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[echoesofbooks]

The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine (The Rivenlea Sphere #1) by Lindsay A. Franklin

ARC Review: 4* Book releases February 4, 2025 from Enclave Escape

A shattered heart, a fate foretold. The world undone by tales of old.

Emlyn DuLaine just wants to know what happened to her sister, Camille, seven years ago on the fateful day she vanished—literally. Emlyn witnessed Camille unravel and disappear, but no one believes her. Since they think she’s crazy, the least the cops could do is solve Camille’s case. Is a little closure too much to ask?

But Emlyn’s life is upended when she is pulled through a portal into the fantasyland of her childhood imaginings—a magical library holding the storyworlds of every story ever published. And trouble is brewing in the land of Rivenlea. Rogue characters threaten their plot lines, and broken classics are beginning to crumble, but Emlyn only wants to find Camille.

As she searches for her sister, Emlyn begins to learn the reality of Rivenlea and her own origins. A nefarious plot is afoot, and the line between fact and fiction is becoming hopelessly blurred. The truth threatens the storyworlds, Rivenlea, and Earth—the fabric of creation, itself.

My review: Such an interesting introduction to this series/world! But also, the end?! I need to read book 2 ASAP and figure out how Emmy fixes things. Plus that epilogue left more questions because people are sneaky and something is up!

I liked the way Emmy was trying to figure things out. Although I will admit to some minor eye-rolling at her comments about not falling into various tropes, yet she apparently missed the memo on the running into danger trope (and really my issue with that is she just basically ignored that trope; she acknowledged her actions themselves but not in relation to all the tropes she was apparently trying to avoid). I did think the reveals on her connections to things were interesting and I definitely need more info!

As a whole, I'll admit that I was actually starting to wonder how Emmy was connected to Rivenlea. I figured part of it out, but was surprised when things were revealed. Of course, the epilogue raised some more questions and something tells me that there might just be more to her connection. I did like as Emmy tried to help fix the plots and was able to start to see where things were going wrong. Her bridge theory was intriguing, and again, I'm interested in how things at the end there are going to come into play in the rest of the series/books.

**I received a complimentary copy of the book for review. Thoughts and opinions are my own**

[rj-anderson]

✨💎✨COVER REVEAL✨💎✨ 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙡𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. Banished from her underground home by Betony, the queen of the Cornish piskeys, young Ivy sets out to forge a new life for herself in the world above. But a deadly threat lingers in the mine, and Ivy cannot bear to see her people suffer while Betony refuses to believe. Somehow she must convince the queen to let them go. ✨ Her mission only becomes more complicated when Ivy starts to dream of the ancient battles between her ancestors and the spriggan folk. Who is the strange boy in her visions? Could her glimpses of his past help Ivy find a new home for her fellow piskeys? ✨ To find the answers, Ivy must outfly vicious predators, outwit cunning enemies, and overcome her own greatest fears. And when evil threatens the people Ivy loves best, it will take all her courage, faith, and determination to save them. ✨ NOMAD is Book Two of the Flight and Flame Trilogy, and will be released in limited edition hardcover in November 2020. US readers can also preorder it right now at bit.ly/Nomad-Book for the fantastic sale price of $13.99... but hurry, the sale won’t last long! . . . . #yafantasy #IreadYA #fairybooks #fae #rjandersonwriter #preorder #coverlove #coverreveal #enclavepublishing #november2020 #nomad #nomadbook #flightandflametrilogy #EnclaveEscape #christianfantasy #piskey #pixie #pisky #cornishpiskey #cornishpisky #cornishpixie #spriggan #spriggans https://www.instagram.com/p/CAc2HWSAEYW/?igshid=197s2gwtiky0k

[novelnoviceya]

✨ COVER REVEAL! ✨ DUST by @karaswansonauthor is an enchanting new retelling of/sequel to Peter Pan coming this July from @enclavepublishing, and is the first in a duology. Preorders for the limited edition hardcover are open now -- link in bio! Plus, there are a ton of digital preorder incentives available (swipe right for a sneak peek). Visit the link in Kara's bio to lear more and aubmit your receipts. . . Here's more about DUST: . . The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale. . . Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real—since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London... and a boy who shouldn't exist. . . Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches for the last hope of restoring his crumbling island: a lass with magic in her veins. . . The girl who fears her own destiny is on a collision course with the boy who never wanted to grow up. The truth behind this fairy tale is about to unravel everything Claire thought she knew about Peter Pan—and herself. . . #peterpanretelling #heirsofneverland #dust #karaswanson #preorder #coverlove #coverreveal #enclavepublishing #july2020 #EnclaveEscape #yafantasy #dustheirsofneverland #yabooks #peterpan #neverneverland #yabookstagram #openbook #mybookfeatures #mybookstagram #yabookblog https://www.instagram.com/p/B7lkSGAA1aP/?igshid=d77m5znbg97g

