Book Review of The True World
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The Storyteller Series
Storyteller
Book I: The True World
Lily
Lightfoot can make weird things happen, just by telling a story. It’s a gift
she can’t always control, making her the queen of seventh grade outcasts. She
can’t make a million dollars appear out of thin air or make it rain cupcakes,
but it’s not for lack of trying. More than anything, she wants to see her mom,
who’s left her in the care of her unconventional grandmother, Gwendolyn, and
her only friend, Peter.
When
Lily finds a strange fairytale book, she’s drawn into a fantasy world where her
mother waits for her. When her grandmother admits to Lily they are fairies,
hiding in this world from dark forces in another place, Lily is convinced the
book she’s been reading is real. According to the book, those dark forces now
threaten to destroy her mother. What Lily doesn’t know is they are already
hunting her as well. Despite the dire warnings of Gwendolyn and Peter, Lily
embarks on a mission to find a way into the fantasy world to save her mom. The
events she sets into motion with the telling of a story will change all of
their lives forever.
Storyteller
Book II: The Quest of Galamar
The
second book in the Storyteller Series, “The Quest of Galamar”, continues the
tale of Lily Lightfoot and her friends Peter Everheart and Heather
Whipple. Now that they’ve found their way into the True World, the
friends must rely on the help of Lord Gabriel, an enchanted elf, now a
manticore, to find Lily’s captured grandmother, Gwendolyn.
Gabriel
sends the three friends to find the full moon amulet, hidden deep in the
mountains and guarded by a fierce dragon. The amulet, one of four
moonstones created ages ago by the fabled elf warrior Galamar, holds the power
of the Northern Portal keeper, Ironblood the dragon. Whoever possesses
all four amulets has the power to recreate or destroy the True World.
Gabriel’s brother, Lord Kane, will stop at nothing to have the ancient powers
for himself and keep Lily from fulfilling the Prophecy of Galamar.
On
their epic journey, Lily learns more about magic, friendship, the power of
forgiveness and finding the strength we all possess inside.
Storyteller
Book III: The Last Page
When
her story began in Storyteller: The True World, Lily Lightfoot didn’t
know she was a fairy with the power to make things happen, just by telling a
story, but then everything changed. Now she’s on a quest to save the True World
with only a few friends to help her. Her mother and her best friend captured,
it’s up to Lily to complete the Quest of Galamar – a centuries old fairy
tale. All she has to do is figure out how to turn back time. Easy, right?
In
Storyteller Book II: The Quest of Galamar, Gabriel sent the three
friends to find the Full Moon Amulet, hidden deep in the mountains and guarded
by a fierce dragon. The amulet, one of four moonstones created ages ago by the
fabled elf warrior Galamar, holds the power of the Northern Portal keeper,
Ironblood the dragon. Whoever possesses all four amulets has the power to
recreate or destroy the True World. Gabriel’s brother, Lord Kane, will stop at
nothing to have the ancient powers for himself and keep Lily from fulfilling
the Prophecy of Galamar.
The
amulet recovered, Lily loses her guardian and best friend in the process. The
only way to save him is to face the remaining portal keepers, the Griffin and
the Harpy, and Lord Kane himself. As the True World prepares for an epic
battle, Lily races to find those she loves and fulfill the ancient quest before
it’s too late.
Author Bio
Lisa,
like most writers, began scribbling silly notes, stories, and poems at a very
young age. Born in North Carolina, the South proved fertile ground to her
imagination with its beautiful white sand beaches and red earth. In fifth
grade, she wrote, directed and starred in a play “The Queen of the Nile” at
school, despite the fact that she is decidedly un-Egyptian looking.
Perhaps that’s why she went on to become a real life archaeologist?
Unexpectedly
transplanted to Idaho as a teenager, Lisa learned to love the desert and the
wide open skies out West. This is where her interest in cultures, both
ancient and living, really took root, and she became a Great Basin
archaeologist. However, the itch to write never did leave for long. Her
first books became the middle grade fantasy trilogy, The Storyteller
Series. Her first traditionally published work, Hush Puppy, is coming
soon from Featherweight Press.
Lisa
still lives in Idaho with her family and a menagerie of furry critters that
includes way too many llamas!
Links
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/peach83352
Facebook
Fan page https://www.facebook.com/LisaTCresswell
Pinterest
Storyteller Page
http://www.pinterest.com/peach83352/the-storyteller-series/
Storyteller
links
Smashwords
Storyteller http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/73944
B&N
Storyteller: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/storyteller-lisa-cresswell/1104562251?ean=2940011412257
Kobo
Storyteller http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Quest-of-Galamar/book-QxxSNDWRnUSjNm4d-icu1A/page1.html?s=gJatK7ciR02GtrisAbqEig&r=1
Diesel
Storyteller http://www.dieselbookstore.com/ebook/9781466041998
Storyteller
Series Pinterest page http://pinterest.com/peach83352/the-storyteller-series/
The
Quest of Galamar links
B&N
Galamar: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-quest-of-galamar-lisa-cresswell/1107712824?ean=2940032860617
Kobo
Galamar http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Storyteller/book-qV4I1eE4IEODu8XXkOM0DA/page1.html?s=gJatK7ciR02GtrisAbqEig&r=2
Diesel
Galamar http://www.dieselbookstore.com/ebook/9781466146716
The
Last Page links
Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/376709
Review:
The True World is the first in
a trilogy of The Storyteller series.
This is the start of the story of Lily and how she saves both of her
worlds. See Lily doesn’t fit into her
life. She’s different, which means she
doesn’t have a lot of friends. She gets
picked on and she makes lots of blunders.
Then on her 13th birthday she finds out she is really a half
fairy, half elf princess who is prophesied to save the world. Kind of a major problem for a girl who can’t
even make it through the week without getting in trouble at school.
This
story will draw you into both Lily’s life now and the story of her mother, Eleanor
until they come crashing together. It is
so well written than it is effortless to believe that both these worlds
exist. Vivid word pictures create a
landscape that dances in my mind’s eye.
I cannot wait to see how the rest of the story unfolds.
Return
to this blog on December 15 for part 2, Eternal
Flame, and on December 16 for part 3, The
Quest of Galamar.
I
give part one 5 out of 5 clouds. A truly
magical story.
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product or book may have been distributed for review; this in no way affects my
opinions or reviews.
