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‘Completely unique, completely creative, and completely enthralling.’ Readers’ Favorite Book Awards.
Jon plans a career in banking and law. Luna expects to teach at her orphan Mission. Different upbringings. Different cultures. Destined never to meet. But when evil sweeps across the African Savanna, throwing them together, they are forced to choose between love or revenge, the real or the magical, and kill or be killed. And the story of their choices still echoes across the Great Plains of Africa today.
‘From the first words to the last, this is a spellbinding, fascinating, beautiful story. Bravery, love, strength of character, and loyalty to each other. Read and enjoy this amazing story.’
‘A banquet of action. Absolutely read this book!’
‘I simply love the way the story goes around so different points of views. And in one point it just broke my heart.’
‘The story line is simply second to none.’
‘Intense and Riveting. From the first chapter I was hooked, it started out amazing, and didn't slow down.’
‘You will need tissues!’
‘Exceptional blend of action and a type of magic that I haven't encountered in most speculative fiction reads.’
‘Completely unique in its story line, focus, and aim.’
‘Highly creative and like nothing most readers would have read before.’
‘An amazing story of courage, loyalty, compassion, and respect for all living things.’
‘An emotional roller coaster, an incredible experience.’
‘Magical and action-packed. Divinely entertaining.’
‘Some of the most courageous, strong and resourceful characters I've come across in a fiction series, and watching them triumph over the odds they face is inspirational.’
‘The story is so unlike the majority of books I have read! If you are tired of the same tropes over and over, give this a try!’
Jon plans a career in banking and law. Luna expects to teach at her orphan Mission. Different upbringings. Different cultures. Destined never to meet. But when evil sweeps across the African Savanna, throwing them together, they are forced to choose between love or revenge, the real or the magical, and kill or be killed. And the story of their choices still echoes across the Great Plains of Africa today.
‘From the first words to the last, this is a spellbinding, fascinating, beautiful story. Bravery, love, strength of character, and loyalty to each other. Read and enjoy this amazing story.’
‘A banquet of action. Absolutely read this book!’
‘I simply love the way the story goes around so different points of views. And in one point it just broke my heart.’
‘The story line is simply second to none.’
‘Intense and Riveting. From the first chapter I was hooked, it started out amazing, and didn't slow down.’
‘You will need tissues!’
‘Exceptional blend of action and a type of magic that I haven't encountered in most speculative fiction reads.’
‘Completely unique in its story line, focus, and aim.’
‘Highly creative and like nothing most readers would have read before.’
‘An amazing story of courage, loyalty, compassion, and respect for all living things.’
‘An emotional roller coaster, an incredible experience.’
‘Magical and action-packed. Divinely entertaining.’
‘Some of the most courageous, strong and resourceful characters I've come across in a fiction series, and watching them triumph over the odds they face is inspirational.’
‘The story is so unlike the majority of books I have read! If you are tired of the same tropes over and over, give this a try!’
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September 3, 2017
Excellent
Such a good story, but be prepared with Kleenex! I hated the ending, but it fit. Just sad to end this way.
Such a good story, but be prepared with Kleenex! I hated the ending, but it fit. Just sad to end this way.
August 17, 2021
This is series of five books and I've just finished the first one Before We Die Young. This is not my usual choice of reading but it piqued my curiosity. A chance meeting of four young people and a growing band of 'souls'. A story of revenge and survival, love and killing across the savanna and mountains of Africa. Totally opposite to my usual genre so I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this book at first. Two of the young characters, brother and sister are about to embark on their training for their chosen careers in law and medicine. But their circumstances suddenly change. Leaving his friends, sister and grandparents behind, Jon rides out to avenge his father's death. I couldn't put this book down and look forward to reading the second book of the series.
February 11, 2022
This was a long series and took a while to finish. The stories are good and have great lessons that need to be heard, but was a bit stretched. There were spots with spelling and grammatical errors as well. The names of some of the characters a bit, why, predictable or based on characters in other stories. If the stories were shorter and less stretched out this would easily be closer to a 4.0 or even 4.5.
August 17, 2021
Well the book title does warn you of the ending. I luckily did get sad at the end. Though now that I am not in ya age group I just could not help but he be exasperated with teen angst and we should be bang before we likely will die sex.
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