[elizabethvantassel]

🎩COVER REVEAL ♦️for The Wonderland Trials by my dear friend @saraellawrites releasing from Enclave Publishing in July 2022! Sara is an incredible author, so excited for this! This is the first book in a YA dystopian fantasy Alice in Wonderland retelling duology, The Curious Realities. The book is available to preorder in Limited Edition Hardcover. ***Link to preorder: https://amzn.to/3JRr5A The book: Solve the clues. Face your fears. Survive the Trials. All Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous Wonder Gene—the key to unlocking the curious Wonderland Reality. Soon, Alice receives a rather cryptic invitation to play for Team Heart in this year’s annual—and often deadly—Wonderland Trials. Now she has less than twenty-four hours to find her way into Wonderland where nothing is impossible... or what it seems. The stakes are raised when she discovers players go missing during the Trials each year. Will she and her team solve the clues and find the missing players? Or will betrayal and distrust win, leaving Alice alone in a world of her own? Follow the White Rabbit into this topsy-turvy fantasy where players become prey, a sip of the wrong tea might as well be poison, and a queen’s ways do not always lead one where they ought to go. #thewonderlandtrials #saraella #thecuriousrealities #coverlove #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yaretelling #aliceinwonderland #bookish #coverreveal https://www.instagram.com/p/CY4DxCelCW_/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rj-anderson]

Proudly presenting the beautiful new cover of SWIFT, releasing from @enclavepublishing in August 2020! TO SAVE HER PEOPLE, A WINGLESS GIRL MUST LEARN TO FLY... As a piskey girl born without wings and raised underground, Ivy yearns for flight almost as much as she misses her long-lost mother. But the world outside the Delve is full of danger, and her dreams seem hopeless until she meets a mysterious faery who makes her an enticing offer: If Ivy helps him escape the Delve’s dungeon, he’ll teach her how to fly. Freeing Richard could cost Ivy her reputation, perhaps even her life. But when her fellow piskeys start to disappear and her beloved little sister goes missing, Ivy has no choice but to take the risk. Deadly threats and shocking revelations await Ivy as she ventures into a strange new world, uncovers long-buried secrets about her family’s past, and finds that no one—not even herself—is entirely what they seem. This is Book One in The Flight and Flame Trilogy, and the Limited Edition Hardcover is now available for preorder: http://bit.ly/SwiftRJ #yafantasy #fairybooks #rjandersonwriter #preorder #coverlove #coverreveal #enclavepublishing #august2020 #swift #swiftbook #flightandflametrilogy #EnclaveEscape https://www.instagram.com/p/B8tfqIqpSkC/?igshid=1w1mnrq8yootm

[rj-anderson]

Guess what flew in to my mail this week? . Isn’t it gorgeous? I know the finished hardcover is sure to be even more beautiful, but it’s exciting to have the ARC in my hands! . Today it’s been so weirdly cold that we had snow flurries (why. WHY.) but I’m realizing more and more that August is only three months away! As we get closer to the release date I’ll be sharing more preorder incentives and other goodies, but right now I’m still in the planning and prep stages and it’s making my head whirl. So much to be done and so much more that I *could* do... . Have you participated in any cool preorder campaigns or giveaways recently? What kinds of incentives do you enjoy? . . #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #fairybooks #flightandflametrilogy #swift #swiftbook #arc #advancedreaderscopy #cornishpixies #cornishpixie https://www.instagram.com/p/B_8O1hSArD0/?igshid=u0zdm8ypveg9

[rj-anderson]

If you’ve noticed I’ve been a little less active on IG lately, here’s why: I got my first round edits on Book 3 of the #flightandflametrilogy last week from my editor at #enclaveescape, and I’m trying to get them finished by next Monday. . It’s not going half as quickly as I’d anticipated, but I’ve got nobody to blame for that but myself. See the one teeny little red box on the right hand side? That’s my editor’s very minor suggestion. See the wall of green changes around it? That’s all me. . *cough* I... may be a little obsessive when it comes to line-editing. The quest for the perfect adjective, verb or turn of phrase is never-ending, but I can’t resist trying anyway. I actually enjoy this more than any other part of the process, to be honest: I find it curiously satisfying to fuss over little details and get all my word-ducks in a row, free from having to worry about the bigger picture... . If you’re a writer, what‘s your favorite part of the process? Do you thrill to the unlimited possibilities of the first draft, or revel in the opportunity to revise and make the story even better? Do you enjoy polishing up your word choices and hunting down typos, or do you chafe at having to keep going back over your story when you want it to be done? . . . #editing #writinglife #revision #writercommunity #christianwriters #writingprocess #speculativefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/B--xJGbgrPm/?igshid=1n49yu5ax4frf

