I know you’ve heard this a million and one times but I wanted to share a book with you called The Eleventh Age by Luthien Kennedy. I received a PDF copy of the book from Voracious Readers in exchange for this review. Inside this post are my affiliate links which if you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
First and foremost The Eleventh Age by Luthien Kennedy. is the first book in the series and the second book has been printed yet which is a downfall for those of us wanting to read the second story. For me the beginning was a little slow and there was so much history I feel like I missed parts of the book.
Being a YA novel I want to see if Charlie or his friends want to read the book then I will sit down with them and re-read the book as well giving me a chance to read parts I didn’t pick up on the first time. As for David this book might be a little hard for him to read and understand so I didn’t ask or offer to read the book with him.
I did enjoy how the main character had to learn the rules of magic and consider the implications of knowing versus not knowing the future. In the story there is things learned, and there were consequences. Having this part of the story made the whole thing seem much more realistic.
Charlies friend Bradley and Charlie read the description of the book and came to the conclusion that its a Coming-of-Age Epic Fantasy. I mentioned to them there was magic, lore, and races thoroughly thought out and this caught Bradley’s attention and he said he would like to read the book with his girlfriend Ghost. Once Charlie heard this he also said he wouldn’t mind reading the book in his Homeschool Reading Class.
The novel opens with a modern-age saga, entwining the threads of a long-forgotten war, the mythical Stones of Power, and the call to destiny for a young girl named Elli Foote. Come along with us on the journey of this story but remember at times it may seem to drag on or get boring but if you push through like I did you may enjoy the story and want to read more books by this Author or at least that is what happened for me.
About the book:
To some, this is the modern age saga of a long-forgotten war and the slaughter that resumed millennia later, at the opening of the twin gates— the day she was born. To others, this is the story of the magic of the five races (seven, if you count spirits and beasts) and the fight to gain control of the mythical Stones of Power— objects allegedly imbued with such monstrous forces, it’s said they once held all of humanity in a perpetual state of peace, though she found that hard to believe. To the girl she was yesterday, this was once nothing more than an incomplete fairytale her father read to her as a child. Now, she must face the improbable truth of the matter: to Fate, this is the story of her call to destiny.
But this was not the truth Elli Foote was looking for. Elves and fairies and maniacal wizards bent on her destruction? Strange dreams of the day of her birth, the stench of battle, barely escaped, still lingering like death in her nostrils sixteen years later? It was impossible, yet there she was, her life of lies unraveling before her, the spells, curses, potions, and other such imaginary sorcery that supposedly bound her under her father’s protection all these years, swiftly undone, chased away in the night by blood wraiths and seers and Nobles in black cloaks, talking of prophecy. Talking of her!
Her father had spent her whole life making certain she knew nothing but happiness, in a world that fought, bled, wept, and died for her. Now she has no choice but to run. The bloodthirsty ruler of the wizards, Roviello Tofal, would kill her for what she is… an elf… kill her for the Peace Stone— the Stone of Hope, born into this world with her the very day the gates opened and her fate was sealed.
Ten ages past the Fall of Humankind, the Prophecy of The Last Hope of the Elves is complete. In this Eleventh Age, everything must change, for Hope Lives.
A captivating adventure for teens, young adults, and mature audiences alike, this first Coming-of-Age Epic Fantasy novel, in author Luthien T. Kennedy’s Eleventh Age series, weaves all of the enchantment of a High Fantasy into a world of contemporary magical realism. Steeped in legends, mythology, history, and prophetic revelations, full of mystical creatures of lore and supernatural beings, who turn out to be ever-so human, teeming with everyday heroes living their lives of anguish and triumph, just like anyone else, and overflowing with magic of every making, in The Eleventh Age there are countless lessons for Elli Foote to learn, as the budding heroine embarks upon her first journey of love and loss that will break your heart and make you long for more.
Can Elli become the hope her people need, the hope Fate expects her to be?
Meet the Author: by Luthien T. Kennedy (Author)
Luthien T. Kennedy
A renaissance girl, Luthien T. Kennedy wears many hats, from devoted wife and mother of three, to painter, writer, and composer, from perpetual student of all religions, the myths and legends that shape us, and the human condition that often breaks us, to costume designer for high school musicals and rescuer of needy creatures everywhere—just ask all the front porch cats.
In her work, she draws influence from Fantasy world-builders such as Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Patrick Rothfus (who needs to finish), Cornelia Funke, and J.K. Rowling as well as from Science Fiction masters like Douglas Adams and Robert A. Heinlein. She does not write small (if you are hoping for pulp) or believe in doing things halfway (her every character has flesh and bones), because she knows everyone is on a journey and sometimes the best way to understand our own path is through the pages of a good book.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
