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Fate: New Avalon, book 2
Elena Baxter’s second year at New Avalon may be more challenging than her first. The demons she was warned about show up, a visitor who greatly affects her arrives, and her best friend, Izzy, has to deal with her painful past. Can Elena survive everything that’s coming at her at once? Or will the future Lady of the Lake take on more than she can possibly handle?
89 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 17, 2014
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About the author
Andrea Buginsky
8 books94 followersAndrea Buginsky is a freelance writer with a BA in Mass Communication-Journalism from the University of South Florida. She has always wanted to be a published writer, and decided to try to write fantasy books for teens. The Chosen is her first book, and was released on December 14, 2010, to her delight.
Andrea has written five more books since:
* My Open Heart, an autobiography of growing up with heart disease.
* Nature's Unbalance: The Chosen, Book 2
* Striker's Apprentice: The Chosen, Book 3
* Destiny: New Avalon, book 1, a YA fantasy
* Fate: New Avalon, book 2, a YA fantasy
She is currently writing the third book in the New Avalon series.
Andrea lives in Kansas with her family, which includes her two precious puppies.
You can visit Andrea on her website or Google+
Andrea has written five more books since:
* My Open Heart, an autobiography of growing up with heart disease.
* Nature's Unbalance: The Chosen, Book 2
* Striker's Apprentice: The Chosen, Book 3
* Destiny: New Avalon, book 1, a YA fantasy
* Fate: New Avalon, book 2, a YA fantasy
She is currently writing the third book in the New Avalon series.
Andrea lives in Kansas with her family, which includes her two precious puppies.
You can visit Andrea on her website or Google+
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September 21, 2014
The sequel to Destiny starts one year after Elena receives her powers on her sixteenth birthday and arrives at Avalon, to discover that SHE is to be the next Lady of the Lake!
Elena and her friends are progressing nicely with their training, but Izzy seems to have a problem that she won't talk about.
Elena is getting bad nightmares and feeling strange.
Then Izzy's brother Matt turns up at Avalon for a visit.
The scene is set for more discoveries.....
Not only is this (and the previous book 'Destiny') an enjoyable and easy read – some of the emotional issues that young people go through (NOT just applicable to girls) are dealt with in an easy to understand manner.
If you'd like to read about MORE than magic, then this series is recommended.
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Elena and her friends are progressing nicely with their training, but Izzy seems to have a problem that she won't talk about.
Elena is getting bad nightmares and feeling strange.
Then Izzy's brother Matt turns up at Avalon for a visit.
The scene is set for more discoveries.....
Not only is this (and the previous book 'Destiny') an enjoyable and easy read – some of the emotional issues that young people go through (NOT just applicable to girls) are dealt with in an easy to understand manner.
If you'd like to read about MORE than magic, then this series is recommended.
See my review also at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revie...
http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews...
http://www.amazon.ca/product-reviews/...
http://www.amazon.com.au/product-revi...
http://www.amazon.in/product-reviews/...
February 7, 2015
Fate is a great follow up to the first book in the series, Destiny. This book concentrates on Elena and her becoming an empath and how she copes with it. We also start to learn more about some of the other characters in the series most notably Izzy and her brother Matt - who turns up unexpectedly. It also hints at things yet to come and challenges that Elena may face in the future, which I really likes as it kept me the hooked
As with the first book, I really enjoyed it. Elena continues to be a lovely character with great depths, and this book was also well written. I think that this is really shaping up to be a great YA series that I would definitely recommend to others.
Looking forward to the next one!
As with the first book, I really enjoyed it. Elena continues to be a lovely character with great depths, and this book was also well written. I think that this is really shaping up to be a great YA series that I would definitely recommend to others.
Looking forward to the next one!
May 30, 2015
Perhaps elderly grandfathers aren’t the best people to review Buginsky’s latest novel, which is clearly intended for pre-teen girls. Mothers might be a better choice. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it.
The setting for the story is New Avalon, a mystical, magical island off the coast of England, invisible because of perennial mists that shroud the place. It is where King Arthur was brought when he died, and is now the site of a school for magical people.
The main character, Elena, learned on her 16th birthday that she was to become the next Lady of the Lake, a position akin to queen because she is a direct descendant of the original Lady of the Lake in King Arthur’s legends. She had been sent to New Avalon to begin training for that role. She does well in school (her favorite subject is potions) and she has several close friends who reside in her dorm. She also relies on Isobel, the current Lady of the Lake, who is also the headmistress and her godmother.
