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Before the war-torn world of A Dewdrop Away, there existed a different world, a world where magic was more than a myth.
Young Tiallin is part of this world, and as far as he knows, his colony is the only one of its kind left in Arborand. None of the other squirrel races seem to want anything to do with the magic-wielding, aloof white squirrels.
To honor his eleventh season, Tiallin is awarded the fortune of working for blind King Sirius, who has grown paranoid due to the mysterious fate of the last white king. When Tiallin’s job becomes to investigate the king’s suspicions, he finds he knows even less about his own colony than he thought. Can Tiallin trust anyone when everyone, including his own family, seems to harbor their own secrets?
Meanwhile, Edelle, a dutiful fox squirrel from a close knit community, embarks on a journey to save her colony from a crippling and puzzling famine, and Lute, a mixed breed misfit and former thief, is on the run from his second home and a crime he insists he didn’t commit.
What happens when the destinies of three very different squirrels collide and intertwine and they are simultaneously forced to face the truth about themselves and the danger that has been patiently stalking them all from the beginning?
Young Tiallin is part of this world, and as far as he knows, his colony is the only one of its kind left in Arborand. None of the other squirrel races seem to want anything to do with the magic-wielding, aloof white squirrels.
To honor his eleventh season, Tiallin is awarded the fortune of working for blind King Sirius, who has grown paranoid due to the mysterious fate of the last white king. When Tiallin’s job becomes to investigate the king’s suspicions, he finds he knows even less about his own colony than he thought. Can Tiallin trust anyone when everyone, including his own family, seems to harbor their own secrets?
Meanwhile, Edelle, a dutiful fox squirrel from a close knit community, embarks on a journey to save her colony from a crippling and puzzling famine, and Lute, a mixed breed misfit and former thief, is on the run from his second home and a crime he insists he didn’t commit.
What happens when the destinies of three very different squirrels collide and intertwine and they are simultaneously forced to face the truth about themselves and the danger that has been patiently stalking them all from the beginning?
286 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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C.A. Allen
4 books17 followersI've self-published a series of four books about squirrels and magic in a dead (or other-dimensional or maybe just imaginary world).
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December 25, 2018
I have a bit to say about this book. If I could, I would actually rate this book a 2 and a half because it was almost good enough to make me rate 3 stars. Here's the reason for my rating.
The plot was extremely slow. I started the book around September and it took me this long to finish because there was nothing in the plot to keep my interest. And this is coming from me, a lover of animal fantasy series. It only started getting interesting towards climax when war is on the horizon.
Two, the grammatical errors were made me cringe, such as punctuation mistakes, past tense verbs in present tense sentence, etc. It was hard to keep to the story when a character is talking and there's no quotation marks, I doubt Cumin really said his name and looked at the two squirrels. These errors are enough to make me drop it a star.
Three, the scenes I also thought were poorly explained. They had multiple scenes where there's a door on the one side of the king's throne room. One scene where Tiallin and Lyrah are trying to get into throne room, it was locked because it doesn't open from that side, yet Edelle and Lute were able to get through in the climax. Whether there were two rooms or just a plot hole, I will never know. Other inconsistences included, whether or not the squirrels traveled and lived in the trees or the ground because it was poorly explained.
Four, I had a feeling the ending was rushed, especially since the only character's who really got an ending was Edelle and Lute. With all the stuff that happened in the climax, I think it would've been important to the story to further explain Tiallin's predicament besides escaping the Great Tree. There's other things I felt rushed, unnecessary or wrongly time in the climax but explaining them would provide spoilers.
The plot was extremely slow. I started the book around September and it took me this long to finish because there was nothing in the plot to keep my interest. And this is coming from me, a lover of animal fantasy series. It only started getting interesting towards climax when war is on the horizon.
Two, the grammatical errors were made me cringe, such as punctuation mistakes, past tense verbs in present tense sentence, etc. It was hard to keep to the story when a character is talking and there's no quotation marks, I doubt Cumin really said his name and looked at the two squirrels. These errors are enough to make me drop it a star.
Three, the scenes I also thought were poorly explained. They had multiple scenes where there's a door on the one side of the king's throne room. One scene where Tiallin and Lyrah are trying to get into throne room, it was locked because it doesn't open from that side, yet Edelle and Lute were able to get through in the climax. Whether there were two rooms or just a plot hole, I will never know. Other inconsistences included, whether or not the squirrels traveled and lived in the trees or the ground because it was poorly explained.
Four, I had a feeling the ending was rushed, especially since the only character's who really got an ending was Edelle and Lute. With all the stuff that happened in the climax, I think it would've been important to the story to further explain Tiallin's predicament besides escaping the Great Tree. There's other things I felt rushed, unnecessary or wrongly time in the climax but explaining them would provide spoilers.
September 8, 2018
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. The description of the book made it sound like it was similar to the Redwall and Mistmantil series which I enjoyed. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.
To start off it was slow. The story kept jumping between characters, information was often repeated and I kept having to reread for information I missed that turned out never to be there. I don't know how this could hold the interest of a child.
Second there are so many plot problems. I have no idea what this squirrel society was like. First all the different types of squirrels live in separate communities. Then there are only 6 white squirrels. Then the white squirrels have a whole bunch of other squirrel servants. Then it turn out there really are more white squirrels but they just don't like each other. I don't know how magic supposed to work in this world. I don't know why there even is a brother in this story or his bird because it adds nothing but more confusion. I also don't know why we don't meet Cumin earlier even if we don't know he's the bad guy.
Last, the ending was bad. It was unbelievable, did not tie up loose ends and was down right preachy. It was like the author had to leave the reader with a moral or the story couldn't end.
I really wanted to like this book and I don't want to sound like a mean reviewer but the story just was quite there.
To start off it was slow. The story kept jumping between characters, information was often repeated and I kept having to reread for information I missed that turned out never to be there. I don't know how this could hold the interest of a child.
Second there are so many plot problems. I have no idea what this squirrel society was like. First all the different types of squirrels live in separate communities. Then there are only 6 white squirrels. Then the white squirrels have a whole bunch of other squirrel servants. Then it turn out there really are more white squirrels but they just don't like each other. I don't know how magic supposed to work in this world. I don't know why there even is a brother in this story or his bird because it adds nothing but more confusion. I also don't know why we don't meet Cumin earlier even if we don't know he's the bad guy.
Last, the ending was bad. It was unbelievable, did not tie up loose ends and was down right preachy. It was like the author had to leave the reader with a moral or the story couldn't end.
I really wanted to like this book and I don't want to sound like a mean reviewer but the story just was quite there.
February 8, 2018
A cute book about squirrels that are in different communities according to their color. Some cute and scary adventures await some of them. It was a very different read and I enjoyed it.
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