Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve
Angle Tar is an independent country, holding back the technology that’s so advanced in World. Within its boundaries, a girl called Rue trains to be a hedgewitch, half witch, half doctor. Although it’s a hugely important role within the community and commands much respect, Rue can’t help but feel she was meant for more. She yearns to know more about World and the secrets that are hidden beyond Angle Tar.
While at market one day she meets a strange looking man that invites himself to the home she shares with her teacher. When she overhears them discussing her future and the possibility of leaving her rural village for central Angle Tar, she can’t help but be excited. His name is Frith and he explains that he’s offering her a chance to unleash her full potential. She can join him and study her ability with other Talented people and he will provide her with everything else she could need, as long as she tries her best. Not one hundred percent sure what he means by Talented people or event by ‘her ability’ Rue still grabs what she sees as her only opportunity to become more than a local hedgewitch.
The first thing that strikes you while starting Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve is the mature and elegant style of writing. It does not feel like a novel aimed at young adults at all and that only adds to its brilliance. Written from three different perspectives the novel gives you a great insight into the way that future has changed the nations and counties into whole new regions. This makes the setting feel more realistic and the tale unfolds as the characters eventually come together. Although there is a romantic thread to this novel, it’s one of the numerous plot lines to keep you hooked and therefore makes this book accessible for girls and boys or men and women alike. With captivating characters, intriguing lands and secrets yet to be explored Fearsome Dreamer will literally leave you shouting out for the follow-up novel.
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