As the story unfolds, Elena learns that Izzy’s brother Matt is also enrolled in the school but she and Matt are not on speaking terms. Her parents died in a car accident years previously while she was driving, she suffers from guilt and she feels Matt blames her for the deaths.
An interesting complication to the story arises in that as Elena matures, one of the powers that belong to Ladies of the Lake begins to manifest itself. She finds herself being able to sense the feelings of others, at first so clearly that she cannot distinguish between their feelings and her own. In one emotional scene, she is bombarded by such strong feelings from several others that she passes out, but her godmother explains that as she matures she will gain control over her empathic abilities.
As the story progresses, Elena helps Izzy come to terms with the deaths of her parents and to accept that her brother doesn’t blame her. She’s helped in this by Isobel, who uses the situation as a teaching moment to help Elena understand what is happening around her, and in turn to help her best friend Izzy.
A touch of pre-teen-style romance enters the picture in Elena’s emerging relationship with Izzy’s brother Matt, to whom she is attracted. It’s doubly confusing to her because she senses his attraction to her as well as hers to him, and it takes a while for her to learn to distinguish between the two.
Eventually they share a first kiss, and Ms. Buginsky does a good job with a difficult problem: how to express the inner feelings of both a female and a male at a hugely romantic moment, while still keeping it within the sensibilities of a young audience.
“’See you then. Goodnight.’ She held her breath as he leaned in to kiss her, and then let it out as his lips brushed her forehead.
’Goodnight,’ he whispered softly.
She watched him walk away, and then headed inside. Her eyes were still dreamy when she walked into their room.
‘Where have you been?’ Izzy asked. She looked up and saw the hazy look in Elena’s eyes, and gently laughed. “Ah, never mind. Out with my brother, I see?’
Elena blushed. ‘Is it that obvious?’
‘Yup. You really like him, don’t you?’
‘Yeah, I do,’ she whispered.”
Ultimately, Izzy comes to understand that nobody blames her for the accident. Her parents’ death was fated to happen, and the book carries a short lesson in the history and philosophy of the concept of fate, which is appropriate, given the title of the book. Elena becomes able to deal the confusion caused by her intensely picking up on the emotions of others, and everyone learns the value of talking conflicts out.
Fate is the fifth fantasy novel by Andrea Buginsky and the second in the New Avalon series. Her writing is simple and direct, well suited for her intended audience.
The setting for the story is New Avalon, a mystical, magical island off the coast of England, invisible because of perennial mists that shroud the place. It is where King Arthur was brought when he died, and is now the site of a school for magical people.
The main character, Elena, learned on her 16th birthday that she was to become the next Lady of the Lake, a position akin to queen because she is a direct descendant of the original Lady of the Lake in King Arthur’s legends. She had been sent to New Avalon to begin training for that role. She does well in school (her favorite subject is potions) and she has several close friends who reside in her dorm. She also relies on Isobel, the current Lady of the Lake, who is also the headmistress and her godmother.
As the story unfolds, Elena learns that Izzy’s brother Matt is also enrolled in the school but she and Matt are not on speaking terms. Her parents died in a car accident years previously while she was driving, she suffers from guilt and she feels Matt blames her for the deaths.
An interesting complication to the story arises in that as Elena matures, one of the powers that belong to Ladies of the Lake begins to manifest itself. She finds herself being able to sense the feelings of others, at first so clearly that she cannot distinguish between their feelings and her own. In one emotional scene, she is bombarded by such strong feelings from several others that she passes out, but her godmother explains that as she matures she will gain control over her empathic abilities.
As the story progresses, Elena helps Izzy come to terms with the deaths of her parents and to accept that her brother doesn’t blame her. She’s helped in this by Isobel, who uses the situation as a teaching moment to help Elena understand what is happening around her, and in turn to help her best friend Izzy.
A touch of pre-teen-style romance enters the picture in Elena’s emerging relationship with Izzy’s brother Matt, to whom she is attracted. It’s doubly confusing to her because she senses his attraction to her as well as hers to him, and it takes a while for her to learn to distinguish between the two.
Eventually they share a first kiss, and Ms. Buginsky does a good job with a difficult problem: how to express the inner feelings of both a female and a male at a hugely romantic moment, while still keeping it within the sensibilities of a young audience.
“’See you then. Goodnight.’ She held her breath as he leaned in to kiss her, and then let it out as his lips brushed her forehead.
’Goodnight,’ he whispered softly.
She watched him walk away, and then headed inside. Her eyes were still dreamy when she walked into their room.
