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The Year of the Great Seventh

by Teresa Orts (Goodreads Author)

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L said: " Refreshingly eclectic and enriching this outstanding debut novel will leave you in awe!

Totally unexpected and surprising I was blown away by this original tale, which incorporates varying genres (despite being classified as ‘young adult’). Delicatel Refreshingly eclectic and enriching this outstanding debut novel will leave you in awe!

Totally unexpected and surprising I was blown away by this original tale, which incorporates varying genres (despite being classified as ‘young adult’). Delicately interweaving contrasting settings; from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the city that never sleeps and high school, you are taken on an impressive journey of such scope. The core of this book is a teenage romance and yet the exquisitely detailed historical elements, together with the fast-paced mystery make this an altogether remarkable read that is truly inspired. Underneath the richly detailed and multi-layered parts connected to Egyptian mythology, lies a sincere undertone highlighting the very essence of humanity and the power of love. I found this tale markedly effecting as it touched me by the way I was able to relate to Sophie (the main protagonist), and the realism and emotion within the story. I found myself incredibly impressed by Teresa Orts’ spectacular story, which had me glued to the pages sat in suspense for hours.

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Average girl Sophie from L.A leads a simple life, despite being surrounded by her actress friends and a-list parties. Focused and driven to strive for achieving A grades and a scholarship to NYU, her thoughts are far removed from those distractions surrounding her…until she meets the mysterious Nate Warner. Megan, Emma, Chase and Tyson (her closest friends) cannot understand why there is such an unforeseen intense attraction and deep connection between them. With the legend of Orion and Cleopatra’s secrets brought to the fore, Sophie and Nate are catapulted on an adventure that takes them to New York in search of answers to a most peculiar riddle. Time is running out for Nate…

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“Ammateus, marked by the legend of Orion, will suffocate with his own hands the life that guides him. Then he will bring the sons of Satan back from death, marking the end of all. Only the divine stone found where heaven meets earth will save her. The salvation to both lies beneath.”

Utterly hypnotic and entrancing, I was completely captivated by this compelling tale of archaic myths and ancient prophecies. The emphasis on education and striving for ones own dreams is commendable, and certainly is an element that makes this teenage read so believable. Before picking up “The year of the great seventh” I was unsure of what to expect, intrigued by how the author cleverly combined Egyptian historical facts within a young adult romance (in the vein of C.S Lewis’ Narnia). Enchanting and magical; I was swept away by the unfolding drama and acutely imaginative mystery. This has to be one of the most exciting young adult fantasy debuts this year and I predict it becoming a huge bestseller, for it is an astonishingly accomplished piece of fiction.

I am really looking forward to reading ‘the year of the great seventh- book 2’, as the spellbinding cliffhanger ending has left me wanting more! Regardless of age I would recommend this book to those who love something fresh and distinctive, and who delight in the magic which is left to our imagination.

*I won a copy of “the year of the great seventh” by Teresa Orts through a Goodreads, first-read giveaway. I would like to thank the author for this and wish them all the very best with this brilliant debut release* ...more "

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“History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past”
― John Berger, Ways of Seeing

tags: connections, future, history, mystification, past, present

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“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

tags: black, choices, harry-potter, inside-us, light, sirius, sirius-black

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“The assignment of meanings [in music] is a shifting, kaleidoscopic play, probably below the threshold of consciousness, certainly outside the pale of discursive thinking. The imagination that responds to music is personal and associative and logical, tinged with affect, tinged with bodily rhythm, tinged with dream, but concerned with a wealth of formulations for its wealth of wordless knowledge, its whole knowledge of emotional and organic experience, of vital impulse, balance, conflict, the ways of living and dying and feeling.”
― Susanne K. Langer, Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art

tags: aesthetics, music, philosophy, symbolism

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“Nothing stands still, except in our memory.”
― Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden

tags: memory, time

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“I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me”
― Burton Raffel, Beowulf

tags: beowulf, fear, fearless

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