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This 2020 #MaverickList nominee, hurls the reader two years into the future, a world where the rules have changed & crush is forbidden, so hold on tight as the ride is anything but smooth.   #CETReviews   #RockReviewsHS   |   @babsdraws ,  @brendenfletcher ,  @cameronMstewart ,  @ImageComics

Image from penguinrandomhouse.com Whereas June--a military prodigy--is born into an elite family in one of the wealthiest districts, Day--the country's most wanted criminal--is born into the slums. Their paths cross when Day is the prime suspect in the murder of June’s brother. As June desperately tries to avenge his death, she comes to understand that neither Day nor the Republic are as sinister or virtuous as they seem. Legend: The Graphic Novel is a fun read that not only makes a nice companion to the original text but is also capable of standing alone as a work. Moreover, reading graphic adaptations can be employed as a clever means of remaining up-to-date with currently popular literature without the investment required by the fuller works. Legend: The Graphic Novel Adapted by Leigh Dragoon Secondary G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 160pp. Published 2015 ISBN 978-0399171895 $14.99 Dystopian

Arras is slipping out of the Guild's control and Cormac Patton needs Adelice to help reestablish order. However, is the price of peace too high? Can she put aside her own personal grievances and let go of her past in order to fight for mankind's future?  This final book in the Crewel World trilogy returns Ad to Arras where she will ostensibly work with Cormac in order to avoid the undoing of existence itself. However, as might be expected Patton is duplicitous, proving that there is no honor among thieves. Unfortunately, this deception not only thwarts the protagonist but also the novel’s plot. Just as she spends too much of this tale mired in the politics of this universe, stymied by her own feelings of inadequacy, and unable to jump start her forward progression, the audience is similarly quagmired in this purgatory of Adelice’s making - hoping for a salvation that is too long in coming and does little to soothe the injuries that were sustained. Unraveled   (Crew...

Book two of the Crewel   World series starts on the exhale as the  audience  realizes that not only has the protagonist's  love triangle escaped to Earth but also that Earth is not the hollow shell that they've been led to believe it to be. Having literally rent the very fabric of her existence,  Adelice is forced to acknowledge the tangled web that comprises her past and future  – finding herself constantly torn between the questionable freedom of Earth and the gilded prison of Arraras, her lover Jost and his brother Erik, as well as her extraordinary potential as a savior and as a weapon. Moreover, she comes to realize that everyone—especially those she loves the most—hides secrets  they would kill to protect. Consequently, Adelice must choose what to fight for.  Similar to its predecessor,  Altered  is extremely engaging after the initial  hundred-page  investment. Furthermore, as this story unfolds, the reader becomes i...

Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has the rare ability to weave the very fabric of her world. Even though her parents have trained her to hide this gift–a treasonous act for which they pay dearly–she doesn’t escape detection. In fact, she is  abducted by the Guild  and forced to become a Spinster, one of the elite cadre of Fates who manipulate the minutiae of everyday life. Entangled in a web of deceit, Adelice must unravel the truth and navigate this dangerous realm in which maiden, matron, and crone live a half-live in Purgatory between all-powerful and powerless.  Although the plot  is  extraordinarily compelling, it ends with a cliff hanger and then arrogantly proclaims “End of Book One.” Not only does Albin assume that her debut novel will be received favorably enough that there will indeed be a complete series, but she also presumes that the reader be willing to continue reading it.    Such arrogance creates an inherent flaw in the narrative; ...