Publisher: Odyssey Books
Release Date: November 30, 2019
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Terror was within. Terror was without.
Like her mother, she was at the water’s mercy.
In the enchanted world of Aeolia, fifteen-year-old Esme Silver faces her hardest task yet. She must master her unruly Gift—the power to observe the past—and uncover the secrets she needs to save her mother, Ariane.
In between attending school in the beguiling canal city of Esperance, Esme and her friends—old and new—travel far and wide across Aeolia, gathering the ingredients for a potent magical elixir.
Their journey takes them to volcanic isles, sunken ruins and snowy eyries, spectacular places fraught with danger, where they must face their deepest fears and find hope in the darkest of places.
My Review 🧡
Reading Esme's Gift literally transports you to a different world, giving you a view of breathtaking and unimaginable scenery, introduces you to rich, colorful characters that blend perfectly with all the characters from the first book. It all gives you that escape that makes stories so incredible.
Finding out all the answers to the questions I had from the previous book was so satisfying, and all the action and adventure was perfection. There were a few things I wish I could've witnessed but these instances were eluded to, and my imagination did the rest of the work, but I would've still loved to read how much further the author would've taken it.
Though this is geared more towards youth readers, I found this book immensely enjoyable and highly recommend for all readers.
My Rating: ★★★★★
About the Author
Elizabeth Foster read avidly as a child, but only discovered the joys of writing some years ago, when reading to her own children reminded her how much she missed getting lost in other worlds. Once she started writing, she never looked back. Elizabeth lives in Sydney, Australia, where she is hard at work on the third and last novel in the Esme series. Much of her inspiration comes from nature, especially the ocean.
*I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Prism Book Tours . All views and opinions are completely honest, and my own.
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