February 2016, Pushkin Press, 384 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Book summary
Home is where the danger starts...
Oksa
Pollock's worlds are dying, and she faces her toughest challenge yet: to
bring our world, and her magical ancestral home, Edefia, back to life
again. As Earth collapses, only the power that Oksa inherits as
Graciousness will be anywhere near enough to save them. But between her
and hope lies her most wicked enemy: Ocious, the cause of all her
family's heartbreak.
There are other things on her mind, too: her
mother and her best friend Gus are trapped back in our world, her
almost-boyfriend Tugdual is behaving oddly, and her grandmother has been
lost to them altogether. If Ocious is able to take someone else close
to Oksa, the future of both worlds would be in greater danger than
ever...
Nayu's thoughts
Oksa shines so brightly in this part of
her adventure! It's far from the end though, there are a total of 6 or 7 books. It took me a few weeks
to read this, as I was never in the right mood for more than a few
chapters, sometimes even 1 was a struggle. Part of what makes Oksa's
tale so readable is the realism of the disasters that face both
worlds she inhabits. These days I need happier reads, hence reading
Oksa a bit at a time. That changed about half way through the book,
when I couldn't stop reading because despite the horrendous situations
Oksa found herself in she is sparklier than a diamond.
Her essence as
a Gracious (if that makes sense), all her insecurities and very human
fears as well as her resolve to do her best for everyone she cares
about dazzled me. She most definitely outshines Harry Potter in my
eyes, which I have said before. She deals with events that a person should only deal with once in
their lifetime, if they have to deal with something. She has little
rest between chaotic goings on, but it's because of the support of
her non-human entourage as well as those who love her which help Oksa
regenerate her inner strength. I smiled so much more than I frowned
because Oksa is blossoming as a young Gracious and it is marvellous
to watch unravel.
I am highly annoyed that these aren't available as
audiobooks yet-German ones on Audible are useless as I don't speak
German, and I can't find the French ones. I really want these as
audiobooks please! That's my plea to the publisher over. While Oksa's
books can be read out of order, to understand multiple continued plot
threads I recommend starting with the earlier books which I have read
and reviewed as follows:
Find out more on the dedicated website. Oh, if you don't know the books are originally in French and the entire series is out. It's the English series which is currently being published.
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