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Emm Cole

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The Short Life of Sparrows (2014) 27 kappaletta
Merminia (2012) 14 kappaletta
Keeping Merminia (Merminia, #2) (2013) 6 kappaletta

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My original The Short Life of Sparrows audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

The Short Life of Sparrows by Emm Cole follows the coming of age of Calli, a Seer. Apart from humans, women who are Seers live together. Starting from the age of 18, Seers have been cursed with dreams depicting real life evils things that humans do. Their men, Nightbloods, live separately and conduct their own related business. Calli, on the verge of her 18th birthday, is frustrated by the world around her and dreading her awakening, the first dream of the evil doing of humans that she has. Isaiah is an ordinary young man, an orphan, looking for a job. Despite everything that he’s heard about the Seers, he decides to apply for and take a job with Lil, Calli’s aunt. When Calli’s awakening dream reveals something about her own future and Isaiah’s involvement in it, Calli is livid and scared. While she works to subvert a dream that she knows will come to pass, Isaiah tries to focus on getting his job done and stay out of the lives of the Seers and Nightbloods.

What a magical story! There are so many moving pieces that work together to create a powerful, beautiful, and distinct story. It’s a story about love, romantic and among family, but also the love that develops among true friends. The story is peppered with darkness, romance, and prejudice. Calli is a headstrong and sometimes infuriating, but also endearing, woman. Isaiah is a stubborn and solemn man, but with a big heart. Each of the other characters in the village and among the Nightbloods, good and bad, are really unique. The story blends the developing, strengthening and changing relationships between Calli, Isaiah, and their friends and relatives, with the tragedy of the Seer and Nightblood lives. The end is powerful and memorable and brings tears to the eyes. I highly recommend!

The narration by Pamela Lorence was well done. The emotions and the personalities of the characters really came through in each voicing and I was engrossed in the story, a mark of a great narrator. The production quality was good as well. I would recommend this novel to anyone who likes beautiful depicted paranormal fantasies with a bit of darkness.

Audiobook was provided for review by the author.
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audiobibliophile | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jul 26, 2016 |
A story with two main characters that tell your their stories that keeps your attention from beginning to end! The revelations that come are the ones you want for each character, the twists involved are heart-wrenching! A thoroughly well written book! Recommended read for anyone that enjoys stories of witches and warlocks and coming of age!!
I received a free copy of this book from Audiobook Blast in exchange for an honest review!
 
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dne2004 | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 8, 2016 |
The Short life of Sparrows is very interesting and delightfully rich in imagination. A very well written story with characters that draw the reader in right from the beginning, and keeping them there with intriguing twists and turns. Beautifully written and completely unique, be ready for a story that sucks you in but refuses to let you go after its finished. Captivating and Educative read, highly recommended!
 
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Goodness01 | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 15, 2015 |
There is something about the word underneath the waves that is so alluring to me. The salt water, the sand, the beauty of a world so deep that those of us with legs rarely get to experience it. This book had all of that and so much more.

Merminia is the story of Selinne, a Merminian mermaid who is the sister of her tribe's leader. Their tribe is at odds with another, the Litiants, a rather bloodthirsty tribe on a quest for an object long lost to the undersea kingdoms. Selinne finds herself in the middle of it, caught between two tribes and two loves.

The mythology of this undersea world is creative and inventive. The differing tribes of mermaids have not only differing ideologies and traditions, but they are physically very different. Some of the mermaids are portrayed in a more whimsical way (like Disney's version of The Little Mermaid), others like the merpeople in Harry Potter, and others that are the warriors of the ocean.

Selinne is headstrong and powerful in her own right, but there are moments of "mermaidy" behavior (picking up a shiny piece of jewelry after a battle) that make her a more traditional mermaid. Gabriel is a warrior, a member of the enemy Litiant tribe who walks into Selinne's life at the worst possible moment and turns it on edge. He is a bit cagey and conflicted and often a complete contraditction, which gives him a lot of depth as a character. Aramis is a fellow Merminian and Selinne's other potential love interest. I am thoroughly on Team Aramis, although the triangle makes Selinne's story. He is completely devoted to Selinne, but he is not the self-pitying, stalking, or mopey kind of guy. He is there for her no matter what and in any capacity he can be I love him!

Things to love...

--The alternating 3rd person POVs. I like being able to get in the heads of different key characters.
--The world and the mythology.

My Recommendation: I loved the blend of new and traditional mythology to create an entirely new world! A great read!
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Kiki870 | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2014 |

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8
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