world around. We are told "she rode there" without a single line of how she got there. Was it cloudy? Cold? Raining? I'll never know.
There is a lot of potential in this book, but the abundance of grammar errors and poorly chosen words doesn't do it justice. An author's job is to create art, which I believe this author has done. All she needs is more time to refine her craft and an editor who can help her along the way.
I was given a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
September 16, 2016
This is a children's book, ages 9-12. As an adult I enjoyed it, but there are elements that show a lack of maturity for a YA or adult fantasy novel. Reading this story, brings back memories of my childhood, sitting curled up in a hammock with a book in my lap. I feel as if I was reading an expanded myth or fairytale. If you are a fan of those genres, you will enjoy this tale; especially if you like Norse or British legends. The characters are likeable and the story is quite interesting. There is definitely more to come.
I do believe that the tale could use a bit more editing. However, the few mistakes I found were not too distracting.
I do believe that the tale could use a bit more editing. However, the few mistakes I found were not too distracting.
August 12, 2014
First I won this book on Librarything in exchange for an honest review.
This book has the potential to be amazing!! The other needs to do a little more editing and plotting. This book was still a great read. There was plenty of fantasy, adventure, and romance. There just needed a little more oomph. I would like to read more by this author.
This book has the potential to be amazing!! The other needs to do a little more editing and plotting. This book was still a great read. There was plenty of fantasy, adventure, and romance. There just needed a little more oomph. I would like to read more by this author.
September 28, 2014
[Raven Boy] by [Kateryna Kei] was a classic adventure tale. The use of Norse names and, to an extent, mythology added a creative twist to the novel that is often not found in this genre. I would recommend this book to any of my students to read especially if they like adventure and romance.
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