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Crossing the Rift
Rowena Shelton is a fox-shifter, stolen in childhood from her home-world. She now works as an agent for the secretive and powerful sentinels, trying to bring an end to the inter-world slave trade.
Etty Sikes is a street-smart spitfire from the wrong side of the tracks. She harbors untrained magical abilities and a deep longing for a better life. Can she channel these into working as Rowena’s assistant?
Will these two women survive a life-changing mission where love and danger are only a heartbeat away?
58,000 words
Etty Sikes is a street-smart spitfire from the wrong side of the tracks. She harbors untrained magical abilities and a deep longing for a better life. Can she channel these into working as Rowena’s assistant?
Will these two women survive a life-changing mission where love and danger are only a heartbeat away?
58,000 words
199 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 17, 2020
15 people are currently reading
43 people want to read
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Diana Green
17 books307 followersWith the close of 2023 I'm retiring from writing to focus on my health and family. I have thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful people encountered during my years as an author, and I will always appreciate the magic of a good story.
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5 STARS-This book is utterly brilliant. I loved it!
4 STARS-This book is better than most. I really enjoyed it and only noticed minor flaws.
3 STARS-This book is fairly good. I liked some aspects, while others didn't work for me.
If a book falls lower than 3 stars, I probably won't finish or shelve it. I'm picky and only want to remember the better ones. My ratings definitely don't reflect the objective merit of books but rather my subjective experience reading them.
HOW I RATE BOOKS
5 STARS-This book is utterly brilliant. I loved it!
4 STARS-This book is better than most. I really enjoyed it and only noticed minor flaws.
3 STARS-This book is fairly good. I liked some aspects, while others didn't work for me.
If a book falls lower than 3 stars, I probably won't finish or shelve it. I'm picky and only want to remember the better ones. My ratings definitely don't reflect the objective merit of books but rather my subjective experience reading them.
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July 3, 2021
3.75 Stars. This was a fun historical fantasy/steampunk adventure. I have mentioned this multiple times lately but my job has been hellish to say the least and I have been working, and stressed out, way too much. With the American holiday of the 4th of July this Sunday, I was given Monday off for a 3 day weekend. I really needed this break and besides setting off some fireworks, I just want to be lazy, watch YouTube videos, and read. For reading I decided to catch up on some books I should have reviewed earlier. While I try so hard to be very timely with my reviews, sometimes things just happen. Why was this review late? Well, I actually lost this book in my Kindle library and completely forgot about it. I know you may be thinking “really?” but if you’ve seen my personal library you would absolutely understand how that is entirely possible. I don’t even want to calculate the number of just ebooks that I own and have not read yet as I might do something smart like stop buying them. Anyway, the author of this book, Diana Green, is an indie author who is also an active Goodreads reader/reviewer who was too nice to yell at me for taking so long to review this.
I’ve been pretty clear that I am not the biggest fan of short fantasy stories. Diana’s books are an exception for me because this seems to be her bread and butter and she’s often working on writing shorter fantasy stories. I’ve read one short story, one novella, and two shorter novels –including this one- that comes in around the 200 page mark, all by Diana. I’ve always been impressed by how much world building she can fit into such a small space. And I’ve wondered if she might turn some of these stories into a series since it seems like a lot of imagination used up for such a small story. This story itself has a lot of potential to be made into a series.
I’m a big historic fantasy and steampunk fan. I love the feel of the 1900’s mixed with such excitement. From horse drawn carriages, airships, magic, and in this book’s case alien creatures from other worlds, this mixture of elements is so much fun to read about.
There is a WLW romance mixed into the fantasy adventure but it is on the lighter, sweeter side. I liked the characters and the matched they made, but I did think the “I love yous” happened too quickly. This is a bit of an issue I have for most books on the shorter side, so this is not a new issue for me. I personally would have liked the relationship to have a good promise for us readers but still be a work in progress type of romance.
There were a lot of good and imaginative ideas here that I enjoyed. While there were some aspects that I might have seen before, there were things that felt new and different which I always enjoy. I mentioned that this could be a series and I really hope that it will have at least one more book. There is more to learn about one of the mains, the organization she works for, and a big mission you hope she well soon fulfill. This story can absolutely be read on its own, but if I knew for sure there would be a second book, I might have enjoyed it even more.
This book is currently available on Kindle Unlimited and I would recommend Green’s stories to fantasy fans. She has four different WLW tales and I enjoyed all of them. I was also impressed with the writing in this book. I think Green gets better every story she writes which is always nice to see. I’m looking forward to her next WLW book and hopeful we will get a sequel to this one too.
