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Tour Review: Child of the Sacred Earth - Alicia Michaels


Reviewer: Bex
Rating 4 out of 5 Fairies
I thoroughly enjoyed Alicia Michaels' latest installment in her The Lost Kingdom of Fallada series. It was a great read and was once again a book that was well-crafted and easy to absorb. The main character Jocylene was a character that I enjoyed from the start. I was able to empathize with her and readily wanted to follow her journey.

 Her journey, just as book one, is a pretty epic one. The author creates such a vivid fantasy world, it's impossible not to get caught up in it. Also like book one, there is a clear romance running through, yet remarkable and refreshingly, the author doesn't follow the same pattern. She really mixes it up with book two. We are introduced to the strong and determined Rothatin, who is a fierce and loyal warrior. We are also introduced to Eli, a complex, yet utterly gorgeous shifter. Cue fireworks and frustration!

 I was most definitely left wanting more, yet I was also a little frustrated with the development of the relationships between the characters. There's a major build up with an inconclusive ending. yes, this left me wanting more, but it also left me feeling a little disappointed.

I eagerly await book three.

Synopsis
Get a degree, get a job, save adorable foster siblings from the clutches of the evil foster mom …

These are Jocylene Sanders’ top priorities as she enters her sophomore year of college. The last thing she expects is to find herself the champion of an entire kingdom. However, that is just what happens when the mysterious Faerie, Rothatin Longspear, appears to her, tasking her with saving a parallel world full of creatures from her wildest dreams.

Jocylene journeys with him into the world of Fallada, hoping for answers about her birth parents and background. What she finds is a mystifying past, and an even more uncertain future, as her heart becomes entangled with the stoic, battle-hardened Rothatin, as well as Eli, the untroubled Panther Shifter with no loyalties and no home. With her heart and soul pulled in so many directions, can Jocylene find the strength needed to become the savior one nation so desperately needs?
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Prequel: Beyond The Iron Gate (A Lost Kingdom of Fallada Novella)
Categories: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairytales, Mythology, Paranormal
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing

Blurb: In the year 1845, before the mystical land of Fallada was separated from the realm of men forever, the two worlds coexisted in harmony. Man could mingle freely in the world of the Elves and Faeries at will and peace reigned. In the hills of Shropshire, England, just miles from the gate separating the village of Ludlow from the world of mystical creatures, farmer’s daughter Zara Wells longs for answers.

It is not only the golden hair that trail feet behind her, or the strange hue of her violet eyes that separates her from the other girls her village. There is something inside of her, something touched by magic that longs to know more about what lies on the other side of the gate. In Fallada, darkness has begun to spread. As the youngest and most beautiful girls of her village begin to disappear, Zara comes closer to discovering the true circumstances surrounding her birth. Little does she know, that the closer she comes to the answers she so desperately desires, the closer she will come to being ensnared in the dark queen’s web of growing treachery.

Purchase Links
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Kingdom-Fallada-Novella-ebook/dp/B00BW9FHOM/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369487611&sr=1-5&keywords=alicia+michaels
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-the-iron-gate-alicia-michaels/1114956979?ean=2940016629193
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/296875

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Comments

  1. Unknown29 August 2013 at 02:50

    I like fairytale remakes a lot. I like Once Upon a Time. Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters was good. Jack the Giant Slayer was pretty good too. Thank you for the giveaway. aidansmama77@yahoo.com

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  2. Scaramouche29 August 2013 at 17:00

    I like the remakes. My favourit at the moment is Red Riding Hood :)

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  3. Bobbye Hope29 August 2013 at 22:14

    I love the princess bride movie

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  4. Unknown30 August 2013 at 03:00

    I like The beauty and the beast and Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters

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  5. Chynarey30 August 2013 at 03:24

    I love when a author puts an adult spin on Goldie Locks and the Three Bears... The best that has been made for tv is Beauty and the Beast...

    caiidynsmommie at gmail dot com

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  6. lea30 August 2013 at 03:40

    I like remakes, my favorite is red riding hood.

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  7. Unknown30 August 2013 at 04:53

    Love fairytale remakes

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  8. Unknown30 August 2013 at 22:55

    Call me silly but I love Tangled

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