[rj-anderson]

I was thoroughly delighted by @tombstone_crepsley_cosplay’s new post today, because it was perfect timing — today’s entry in #mybookalphabet is K is for Knife! . Knife is a character that I sketched when I was 16, years before I ever wrote a word about her. But as soon as I’d drawn this a fierce-looking, dagger-wielding young woman with white hair and dragonfly wings, I knew she had a story and I was going to tell it someday. It took me six more years of pondering to figure out exactly what that story would be, and another fifteen of off-and-on revising and resubmitting — including two total rewrites — before the book was good enough to attract the attention of an agent and publisher. But thanks to some wonderful early encouragement and feedback from Claire Eddy at Tor Books, I never stopped believing that *someone* in publishing would want to hear Knife’s story if I could just figure out how to tell it right. . As those of you who’ve read the whole #noordinaryfairytale aka #faeryrebels series know, Knife goes through a lot of dramatic experiences and equally dramatic changes over the course of the books. But she’s still one of my favorite characters to write, at any age and in any setting. She makes a couple of cameo appearances in the #flightandflametrilogy, and I’m working on a short story that involves her right now — though at a different time of her life and through very different eyes than we’ve ever seen her before… . . . . #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #noordinaryfairytale #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #fairybooks #fairybook #fairiesofinstagram #booksaremagic #bibliophile #igreads #instaread #lovetoread #booksarelife #bookaddicts #whattoreadnext #readallday #bookworms #booksofinstagram #bookaholic #booknerd #yareads #yafantasy #fantasybooks #fantasybookseries https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-7FyegdK8/?igshid=19ygg1kszx1jl

[rj-anderson]

ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW COVER? . I know I am! I’m so excited to share the beautiful new cover for Book Two in the #flightandflametrilogy with you on May 21st at 9 am EST! . But if you want, you can also get an early SNEAK PEEK at the cover by doing one of two things: . 1️⃣ Sign up for my e-mail newsletter at my author website, rj-anderson.com. Subscribers will get an early, hush-hush look at the cover next week! . OR . 2️⃣ Join my Cover Release team by sending me a DM with your e-mail address! In return, I’ll give your account and/or your latest book, merch or promo-worthy post a shout-out as well - just let me know what you want me to boost! . Sounds like the rest of this month will be full of gorgeous cover reveals. Shout-out and congratulations to @isabelwriter09 who will be sharing hers on the 21st as well — if it’s anything like her first gorgeous cover, I’ll be excited to see it! . . #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #fairybooks #flightandflametrilogy #nomad #nomadbook #cornishpixie #cornishpixies #spriggan #spriggans #coverteaser #coverreveal https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD1gGOgH7J/?igshid=s26224eszqiy

[rj-anderson]

Since childhood I’ve loved reading fairy tales, folk tales, and mythology. In the course of researching my first three faery novels set in England and Wales, and my upcoming Flight and Flame trilogy set in Cornwall, I came across all kinds of fascinating tidbits of fairy lore! . One of the things that interested me most was the strong connection between British faery lore and Christianity. Modern readers tend to associate fairies with paganism, but many of the 18th-19th century writers who compiled collections of fairy stories and folklore were devout churchgoers and clergy, and the way they wrote down the stories reflects their religious beliefs. In fact, many fairy legends draw on Bible stories and concepts to explain where fairies come from and why they behave as they do. . That’s not to say these folk tales were good theology, because they often featured muddled ideas that were based on tradition and superstition, not the Bible. But they weren’t mocking or opposing Christianity by any means, and in the Victorian and Edwardian eras “fairy stories” were considered perfectly wholesome and even suitable for teaching good morals to children. It wasn’t until the 1960’s and 70’s brought a resurgence of interest in paganism and “New Age” spirituality that fairy stories (and fantasy in general) came to be seen as suspect by conservative Christians. . Since the boom of fairy-inspired children’s, YA and adult fantasy in the 1990’s and 2000’s, modern authors have tended to portray fairies as bloodthirsty, sensual, amoral creatures who are either monstrous, or perilously beautiful, or both. But the odd mixture of homely kindness, mischief and mystery found in many old British folk tales about fairy folk is not so popular anymore. . Which kind of fairies do you prefer to read about? Do you have a favourite book or story about fairies? . . . . . #Fairies #fairy #fantasy #fae #fairytale #faery #faeriesofinstagram #magical #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #fairybooks #flightandflametrilogy #swift #swiftbook https://www.instagram.com/p/B9r_kzJgET9/?igshid=f7p6lrqs09rb

