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Elearah Chronicles #2
Almost a Goddess
By luck or fate, the newly appointed King Xiao sets in motion events that lead to the discovery of the Torch. The fire amulet has come to be. Ming, his bearer, is still a young child, but he is not to be taken lightly. With the ability to bend fire to his will, he could be a mighty opponent or a powerful ally. Scared, the boy takes phoenix form and fleets to Alcón Island, where Simurgh, the last phoenix, resides.
A quest is organized to find the child before the followers of the Snake do, and the travelers discover a new enemy: the black dragon who, along with Sir Ruffus, Duke of Lauderia, will aim to destroy anything they can´t control.
When Balian receives an urgent call from the Earth Land, the depth of the infestation becomes apparent, and it is up to our heroes to break the network of abuse. Their journey forces them to outgrow their limitations or perish.
In a world where free will must be respected, to have the favor of the gods is not enough. Anything can happen.
Almost a Goddess is Book 2 of Elearah Chronicles. It does stand alone, but it is better if you read The Pearl first.
A quest is organized to find the child before the followers of the Snake do, and the travelers discover a new enemy: the black dragon who, along with Sir Ruffus, Duke of Lauderia, will aim to destroy anything they can´t control.
When Balian receives an urgent call from the Earth Land, the depth of the infestation becomes apparent, and it is up to our heroes to break the network of abuse. Their journey forces them to outgrow their limitations or perish.
In a world where free will must be respected, to have the favor of the gods is not enough. Anything can happen.
Almost a Goddess is Book 2 of Elearah Chronicles. It does stand alone, but it is better if you read The Pearl first.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 4, 2013
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April 4, 2014
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Thanks to Sandra Martinez for giving me this book to review.
About a year after becoming king, Xiao sets into motion a quest to find a young child called Ming, who is the bearer of The Torch, along with Xiao’s friends Mika and Jin-Long. They must find the boy as he would be a valuable ally and must not fall into the hands of the Followers of the Snake. They are being followed by Adi and her black dragon, so Mika leads them away from where Ming has hidden, but finds his past has caught up with him. Balian also receives an urgent call from someone close to his heart, and the followers of the Goddess must work together to stop the network of abuse being committed across the world.
Almost a Goddess is the second book in the Elearah chronicles and I found it much more engaging and harder to put down, even though the beginning of the book did not seem to have much focus to me, as the story did not seem to know which way it was going. However, one thing I did not like in this book was the chauvinistic way the men treated their wife’s, as it seemed OK for them to very seriously consider cheating, if their wife does not want to sleep with them because they have just had a baby.
Most of the characters that we have grown to know and like are back in this book along with some new ones such as Adi. I liked how we got to know more about Balian’s past as he is an important person in this series. However, I did miss Elearah, and to some extent Pearl, as they were not as much in this book compared to the last and I missed them.
Almost a Goddess is an enjoyable book and would recommend to people who enjoyed reading the first book The Pearl.
Thanks to Sandra Martinez for giving me this book to review.
About a year after becoming king, Xiao sets into motion a quest to find a young child called Ming, who is the bearer of The Torch, along with Xiao’s friends Mika and Jin-Long. They must find the boy as he would be a valuable ally and must not fall into the hands of the Followers of the Snake. They are being followed by Adi and her black dragon, so Mika leads them away from where Ming has hidden, but finds his past has caught up with him. Balian also receives an urgent call from someone close to his heart, and the followers of the Goddess must work together to stop the network of abuse being committed across the world.
Almost a Goddess is the second book in the Elearah chronicles and I found it much more engaging and harder to put down, even though the beginning of the book did not seem to have much focus to me, as the story did not seem to know which way it was going. However, one thing I did not like in this book was the chauvinistic way the men treated their wife’s, as it seemed OK for them to very seriously consider cheating, if their wife does not want to sleep with them because they have just had a baby.
Most of the characters that we have grown to know and like are back in this book along with some new ones such as Adi. I liked how we got to know more about Balian’s past as he is an important person in this series. However, I did miss Elearah, and to some extent Pearl, as they were not as much in this book compared to the last and I missed them.
Almost a Goddess is an enjoyable book and would recommend to people who enjoyed reading the first book The Pearl.
January 19, 2014
Haven't finished but it's every bit as good as the first book. Thought it worth a review mostly as I read the other reviews and none should call it a conspiracy but Shelley ceilidh reyna's mom Shelby Tracy, you get points for consistency. Me I found the empath book, it leads me to the chronicles and now here. I like what I read so I continue. Odd how you guys continue to read all three books while obviously strongly disliking them. There are better ways of torturing yourselves than for you all to continue to read an author you rate so poorly and all at the same time. Seems worthy of an email to Goodreads As an author in my own right this is worth a follow up. To the author Sandra here, I can only empathise with the betrayal you must feel here.
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