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Release: Book One of the Celestial Guardians Series
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Tensions run high in this world shared by humans, fae, and daemons. Heir to the House of Aries, Tahlia has been shielded from many of these hard truths––that is, until the night of her eighteenth birthday when everything changes. After undergoing an intense ritual, she is cast from her realm of Arilon to the middle domain of Belhalla, where she discovers the discrimination amongst the races and the building war between them. The survival of herself and those she cares for lies in her hands. Tahlia must now learn how to harness the fire within her while also coming to terms with the universe’s destiny for her. Is there more to life than the title one is born with? More importantly, will she be able to become the Celestial everyone needs before it's too late, or will her hand be forced to release?
Dive into the world of the Celestial Guardians, fall in love with enchanting characters, and experience the magic of new realms.
Tensions run high in this world shared by humans, fae, and daemons. Heir to the House of Aries, Tahlia has been shielded from many of these hard truths––that is, until the night of her eighteenth birthday when everything changes. After undergoing an intense ritual, she is cast from her realm of Arilon to the middle domain of Belhalla, where she discovers the discrimination amongst the races and the building war between them. The survival of herself and those she cares for lies in her hands. Tahlia must now learn how to harness the fire within her while also coming to terms with the universe’s destiny for her. Is there more to life than the title one is born with? More importantly, will she be able to become the Celestial everyone needs before it's too late, or will her hand be forced to release?
Dive into the world of the Celestial Guardians, fall in love with enchanting characters, and experience the magic of new realms.
370 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2022
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June 3, 2022
*Thank you to Reedsy Discovery for an advanced copy of this book*
After Tahlia is put through a strange ritual called the Awakening on the evening her city is attacked, she wakes up a middle realm of her world. Tahlia has lived a sheltered life, never really knowing what it means to be a Celestial from the House of Aries, and is woefully unprepared to navigate the world on her own. She can't even control her own magic. In Belhalla, the middle realm, she is quickly found by a wolf-shifter named Rikter who takes her to his clan. There, Tahlia learns of the tensions between humans and the fae who inhabit the realm, and of the strained relations within the Blackfang wolf clan. Rikter figures her appearance must hold some significance, especially since the Celestials have been absent for five centuries. Will Tahlia's arrival play a part in the coming war between fae and humans? She and Rikter journey to the royal palace to learn more about her abilities and heritage. What they find leaves Tahlia with a hard choice: to embrace her destiny, or turn from it and risk countless lives.
There are several issues with this book that get in the way of the story. There are strange timeline leaps that can confuse the reader, and chapters switch points of view without page breaks. Characters lack in strong voice, so reading dialogue feels like reading the same character who speaks rather stiffly. There are a few typos in the text, too. The plot lacks urgency, and there is not a lot of character growth or change. I think this book would benefit from another round of edits.
The overall idea and plot for the story are solid. Those who reach for stories of destiny, embracing one's power, and pining romance will enjoy Release. This book will appeal to fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout From Blood and Ash series.
After Tahlia is put through a strange ritual called the Awakening on the evening her city is attacked, she wakes up a middle realm of her world. Tahlia has lived a sheltered life, never really knowing what it means to be a Celestial from the House of Aries, and is woefully unprepared to navigate the world on her own. She can't even control her own magic. In Belhalla, the middle realm, she is quickly found by a wolf-shifter named Rikter who takes her to his clan. There, Tahlia learns of the tensions between humans and the fae who inhabit the realm, and of the strained relations within the Blackfang wolf clan. Rikter figures her appearance must hold some significance, especially since the Celestials have been absent for five centuries. Will Tahlia's arrival play a part in the coming war between fae and humans? She and Rikter journey to the royal palace to learn more about her abilities and heritage. What they find leaves Tahlia with a hard choice: to embrace her destiny, or turn from it and risk countless lives.
There are several issues with this book that get in the way of the story. There are strange timeline leaps that can confuse the reader, and chapters switch points of view without page breaks. Characters lack in strong voice, so reading dialogue feels like reading the same character who speaks rather stiffly. There are a few typos in the text, too. The plot lacks urgency, and there is not a lot of character growth or change. I think this book would benefit from another round of edits.
The overall idea and plot for the story are solid. Those who reach for stories of destiny, embracing one's power, and pining romance will enjoy Release. This book will appeal to fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout From Blood and Ash series.
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