[rj-anderson]

Here we are with a new #mybookalphabet post: J is for Joan the Wad! . In Cornish folklore, Joan the Wad is the queen of the piskeys (the spelling I settled on for my #FlightandFiretrilogy - it’s also frequently spelled pisky or piskie, and of course pixie). An old English rhyme describes her as a capricious will-o’the-wisp, sometimes teasing human folk and sometimes guiding them to safety: . Jack O’Lantern, Joan the Wad, That tickled the maid and made her mad, Light me home, the weather's bad. . Generally, though, Joan the Wad is seen in Cornwall as a figure of good luck and protection, and Jack O’Lantern is her king or consort. So when I was creating the world of the Cornish piskeys for SWIFT, I decided on “Joan” as a title rather than a personal name for their queen. . It’s also, though I didn’t plan it this way, a small tribute to my mother, a true queen in every way — whose parents emigrated from Redruth in Cornwall to Timmins in northern Ontario a few years before she was born. They named her Joan, and she in turn gave me Joan as my middle name — that’s the J. in my initials. But my mother had never heard of Joan the Wad until she read my book, so I felt happy to have given her back a little lost piece of her Cornish ancestry. . Q: Do you have a favorite folk character or creature in your family background? I’d love to hear about it in comments! . . . #joanthewad #cornishpixie #cornishpixies #cornishpisky #cornishpiskey #spriggan #spriggans #folkloreandfairytales #britishfolklore #fairies #fae #fairytale #faery #faeriesofinstagram #fairybooks #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #flightandflametrilogy #swift #swiftbook https://www.instagram.com/p/CAHGG2Xgu2x/?igshid=113e0jszkl6a8

[rj-anderson]

"An inventive addition to faery lore with a classic fantasy feel. Ivy is a plucky, passionate heroine, and the immersive setting is complemented by a well-rounded cast of characters and a twisty, keeps-you-guessing plot. Charming, gripping, and masterfully told." --Joanna Ruth Meyer (@gamwyn), author of Beyond the Shadowed Earth . How time flies — preorders for the hardcover of SWIFT went up last month, now it’s time for the e-book! And a little bird told me that the ARCs will be out soon... . It’s been over a decade since my debut novel came out and I’ve written ten more books (well, none and a novella) in the meantime, but it never stops being a thrill to be able to share my stories with new readers! I love the beautiful cover art Enclave’s given this series and am excited to know I’ll be able to share even more good news in the next month or so. But in the meantime, if you love contemporary fantasy, folklore, and/or wish you could visit Cornwall — or if you’d just like to read an exciting story of suspense, mystery, and adventure with a dash of fantasy and wonder — you can preorder SWIFT in e-book or limited edition hardcover now! . . . . #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #fairybooks #flightandflametrilogy #swift #swiftbook https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YpMBMAlSn/?igshid=187umqu01wiil

[rj-anderson]

We’re halfway through #mybookalphabet! Today it’s M for Martin, a major character in my third book of the #noordinaryfairytale trilogy, ARROW. . Martin started life as a character I never thought would need a name, let alone an elaborate backstory. Halfway through REBEL I needed a random faery thug to attack Timothy and make off with his wallet, so I created a lean blond assassin-type who made a brief, spectacular entrance and an even more dramatic exit, and figured that was the end of it. . Except the same character unexpectedly turned up again near the end of the story. And he turned out not only to have a name, but a sly sense of humour and a questionable amount of loyalty to his evil mistress. By the time he showed up yet again early in the next book, I threw up my hands and just let him do his thing. . Martin is, not to put too fine a point on it, a manipulative little weasel (sometimes literally!) — at the start of his personal journey. But as I (and my heroine Rhosmari) gradually discovered over the course of ARROW, there’s also a heart behind Martin’s glittering charm, and a surprisingly complicated history that this book only begins to hint at. . All in all, Martin is a little bit Howl, a little bit Jareth, a little bit Steerpike, and the rest simply his own flippant Shakespeare-nerd self — and he’s also become one of my most popular characters, though you might have to look a bit beyond his behaviour in ARROW to understand why. Let’s just say, for now, that the last time we see Martin in that book is not the end of his particular story, and that he has a way of turning up in unexpected places… . . . . #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #noordinaryfairytale #christianfantasy #fairybooks #igreads #readaholic #bookaholic #yalovin #instabooks #readersofinstagram #bookaddict #becauseofreading #bibliophile #instareads #instabook #bookworm #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeatures #yafiction #booknerdigans #yalit #booksofinstagram #ReadingTime #yabookstagram #yabooks #fairyfriday https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qzO1kA63f/?igshid=f1u4z6mzj1m9

