Faelorehn is a MUST-READ for all of you paranormal romance fans!
If you're looking for an intoxicating read filled with romance,
adventure, mystery, and uniqueness the Otherworld is the place for you.
Faelorehn was the catalyst to my obsessive, compulsive addiction for the
paranormal, romance genre. It is the first book of an exhilarating
trilogy that I delight to read time and time again. An amazing prose where
the characters come to life and the places are forever embedded into the memory as the realm to constantly wish to revisit. Even though
each book in the trilogy, the novellas as well, is so much more amazing that the one before it, it is a must read as it
is the base for a beautifully written tale. Prepare yourselves for
ghastly creatures, magic, otherworldly abilities and the beginning of
beautiful chaos.
Author Jenna Elizabeth Johnson invented
twist after twist using her Celtic Mythology studies and combining it
with an imagination that is not lacking in love , relatability,and astonishment. Writing in itself is hard enough but to bring characters
to life that readers feel they know as their own close, personal friends
or walk in their shoes takes an enormous amount of talent.
It really is
astonishing that she was able to use mythological beings from Celtic
history and create characters with animated and boisterous personalities that force
you to love or hate them.
The details in the imagery will have you picturing either a swampland in California or a more exotic location such as the beautiful Scotland. The descriptions are excplicitly, vivid. Mad Kudos to the author and thank you for my new home.
By human standards Meghan Elam fits the description of the ultimate misfit. With undiagnosed characteristics, unusual abilities, and a haunting past she is a person with a tender demeanor and pure heart that I couldn't help by admire.
Cade is a mysterious, bounty hunter from the Otherworld who protects humans from creatures that will haunt their nightmares forever. He is also known as Ehriad: Unwanted, with ties to no one. He is the keeper of the keys to Meghan's identity.
The chemistry between Meghan and Cade is absolutely intoxicating. Though intially weary of the unexplained attraction, denying the growing intensity surrounding their thoughts becomes too overwhelming for either to continue to deceive themselves. Their interaction between the two is sparse as both are misfits of their own realm and neither understand how to cope as unexpected insecurities arise. It is, however, better to have the love and support of a few than than the misconception of acception from many. Thankfully, they both have those few to infuse their personalities with the sweet, thoughtful qualities some themselves can never harness. The havoc of the Otherworld and unbelievable secrets regarding their heritage threatens to separate them. Courage and sacrificing self-depreciation is what will bind them.
The creatures battled in both the human and Otherworld realms are monstorous. The details are descriptive enough to get a perfect mental picture. It's honestly pretty gruesome. Unless one is an immortal Faelorehn they are invisible to the human eye due to their glamour (magical concealment). Bittersweet inventions that add to the unique quality of the story.
Though the Otherworld includes several mythological intentites, only one Godess is revealed in the first story. The Morrigan, the Godess of war and utter chaos. Deceiving and spiteful in her ways, trouble is around every corner. Overcoming the most powerful Godess of the Otherworld creates quite the exciting atmosphere for an expectant reader.
Keep in mind the primary targets for this particular series are young adults. There is teenage angst and qualities
that may at first seem mundane, but the readers who dive head first into
the Otherworld are pleasantly suprised to find the details to be meticulously placed clues for the grand finale. There is a well balanced flow between complex writing and the teenage perspective making it enjoyable for audiences of every age group. Adults between the ages of 21-45 have shamelessly admitted to reading the trilogy several times.
FYI: The romance level between the male and
female protagonists, Meghan and Cade, is maintained at a G level.
Parents can rest easy knowing that their children aren't being exposed
to erotic, adult material.
To learn more about the chart climbing series you'll have to read it for yourselves ;).
Faelorehn currently has an overall rating of 4 stars on Amazon. Let's help raise it to five by leaving a review of your own!
I would like to take a moment express my frustrations of the reviews left by people who sounded like they were thumbing there way through a magazine. If you skipped more pages than you read, or did not find the time to actually complete the book that hardly qaulifies you to leave a justifiable review.
(For those of you who feel Cade's role was a bit vague in Faelorehn be sure to check out Ehriad, the accompanying novella. It does not disappoint.)