A copy was given to me for a review.
I’ve been pretty clear that I am not the biggest fan of short fantasy stories. Diana’s books are an exception for me because this seems to be her bread and butter and she’s often working on writing shorter fantasy stories. I’ve read one short story, one novella, and two shorter novels –including this one- that comes in around the 200 page mark, all by Diana. I’ve always been impressed by how much world building she can fit into such a small space. And I’ve wondered if she might turn some of these stories into a series since it seems like a lot of imagination used up for such a small story. This story itself has a lot of potential to be made into a series.
I’m a big historic fantasy and steampunk fan. I love the feel of the 1900’s mixed with such excitement. From horse drawn carriages, airships, magic, and in this book’s case alien creatures from other worlds, this mixture of elements is so much fun to read about.
There is a WLW romance mixed into the fantasy adventure but it is on the lighter, sweeter side. I liked the characters and the matched they made, but I did think the “I love yous” happened too quickly. This is a bit of an issue I have for most books on the shorter side, so this is not a new issue for me. I personally would have liked the relationship to have a good promise for us readers but still be a work in progress type of romance.
There were a lot of good and imaginative ideas here that I enjoyed. While there were some aspects that I might have seen before, there were things that felt new and different which I always enjoy. I mentioned that this could be a series and I really hope that it will have at least one more book. There is more to learn about one of the mains, the organization she works for, and a big mission you hope she well soon fulfill. This story can absolutely be read on its own, but if I knew for sure there would be a second book, I might have enjoyed it even more.
This book is currently available on Kindle Unlimited and I would recommend Green’s stories to fantasy fans. She has four different WLW tales and I enjoyed all of them. I was also impressed with the writing in this book. I think Green gets better every story she writes which is always nice to see. I’m looking forward to her next WLW book and hopeful we will get a sequel to this one too.
A copy was given to me for a review.
December 27, 2020
A fun epic adventure set in a magical place with inter-world rifts to travel through and dangerous missions to accomplish!
A really fun and unique premise. Ro and Etty's connection is sweet and their strength and capabilities are inspiring. I honestly was sad when it ended, and hope perhaps it could be the start of a series. There's so much to investigate not only in the world presented but the many others through the rifts! The intriguing creatures and magical abilities, shifters etc. Plus the sentinels own agenda. There's so much more to explore!
It kept me reading and interested, lots of action and adventure and learning about things right along with Etty. A really charming read I'd highly recommend - on kindle unlimited!
A really fun and unique premise. Ro and Etty's connection is sweet and their strength and capabilities are inspiring. I honestly was sad when it ended, and hope perhaps it could be the start of a series. There's so much to investigate not only in the world presented but the many others through the rifts! The intriguing creatures and magical abilities, shifters etc. Plus the sentinels own agenda. There's so much more to explore!
It kept me reading and interested, lots of action and adventure and learning about things right along with Etty. A really charming read I'd highly recommend - on kindle unlimited!
June 13, 2021
This was a really good fantasy/steampunk f/f read, but it ended too soon. I wanted more of Etty's back story and more adventure in the ending because it went from fighting the bad guys, to being on the beach together for a well earned vacation, then it ended. It could definitely be a great series.
December 28, 2020
Great premis, cool characters make for a pretty good story!
Interesting world building and a great premis set the stage for some really cool characters and that makes for a pretty good read! A Fox shifter with a history and a young woman making a hard scrabble living driving a horse drawn cab start by saving each and eventually working together in an adventure that spans worlds!!! Highly satisfying and very recommended!!!
Interesting world building and a great premis set the stage for some really cool characters and that makes for a pretty good read! A Fox shifter with a history and a young woman making a hard scrabble living driving a horse drawn cab start by saving each and eventually working together in an adventure that spans worlds!!! Highly satisfying and very recommended!!!
December 20, 2020
This is a light-hearted read with a few more serious moments. It's a really enjoyable mix with the characters visiting different interesting worlds. There was some great banter and I was really rooting for the main characters' relationship.
March 17, 2021
A shorter steampunk story with a bit of fantasy thrown in (magic and portals to other worlds). The f/f portion is not a major story arc.
August 16, 2021
Excellent
Really good book with an interesting story and likeable characters. I liked the idea of crossing the rift with no inanimate objects.
Really good book with an interesting story and likeable characters. I liked the idea of crossing the rift with no inanimate objects.
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