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Pler #4
Blizzard
Lanna is hunted.
With her group of erratic friends and allies, she has no choice but to cross the Empire and join the only people to stand against Ashioto, the Midlands Rebellion- also known as The Red Lotus.
With the rebels, Lanna finds as many secrets as the palace she left behind and questions her allegiance. Has she simply traded one master for another? What price will she pay for her freedom from Ashioto? Will a war really better the nation?
Yet these are the only people that can keep her safe from both the Emperor and the looming Augmented threat. With limited options, she must follow orders.
But Lanna of the clans will never bend her head to anyone again and that vow might cost her everything.
With her group of erratic friends and allies, she has no choice but to cross the Empire and join the only people to stand against Ashioto, the Midlands Rebellion- also known as The Red Lotus.
With the rebels, Lanna finds as many secrets as the palace she left behind and questions her allegiance. Has she simply traded one master for another? What price will she pay for her freedom from Ashioto? Will a war really better the nation?
Yet these are the only people that can keep her safe from both the Emperor and the looming Augmented threat. With limited options, she must follow orders.
But Lanna of the clans will never bend her head to anyone again and that vow might cost her everything.
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2023
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About the author
Anna Velfman
8 books27 followersIn another life, Anna Velfman graduated from Stirling University with an Environmental Science degree and moved to the Shetland islands having just got married. Later she returned to mainland Scotland to train as a teacher. However, having written online for years as a way to help manage her dyslexia, she decided she would be happier aiming to write full time.
When she is not writing, she can be found gaming on the PC she built, painting and sewing (badly,) watching anime and Kdramas, walking her dog, riding her bright blue ebike, or chatting with her readers on discord. She loves living in Scotland, where she is raising two boys with her husband.
She has a bi-monthly (sometimes) Podcast called Writer Rambles where she talks about her writing and chats to other authors about their work.
When she is not writing, she can be found gaming on the PC she built, painting and sewing (badly,) watching anime and Kdramas, walking her dog, riding her bright blue ebike, or chatting with her readers on discord. She loves living in Scotland, where she is raising two boys with her husband.
She has a bi-monthly (sometimes) Podcast called Writer Rambles where she talks about her writing and chats to other authors about their work.
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February 25, 2023
To start off my review; I received an advanced ready copy in exchange for honest feedback and thoughts.
I have been following Velfman's career both on and offline for about fifteen years and have no shame in saying reading her name still sends shivers down my previous teenage spine because I have never had any trouble getting lost in the worlds she creates.
Being the 4th saga in the Pler series, Blizzard was always going to have a big task of carrying on the action and suspense after the initial trilogy finished. Our main character Lanna, is dealing with a mammoth task ahead of her and frankly, how on earth is she going to accomplish such a huge thing all by herself?
As readers, we're still lost and wounded along with Lanna after the events of the previous book (Avalanche, Pler #3). What surprised me most about this installment is the sheer amount of comraderie and sense of 'family' I so desperately needed. It contrasts beautifully with how isolated Lanna was in the previous books and how much she's unknowingly grown. Obviously even tight knit groups have their issues and Lanna faces a number of challenges she'd never really considered before.
I won't post any real spoilers here but I greatly enjoyed this and found myself on more than one occasion muttering "OMG LANNA NO" while clutching my reader.
The ending left me hanging and I will definitely be returning for more.
Lovely work!
I have been following Velfman's career both on and offline for about fifteen years and have no shame in saying reading her name still sends shivers down my previous teenage spine because I have never had any trouble getting lost in the worlds she creates.
Being the 4th saga in the Pler series, Blizzard was always going to have a big task of carrying on the action and suspense after the initial trilogy finished. Our main character Lanna, is dealing with a mammoth task ahead of her and frankly, how on earth is she going to accomplish such a huge thing all by herself?
As readers, we're still lost and wounded along with Lanna after the events of the previous book (Avalanche, Pler #3). What surprised me most about this installment is the sheer amount of comraderie and sense of 'family' I so desperately needed. It contrasts beautifully with how isolated Lanna was in the previous books and how much she's unknowingly grown. Obviously even tight knit groups have their issues and Lanna faces a number of challenges she'd never really considered before.
I won't post any real spoilers here but I greatly enjoyed this and found myself on more than one occasion muttering "OMG LANNA NO" while clutching my reader.
The ending left me hanging and I will definitely be returning for more.
Lovely work!
June 19, 2023
Great series
Read all 4 books, loved them all. So different, full of twists and surprises! Well written. Ready for more Lanna.
Read all 4 books, loved them all. So different, full of twists and surprises! Well written. Ready for more Lanna.
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