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Katie Mosher
Fantasy
Taken at author's place of Business in Barrhead
November 17, 2022
Raised in the country from a young age. Always outside in the trees or around them. Building tree forts and catching frogs. Teen life went by quickly. I had my first child at eight-teen. Married by twenty, another child at twenty-one, Divroced at twenty-five. But went and got a health care aide certificate to support the family. My writing has always been at the top of the list of my passions in love for life and poetry. I started creating stories when I was thirteen, along with poetry. Telling myself nothing will hold me back from what I want to do in my life. But becoming a writer, although what I didn't realize was, I have always been a writer.
ISBN 9780228816737
Pay no mind to the birds. Annabell has been told so many times in her sixteen years. So she did as she was told, as did her twin brothers. On a warm Easter morning they learn many of their things have been taken by crows and magpies. Now is the time their parents let them explore a place forbidden after a relative was hospitalized for psychosis. Soon their lives will be drastically changed for a charm taken from Annabell for a reason they will never truly understand. Fallen into a strange but enchanting world controlled by giant ravens, crows and a magpie boy that changed from one form to the next magically. This alone was a warning, somehow they need to get out together before their lives are forever destroyed from one heirloom passed down. But not before rescuing their brother and defeating a powerful raven. As they stay longer in this land that confuses them, they begin to change in ways that made no sense. Was this worth it? Will they ever get home to the place they are slowly forgetting?
Check out the author on GoodReads  Katie Mosher (Author of Heirloom, Lost Paragon) | Goodreads
Heirloom, Lost Paragon Review
Definitely imaginative with some neat visuals.
Cover
This cover is pretty cool. The tree mixed with structure really ties in with the build in the story. The bird to the right really balances out the negative space followed by the magpie above the title. I love how when you really look at the cover there are birds scattered across the cover. The title text really complements the cover and using the color play on the back cover author bio and description is a nice touch.
Interior
When you see that the author is a fan of the classics. You can see a few classic nods throughout the book. Even some of the content and ideas I could see coming from classic literature.
The birds speech feels off from usual speech patterns which really brings home an otherworldly sense. When you also add that the trees and castles breathing and almost seeming to be sentient really nails the feeling she was going for. A couple nice touches of culture/world building I loved was perspective of typical warrior/defence leather like clothing vs the polyester everyday clothing our three main characters wear. I do like the touch with Altair confusion to seeing the three heaving.
The mind meld idea was really cleaver and really broke up some of the dialogue segments in the story it was a nice way to expound the worlds uniqueness.
The first nod to nearly forgetting her kidnapped brother was a nice foreshadowing with what was going to happen later.
While I wish it was incorporated into the story the nod that they use their own feathers for arrow fletching’s is a cleaver idea.
The story did need more time in the oven. I did find the flash back, Sophia plot a bit confusing. The writing can seem strange and at times the human’s dialog seems weirder than even the birds.
Over all there are a lot of cool ideas and visuals in the book but I think it’s biggest struggle is in the universal flow of the story.
After Thoughts
I liked how most of the bird names are actually unique names. Adding a touch of reality to the fantasy.
Branwen meaning White Crow,
Merletta meaning Blackbird
Altair meaning Falcon
Tothello being completely unique to the book.
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