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Wingborn
Lady Mhysra Kilpapan was blessed from birth with a distinguished family, a glorious home and a giant eagle miryhl of her own. Fully aware of her luck, she wants for nothing in life – except a chance to become a Rift Rider. The elite force of the Overworld has been closed to women for over one hundred years and not even the legendary Wingborn are allowed to join. Until now.
Women are being admitted to the Riders again and Mhysra wants to be first in line. Except her parents have other ideas, and there are plenty of others who are less than pleased about the change. Yet if Mhysra can find a way to reach Aquila, she will let nothing stop her.
But the Overworld is in trouble and the vicious kaz-naghkt are destroying Rift Rider bases one by one. The Riders need help. Can Mhysra and her friends really be the difference between survival and destruction? Or will they fail before their first year of training is through?
Women are being admitted to the Riders again and Mhysra wants to be first in line. Except her parents have other ideas, and there are plenty of others who are less than pleased about the change. Yet if Mhysra can find a way to reach Aquila, she will let nothing stop her.
But the Overworld is in trouble and the vicious kaz-naghkt are destroying Rift Rider bases one by one. The Riders need help. Can Mhysra and her friends really be the difference between survival and destruction? Or will they fail before their first year of training is through?
- GenresFantasy
395 pages, Paperback
Published October 26, 2020
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About the author
Becca Lusher
24 books13 followersBecca is an indie fantasy author from the wild British Westcountry who learned
how to fly a bird of prey, gallop bareback and survive as the youngest in a big family all
before she was a teenager.
Sadly, the years since haven’t been anything like as exciting.
Nowadays she saves her adventures for writing, her weekends for walking and her days
for dreaming.
Come visit her at beccalusher.com for more stories, information, landscape photos (with rocks in) and the occasional hidden extra.
how to fly a bird of prey, gallop bareback and survive as the youngest in a big family all
before she was a teenager.
Sadly, the years since haven’t been anything like as exciting.
Nowadays she saves her adventures for writing, her weekends for walking and her days
for dreaming.
Come visit her at beccalusher.com for more stories, information, landscape photos (with rocks in) and the occasional hidden extra.
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May 1, 2022
There's a lot going on here, but I'll summarize: M.... The main character is bonded with a very large bird, and they go on harrowing adventures: defying gender norms, causing family strife, combating classism, managing to take notes in school, beating up some sketchy giant bat-like creatures, making friends, and soaring through the skies of a world that's part dystopian, part medieval fantasy, and part Victorian England.
This book was recommended to me as part of an Ace-spec challenge a few years ago. While I did not see any obvious signs of asexuality, the book is clean and does not squish in a sweeping romance amid its other plot twists.
What I liked: The world building was superb. I appreciated the mythology and history that the author had clearly put a lot of thought into, and it was easy to visualize the aviaries, castles, training grounds, and landscapes. There were also some really beautiful scenes that included breathtaking flying. I liked these a lot.
What I didn't like: When I got to the end (after some 50 pages of sneak peek of the author's other books), the author indicated that the book had originally been serialized on Wattpad, and all of a sudden the lack of plot made sense. That doesn't mean I have to like it. I'm afraid I can't even give this book the honor of calling it episodic because that implies that there were many instances of conflict-climax-resolution, but by the time we got to the end, nothing had been resolved (NOTHING). The only character who got much development was a lieutenant who doesn't even get a third of the content for his POV. There were plot holes big enough to distract me, and I didn't appreciate the author's attempt at humor (The drunk scene was cringe. I barely made it through).
I wish I could tell you which characters in particular bothered me, but this book fell victim to a common problem in fantasy: there were too many unpronounceable names, and many of them were similar. PSA: if you are a fantasy author and you want to make up fantasy names, DO NOT make 5 of them start with "mhy" followed by a string of consonants that don't blend. I'll never be able to remember who is who if you do that. There was a huge cast of characters in this book (fortunately most of them didn't do anything, although that begs the question of why they were even there), and many of them had names that were difficult to pronounce. This resulted in a lot of confusion, which may have contributed to my inability to grasp the point of all this.
I did not hate this book, but I won't be reading the sequel. It would need to reconsider where characters are meant to be making important decisions and reevaluate the cast, character names, and inconsistent POV.
This book was recommended to me as part of an Ace-spec challenge a few years ago. While I did not see any obvious signs of asexuality, the book is clean and does not squish in a sweeping romance amid its other plot twists.
What I liked: The world building was superb. I appreciated the mythology and history that the author had clearly put a lot of thought into, and it was easy to visualize the aviaries, castles, training grounds, and landscapes. There were also some really beautiful scenes that included breathtaking flying. I liked these a lot.
What I didn't like: When I got to the end (after some 50 pages of sneak peek of the author's other books), the author indicated that the book had originally been serialized on Wattpad, and all of a sudden the lack of plot made sense. That doesn't mean I have to like it. I'm afraid I can't even give this book the honor of calling it episodic because that implies that there were many instances of conflict-climax-resolution, but by the time we got to the end, nothing had been resolved (NOTHING). The only character who got much development was a lieutenant who doesn't even get a third of the content for his POV. There were plot holes big enough to distract me, and I didn't appreciate the author's attempt at humor (The drunk scene was cringe. I barely made it through).
I wish I could tell you which characters in particular bothered me, but this book fell victim to a common problem in fantasy: there were too many unpronounceable names, and many of them were similar. PSA: if you are a fantasy author and you want to make up fantasy names, DO NOT make 5 of them start with "mhy" followed by a string of consonants that don't blend. I'll never be able to remember who is who if you do that. There was a huge cast of characters in this book (fortunately most of them didn't do anything, although that begs the question of why they were even there), and many of them had names that were difficult to pronounce. This resulted in a lot of confusion, which may have contributed to my inability to grasp the point of all this.
I did not hate this book, but I won't be reading the sequel. It would need to reconsider where characters are meant to be making important decisions and reevaluate the cast, character names, and inconsistent POV.
December 10, 2017
What a unique and captivating book. Certainly not a theme that's been attempted (that I know of) before and done so well.
While it took me a little while to fully sink my teeth into this book, which often happens when the author has created a new world with new words and names to come to terms with first, once finally immersed into the story it was a really great read.
Miss Lusher has done an amazing job creating an extraordinary world for us to escape into, to explore and to enjoy. Once immersed in the Overworld you'll find it hard to put the book down and come back to earth.
If I had to nitpick one thing, a pronunciation guide would help readers like myself to know that they're reading names and places and using the correct pronunciation to do so.
While it took me a little while to fully sink my teeth into this book, which often happens when the author has created a new world with new words and names to come to terms with first, once finally immersed into the story it was a really great read.
Miss Lusher has done an amazing job creating an extraordinary world for us to escape into, to explore and to enjoy. Once immersed in the Overworld you'll find it hard to put the book down and come back to earth.
If I had to nitpick one thing, a pronunciation guide would help readers like myself to know that they're reading names and places and using the correct pronunciation to do so.
July 31, 2017
Cant wait to read the sequel
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