Beyond A Darkened Shore by Jessica LeakePublished by HarperTeen on April 10th 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology, Romance, Young Adult Fiction
Format: Hardcover
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The ancient land of Éirinn is mired in war. Ciara, Princess of Mide, has never known a time when Éirinn’s kingdoms were not battling for power, or Northmen were not plundering their shores.
The people of Mide have thankfully always been safe because of Ciara’s unearthly ability to control her enemies’ minds and actions. But lately, a mysterious crow has been appearing to Ciara, whispering warnings of an even darker threat. Although her clansmen dismiss her visions as pagan nonsense, Ciara fears this coming evil will destroy not just Éirinn, but the entire world.
Then the crow leads Ciara to Leif, a young Northman leader. Leif should be Ciara’s enemy, but when Ciara discovers that he, too, shares her prophetic visions, she knows he’s something more. Leif is mounting an impressive army, and with Ciara’s strength in battle the two might have a chance to save their world.
With evil rising around them, they’ll do what it takes to defend the land they love…even if it means making the greatest sacrifice of all.
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Beyond A Darkened Shore is one of my favorite books that I have read this year. It’s full of action, adventures, mythology and romance.🙌
When I first heard about this book a while ago I immediately added it to my TBR. I fell in love with the cover and after reading the synopsis I was super intrigued, I just loved the premise of the story and after reading the book I can say that it lived up to my expectations!
When I started to read Beyond A Darkened Shore I wasn’t able to stop reading. I actually read more than 50% of the book in a day – THAT GOOD 🙌 – and I’m pretty sure I would have finished it in the same day but to be honest, I wasn’t ready to finish it! I just LOVED the story, PLUS it’s a standalone and I was terrified and excited for the ending!
The MC of this book is Ciara, Princess of Mide. She is an amazing and powerful warrior who has the incredible ability of being able to control the minds of her enemies in battle! But her abilities come with a great price… Almost everyone she knows fears her. She sometimes feels lonely and excluded from the rest of her people, including her family, and so she feels better with the drill of war and knowing that her ability can save those who she loves the most, her sisters and her people.
Then a crow tells Ciara about a war that is coming and that the only way for her to be able to win and safe those she loves the most, she will have to join forces with her enemy Leif, a Northman…. A lot of things happened when these two met, they hated each other and little by little they realizes how many things they in common they had! I loved the relationship between Ciara and Leif! This was a hate- to-love relationship, my favorite trope in books, and so I really enjoyed to read about their adventures and when they mocked each other, IT WAS FUNNY and SWOONY.
This book was amazing from beginning to end. The characters, specially Ciara, kept surprising me till the very end of the book. She proved to be someone who would do anything to protect her people, she learned how to master her powers and fought against lots of powerful creatures. Even thought she sometimes felt like she didn’t belong, she composed herself and kept fighting, she wanted to avenge those she’d lost.
Beyond A Darkened Shore was an amazing story from beginning to end and it has characters that will surprise you when you least expect it.
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About Jessica Leake
Once upon a time, Jessica Leake was a psychotherapist, but even though she loved her clients, she couldn’t stop writing. She wrote and wrote until she got her first book published, and then she wrote some more. In between all that writing she had four beautiful and hilarious children with her husband (best friend and man she’s known since high school; also hilarious), moved back to her adopted hometown of Greenville, SC, built a chicken coop, and got a bunch of chickens that poop breakfast every morning. She also has two dogs to keep the chickens in line. (The dogs made her write that last bit.)
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