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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Review & Giveaway: Awakened by Dot Caffrey


Awakened
Dot Caffrey
(The Power Trilogy, #1)
Published by: Acorn Publishing
Publication date: August 31st 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Power and Prophecy!

Seventeen-year-old Regnaryn grew up in an idyllic land among mythical beings. She believes she is the last surviving human.

Her world begins to shatter when Evil invades her dreams, demanding she relinquish unknown powers foretold by her long-deceased mother. When Graeden, a young human male, arrives, he further disrupts her once-orderly life. Her emotions in chaos, Regnaryn flees the only home she’s ever known, only to be captured by the servants of Evil from her dreams. Now she must take a stand, confronting her late mother’s prophecy while also attempting to survive and protect those she loves.


I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. 

3 STARS

I'm on the fence about this book. On one hand, it was interesting enough for me to finish it, but on the other hand, it felt like there were some missing parts. There were all of these hard-to-pronounce names of animals (heck and the humans) plus there was very little detail of what anyone looked like. This was frustrating for me. I like to try and envision the story exactly how the author wants but I had no idea what anyone looked like. I was 30% in before I realized that Regnaryn's family weren't human. They were yeckals and I think they looked sort of like large white felines, but they wore clothes and moved like humans, so I pictured them walking around on two feet. Basically I pictured a white furred version of that Tigress lady from the Hunger Games. 


Also, time passed in huge gaps. One chapter it would be spring and then the next it would be winter. It was a little confusing. I also felt like there should have been more back story. It seemed like the book was unnecessarily long in an attempt to build the world, which didn't really pan out, in my opinion. The book is categorized as Young Adult but there is one detailed sex scene, which isn't YA, in my opinion. I was all ready to let my 12 year old daughter read the book (she loves mythical creatures and would have eaten up the "love story" between Regnaryn & Graeden) until the sex scene.

Like I said, the plot kept me interested enough to finish and I cared enough about the characters to learn what happened to them, but I'm not sure if I will be continuing the series. 



Author Bio:

I was born and raised in New York, mostly on Long Island not “The City”. After high school, I moved to California and then did a three-year stint in the Navy before going to college and getting a Microbiology/Medical Technologist degree.
According to my Dad, I’ve been a storyteller from the time I began talking (which was at a very young age). But, it wasn’t until a few years ago that I decided to take my passion for writing and my love for all things magical or mythical seriously and set out to write fantasy novels.

When I’m not at my day job or writing, I enjoy creating and wearing costumes (cosplay), playing video games (though, I’m not very good at it) and watching NHL hockey and assorted other things many of which are merely time wasters. Of course, hanging out with my friends and my cats also pleasantly fills my time. 


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