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Signetorium: The Depths
A lightless tower maze...
...Four powerless teens. Or are they?
Each child in Valkryion has one chance to prove their magical prowess or they must face the most feared abomination ever created: the Depths.
A group of teens find themselves cast into the lightless labyrinth meant to channel the hidden potential in their Signets and lynths.
The one rule for those downcast is simple - descend further into the Depths to try to escape while mastering the environment to defeat all that stands in their path. With descent comes more challenges and enemies intended to either make the teens more powerful or snap them from existence.
Rules are meant to be broken, but can the teens break free from contained chaos?
Magic. Awe. Discovery. Wonder.
Enter the Depths NOW.
...Four powerless teens. Or are they?
Each child in Valkryion has one chance to prove their magical prowess or they must face the most feared abomination ever created: the Depths.
A group of teens find themselves cast into the lightless labyrinth meant to channel the hidden potential in their Signets and lynths.
The one rule for those downcast is simple - descend further into the Depths to try to escape while mastering the environment to defeat all that stands in their path. With descent comes more challenges and enemies intended to either make the teens more powerful or snap them from existence.
Rules are meant to be broken, but can the teens break free from contained chaos?
Magic. Awe. Discovery. Wonder.
Enter the Depths NOW.
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 6, 2018
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May 22, 2018
This book... no, this escape from reality was absolutely incredible. The author grabs the reader from the first page and pulls them into a magical, beautiful land. However, amid the beauty lies a secret. Teens who don't live up to their magical potential face the ultimate test in The Depths.
Much like their journey through adolescence, they're faced with a plethora of challenges around every corner. They must focus on learning about themselves while mastering their magic and the environment.
Lealynn was my favorite character. She begins lost, alone, and not knowing who she is. Throughout the journey she really blossoms. Her friendly rivalry with Clarise, a powerful girl who needs only to master her abilities, reminded me of my own youth. Clarise faces challenges of her own, however. The young girl experiences betrayal after betrayal as the people she cares about most turn their back on her. Yet, she overcomes adversity and learns how to trust again. Kyros was another great character. His wildness reminded me of teenage boys, always running into danger haphazardly. The girls both fawn over Kyros but also detest his reckless behavior that often leaves them alone to fend for themselves.
The world itself is also incredible. The author created several different classes and a magical world with incredible regions. I really liked that the magical components of the story don't make the weilders all powerful. Instead, their magic is limited by the calendar and passage of time itself. They must matter their skills in order to free themselves of the corrupt nature of the hell that imprisons them.
This is a true coming of age story as we see the teens grow and adapt to their surroundings, each other, their new lives, and the changes taking place in their bodies, minds, and abilities.
It even has great poetry sprinkled throughout, reminiscent of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
I highly recommend this tale to anyone who enjoyed Harry Potter or The Maze Runner.
*Note: This book is vastly different from the author's other work, A World Between Two. Though enjoyable, AWBT was very complex in both ideas and language. Signetorium: The Depths was an easy, fun read that kept me engaged from beginning to end.
December 17, 2018
This book could have been really good - based on the description, I was 100% interested and really excited to read it. But it was honestly kind of terribly done.
First of all, it's not well written... It's not absolutely horribly written, either, so I could have gotten past this if the story made sense.
The beginning is not well explained, but it's the beginning, so it doesn't necessarily have to be. However, the beginning made so much more sense than the roughly 40% of the rest that I read, which doesn't work at all. Around the time that the teens entered the maze, we should have started to get some more explanations on terms and the general culture of this society, but we didn't. We just got more terms, and more confusion.
The only thing that I really remember being defined was the weblynxes, but even that wasn't really defined all that well. Then there was the measurements of time; I can't remember what any of them were, but I believe there were four, and I THINK that it was descriptions for different parts of the day. So, in our terms, like morning, afternoon, evening, night. Those are the only things I know... But there's so much more I should have understood. Like the lynths? They're obviously super important, but I don't know exactly what they are or what their purpose is. Same thing with the Depths - okay, so the people who can't control their... magic?... get sent there, but then what? Are they supposed to make it out, or is this supposed to be a death sentence, but handed out in a way where the rest of society can pretend that that's not what it is? Also, the different kinds of magic? And different races, apparently, with the boy? And background on why everyone's there? We only got that from one character, but where I was at, there was three.
Note: I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
First of all, it's not well written... It's not absolutely horribly written, either, so I could have gotten past this if the story made sense.
The beginning is not well explained, but it's the beginning, so it doesn't necessarily have to be. However, the beginning made so much more sense than the roughly 40% of the rest that I read, which doesn't work at all. Around the time that the teens entered the maze, we should have started to get some more explanations on terms and the general culture of this society, but we didn't. We just got more terms, and more confusion.
The only thing that I really remember being defined was the weblynxes, but even that wasn't really defined all that well. Then there was the measurements of time; I can't remember what any of them were, but I believe there were four, and I THINK that it was descriptions for different parts of the day. So, in our terms, like morning, afternoon, evening, night. Those are the only things I know... But there's so much more I should have understood. Like the lynths? They're obviously super important, but I don't know exactly what they are or what their purpose is. Same thing with the Depths - okay, so the people who can't control their... magic?... get sent there, but then what? Are they supposed to make it out, or is this supposed to be a death sentence, but handed out in a way where the rest of society can pretend that that's not what it is? Also, the different kinds of magic? And different races, apparently, with the boy? And background on why everyone's there? We only got that from one character, but where I was at, there was three.
Note: I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
July 2, 2018
Confusing
This could have been a good book, but was rather confusing. I feel like there needed to be more background information given about the characters, the world it was based in, and all it's details. The story jumped around too much to make much sense of what I was reading.
*I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. The review is my own, honest, and unsolicited.
This could have been a good book, but was rather confusing. I feel like there needed to be more background information given about the characters, the world it was based in, and all it's details. The story jumped around too much to make much sense of what I was reading.
*I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. The review is my own, honest, and unsolicited.
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