[rj-anderson]

EXCITING NEWS! The beautiful brand new cover for my forthcoming book will be revealed in ONE WEEK! @enclavepublishing has knocked it out of the park with this one, and I’m really excited to share it. Stay tuned! #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #swift #swiftbook #fairybooks #flightandflametrilogy #coverteaser https://www.instagram.com/p/B8basyDJFf1/?igshid=1mi4i2nv6ptan

[rj-anderson]

TELL ME: Are you a bold, impulsive adventurer, or more of a careful, plan-ahead type? What would it take to push you into taking a big risk? . I’m asking because #mybookalphabet letter for today is R for Rhosmari, the heroine of ARROW — who is definitely a cautious planner. But she also cares deeply about doing what’s right and protecting the people she loves — and that drives her to leave the safety of her magical Welsh island home and step into a strange and often dangerous new world. . Rhosmari is described early in the books as having deep brown skin and thick, “clove-coloured spirals” of natural hair, because at the time I wrote ARROW I’d seen very few descriptions or portrayals of faeries who weren’t white. I also made her the most beautiful faery in all the books and gave her the most gorgeous butterfly wings (they’re Blue Morpho, if you want to look them up!). . Writing Knife, the heroine of Book 1, was fun because I could count on her to do the bravest and most reckless thing in any given situation. Linden, the heroine of REBEL, was full of passionate feelings and naive but well-meaning impulses that could easily get her (and Timothy) into trouble. But Rhosmari… well, I’m not claustrophobic, but otherwise she’s a lot like me. She’s got a scholar’s temperament, not a warrior’s, and she prefers to think carefully before she acts. She’s wary of trusting the wrong people, and the worst thing she can think of is making a mistake that hurts her and those she loves. . So of course, that’s exactly what happens to her in ARROW. Because no matter how well prepared you try to be, life seldom turns out quite the way you plan… . . . #fairies #fairy #fantasy #fae #fairytale #faery #fairybooks #fairyfriday #faeriesofinstagram #magical #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #noordinaryfairytale #faeryrebels #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0Bm3HAmbX/?igshid=r5s103ryphag

[rj-anderson]

Here we are with another #mybookalphabet letter — P for Paul McCormick, the teenaged artist, athlete, wheelchair user, and romantic lead of my debut contemporary fantasy novel KNIFE. . In an earlier #booksthatmademe post I shared how I got the inspiration for Paul’s character after reading A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET. But there were a few more ingredients that went into his portrayal too, including the two quadriplegic writer friends I made on FidoNet back in the 90’s, early in my writing journey. I asked them to read an early draft of KNIFE and give me feedback, because I knew I might be treading on thin ice when it came to Paul’s portrayal, and didn’t want to be careless or glib about it. Joe Chamberlain’s comment that “he’s a bit of an ass, but a believable ass,” gave me the reassurance I needed. . Because Paul is, a bit. Instead of a saintly role model or inspiration, he’s an angry and frustrated young man still reeling from the accident that broke his spine and cost him the use of his legs. He feels like his dreams have been shattered and he’s lost everything that made his life worth living, so he makes a few self-centered and even self-destructive choices in the first half of the book. He is, after all, a teenaged boy. . But Paul’s loneliness and isolation also serve as the catalyst for a secret, extraordinary friendship that will change the course of his life — and my faery heroine’s, too. As Knife and Paul get to know each other, they start to bring out the best in each other… and discover that the things they once thought they wanted in life might not be what they really need, after all. . The illustration of Paul drawing Knife — one of my first and favorite pieces of fanart — is by Irrel (@paolaspixels). . . . #disabilityinclusion #disability #wheelchairuser #disabilityinfiction #fairies #fairy #fae #fairytale #faery #fairybooks #faeriesofinstagram #magical #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #noordinaryfairytale #faeryrebels #knife #knifebook #paulmccormick https://www.instagram.com/p/B_LDRfMg-XP/?igshid=1wdcmdxv3jl5z