‘Where have you been?’ Izzy asked. She looked up and saw the hazy look in Elena’s eyes, and gently laughed. “Ah, never mind. Out with my brother, I see?’
Elena blushed. ‘Is it that obvious?’
‘Yup. You really like him, don’t you?’
‘Yeah, I do,’ she whispered.”
Ultimately, Izzy comes to understand that nobody blames her for the accident. Her parents’ death was fated to happen, and the book carries a short lesson in the history and philosophy of the concept of fate, which is appropriate, given the title of the book. Elena becomes able to deal the confusion caused by her intensely picking up on the emotions of others, and everyone learns the value of talking conflicts out.
Fate is the fifth fantasy novel by Andrea Buginsky and the second in the New Avalon series. Her writing is simple and direct, well suited for her intended audience.
October 16, 2014
A sweet middle-grade novella with surprising depth, Andrea Buginsky’s Fate starts where Destiny, its predecessor, left off. Protagonist Elena is slowly coming to terms with her destiny as the future Lady of the Lake. Meanwhile Elena’s friends struggle with the fates that wounded them. And Elena's new gift might be learned just in time to offer excellent wisdom and help.
If you wish your child were more empathetic, or you want to help a child who’s suffered loss, this book might be really useful. Natural responses of anger and lost trust grow into understanding. And “fate” doesn’t have to mean what’s written in the stars; it might be what’s given in the circumstances, "meant to be" because it saves.
The teens are convincing, with a natural interest in clothing and beauty, sudden crushes on a passing boy, and nicely believable (though occasionally didactic) dialogue.
Pushing the tale of sixteen-year-old Elena’s future forward, and telling a side-story all the way to completion, Fate is a pleasing novella and holds the promise of more to come.
Disclosure: I received a free ecopy and I offer my honest review.
If you wish your child were more empathetic, or you want to help a child who’s suffered loss, this book might be really useful. Natural responses of anger and lost trust grow into understanding. And “fate” doesn’t have to mean what’s written in the stars; it might be what’s given in the circumstances, "meant to be" because it saves.
The teens are convincing, with a natural interest in clothing and beauty, sudden crushes on a passing boy, and nicely believable (though occasionally didactic) dialogue.
Pushing the tale of sixteen-year-old Elena’s future forward, and telling a side-story all the way to completion, Fate is a pleasing novella and holds the promise of more to come.
Disclosure: I received a free ecopy and I offer my honest review.
September 21, 2014
FATE...
It was worth the wait to be able to rejoin Elena and her new-found friends in Avalon in the second book of this series.
Young Elena's training is now well under way. The new adventures and watching Elena learn her craft carry the reader along nicely. There are new discoveries, especially about herself, which are both entertaining and interesting. The reader discovers that as she comes into her own as the new Lady of the Lake both challenges and rewards are in store for Elena.
Though still a teen, the responsibilities of what lie ahead seem to have this lovely heroine maturing quite nicely. Getting through her fears and understanding her new powers will keep the reader eagerly turning the pages.
I believe that with the storyline progressing as it is, some young gentlemen readers might very well enjoy these books as well. (I know I did.)
It was worth the wait to be able to rejoin Elena and her new-found friends in Avalon in the second book of this series.
Young Elena's training is now well under way. The new adventures and watching Elena learn her craft carry the reader along nicely. There are new discoveries, especially about herself, which are both entertaining and interesting. The reader discovers that as she comes into her own as the new Lady of the Lake both challenges and rewards are in store for Elena.
Though still a teen, the responsibilities of what lie ahead seem to have this lovely heroine maturing quite nicely. Getting through her fears and understanding her new powers will keep the reader eagerly turning the pages.
I believe that with the storyline progressing as it is, some young gentlemen readers might very well enjoy these books as well. (I know I did.)
September 21, 2014
This was one fantastic book by the talented Andrea Buginsky and it did not disappoint. I read her first book Destiny which I loved and Fate is amazing.
The characters are so real and the way they interact with one another is amazing. Loved this story and it is one great journey to be able to go through with them. The friendships and adventures shared between Elena, Izzy, Mia, Rebecca and April are one's the reader will carry with them for a long time.
I am excited for this series and what Andrea buginsky will bring us next!
The characters are so real and the way they interact with one another is amazing. Loved this story and it is one great journey to be able to go through with them. The friendships and adventures shared between Elena, Izzy, Mia, Rebecca and April are one's the reader will carry with them for a long time.
I am excited for this series and what Andrea buginsky will bring us next!
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