With stories like Harry Potter, Twilight, and the Percy Jackson series, fantasy fiction has become extremely popular over the past decade. If you're looking to fulfill your fantasy fix, read this review by 9th grader Katie Rose H., one of our Teen Advisory Board members.----------------------------
Have you ever been hurt so badly that all you wish is that the pain will go away, no matter what? In the world of The Shifter by Janice Hardy, some people can do just that. Called Healers, they take away pain, and transfer it into a special metal called pynvium. Except one Healer can do more than just that. Her name is Nya. She is unable to put the pain that she draws into pynvium, but she can put it into people. This talent comes in handy when her sister, Tali, disappears and Nya panics. Her sister is the only family that she has left, and she needs her. So she decides to use her talent in... less than moral ways. Inside her is a raging battle between how far she will go for her sister, and how much of herself she wants to hold onto. However, for her and, well, the whole city, a much more terrifying threat looms. The Duke, the power-hungry, amoral, heartless, tyrant of a man, returns his attentions to the city of Geveg. You just know that it's not good when one girl and her friends decide that he is their next target.
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Many fantasy books have the potential to turn into series. Katie Rose says, "No names yet, but by the ending of the book, I have a big hunch that there will be a sequel." And her hunch is correct--check out Janice Hardy's blog, The Other Side of the Story, for the latest news and updates about the process of writing her Healing Wars trilogy. She's currently hard at work editing Book 2, which has yet to be titled.
If you like the sound of this book, you might also like Graceling by Kristin Cashore. In Graceling, some people are gifted with an innate special skill or power called a Grace, and Katsa struggles to come to terms with hers, which is the power to kill.
4 COMMENTS!:
I like your review! The story sounds really cool.
So is there any finality to the story though?
How open ended is the book, seeing as it is set up to become part of a series?
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Thanks for the review! The book has a complete ending and doesn't leave you hanging. BUt there is a larger overall story that will span all three books.
Wow, thanks for commenting back on our blog, Janice! We're looking forward to your next book.
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