At first glance upon receiving this novel I was impressed. The cover was glossy and beautiful. Flicking through the book too revealed lovely pictures heading up each chapter.
The story was equally impressive. Maia lives in a land of cliff dwellers with her father the crippled-weaver Tareth. Together they arrive there as outsiders, plucked from the sea, but are accepted into the community. Alongside them are other communities such as those that look after the lizards, the Marsh Lords with their horses, the traders etc.
Then slowly bits of Maia’s past and future are revealed. She is the designated sun catcher in a land without sun and must rescue that place from the rule of the evil queen and king.
And so the quest is set in this, although first part of a trilogy, completely self-contained story. Reading the book what came across was a love of nature what with the animals such as the leopard, eagle, lizard and moths that adorn the cover. Plus the animals have names, and the relationships with the humans are close, together with a touch of magic.
I can definitely see why the author is being hyped up so much by her publishers. A brilliant debut.
(I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed here.)
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