In a post apocalyptic Scotland, two young warriors must battle to free their clan from a shadowy, half mythic evil.
I struggled over how to rate this. It's well written, the back story is given at just the right pace, Agatha as a heroine is fantastic and Jamie's not far behind, the story is good...but I was never compelled to get back to it, or desperate to know what was going to happen. I've been reading it in bits and pieces for a few days now, rather than over a day or two as I usually do.
There's nothing wrong with it. For the right reader it would be a great read. I'll promote it as hard as I can, because we need more heroes like Aggie. It just didn't hook me, and I'm sorry for that.
In a mythic Scotland, two unlikely heroes must make a dangerous journey to save their people.
Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who protects her people by patrolling the high walls of their island home. She is proud of her job, though some in her clan whisper that it is meant to keep her out of the way because of the condition she was born with.
Jaime, thoughtful and anxious, is an Angler, but he hates the sea. Worse, he’s been chosen for a duty that the clan hasn’t required for generations: to marry. The elders won’t say why they have promised him to a girl in a neighboring clan, but there are rumors of approaching danger.
When disaster strikes and the clan is kidnapped, it is up to Agatha and Jaime to travel across the haunted mainland of Scotia to Norveg, with help along the way from a clan of nomadic Highland bull riders and the many animals who are drawn to Agatha’s extraordinary gift of communication. Thrilling and dark yet rich with humor and compassion, this is the first book in the Shadow Skye trilogy, written by a wonderful new voice in fantasy and introducing a welcome new kind of hero.
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