Beyond the Threshold: A Tale of Secrets and Shadows

by Sophie Maddon

16-year-old Dawn meets Amelia while navigating the social currents of yet another new school. Despite her abusive stepfather's best efforts, she has made a friend. At least Dawn thinks she’s a friend. Everybody gets butterflies in their stomach when they see their friends, right? 

After an accident at school, Dawn accidentally travels to Faracai, a world populated by centaurs. Provided with an unexpected opportunity to escape her stepfather, Dawn must decide whether to move permanently to Faracai and sacrifice her new friendship, or return to her world to be with Amelia, the first person to show her kindness.

BEYOND THE THRESHOLD is a young adult story of believing in oneself, learning to trust, first loves, and found families.

Genres: Fantasy

315 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 13, 2023

About the author

Sophie Maddon is a neurodivergent author who has always been tagged at weird (but why be normal when you can be weird?) and universally acknowledged as a troublemaker.
She's currently living in the UK and is owned by a cat (half-panther if you ask the vet).

https://beacons.ai/smaddonwriter

Reviews

[Sheila Myers · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good fantasy novel. The plot is unique compared to other fantasy novels I've read and the characters are interesting. Unfortunately, the Kindle version needs some editing and to be reformatted.