Storm of Arranon Volume 1 R E Sheahan 9781466234970 Books
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Volume I- When a brutal alien invades and threatens to destroy the two worlds that make up Cadet Erynn Yager’s existence, she is thrust into battle, forced to expose her powerful, magical abilities, revealing the truth of her forbidden birth, unraveling her carefully guarded web of secrets. Aware of Erynn’s potential, the alien enemy pursues her. In a constant race to elude the invaders, she struggles to gain control of her growing powers. A mysterious essence intervenes, plunging Erynn into a dangerous, but beautiful world. The planet itself reaches out to her with a living consciousness, leading her on a mystical journey. Erynn becomes the catalyst to a chain reaction of events, condemned by the very people she fights to save. When her responsibility extends far beyond what she imagined, she discovers the true meaning of sacrifice. Although her secret may be her worlds’ only hope, being a child of two worlds could cost Erynn her life.
Storm of Arranon Volume 1 R E Sheahan 9781466234970 Books
For me, this one just never seemed to achieve a good pace and stylistically, there were a lot of issues. I often found my attention wandering, so needless to say, it was a long journey to get to the end. What follows are the main problems:1. Characters. The characters could have been complex and interesting, and at times, they almost were. Ms. Sheahan’s characters don’t talk like real people. The dialogue is stiff and stilted, usually due to the exposition that followed almost every line and kept the conversations from achieving any kind of comfortable flow. They make unlikely decisions. For example, no military man worth his salt would choose a very public, very crowded bar as the setting for imparting sensitive, potentially life-or-death information to a near-stranger (like Athru did with Erynn in the first few chapters—it doesn’t matter that she already knew, there was an entire bar full of eavesdroppers). The relationship-building between characters was also lacking…so much so that I had to double-check that this was, indeed, the first book in this series. It is. The reader seemed to be expected to just know why and how people were connected. The lack of explanation made it difficult to feel the impact of betrayals, decisions, and general character actions.
2. Phrasing and vocabulary. There are a lot of repetitive phrases in “Storm of Arranon”, including “his dark eyes”, and “not good” being its own sentence. There were also a few instances of problematic word choice (passed vs. past, for example) While I can appreciate poetic descriptions, but there were many instances when that was both poorly timed and distracting. For example, when Erynn is fleeing Birk on Arranon…these passages were clearly meant to be tense, pulse-pounding, on-the-edge-of-your-seat, and yet there was a huge amount of poetic, flowering descriptions of the landscape and weather. I understand trying to set a scene, but this was overkill. Seriously, is this a chase scene or a scenic tour?
3. Details and pacing. This was probably one of the biggest issues I had with “Storm of Arranon”. I was pretty upset to discover that this was yet another novel that was sloppy with its details. Characters do things that would be physically impossible for them to do (i.e. Jaer’s last opponent while Erynn is being kidnapped), as if Ms. Sheahan wasn’t paying attention to what her people were doing from one sentence to the next. This book also failed in the area of pacing. Some scenes drug on forever when they didn’t seem all that important, and then important scenes were rushed through. The flight from the Interceptors that crashes Birk and Erynn on Arranon happened so fast it was hard to get a scope of timing and distance. I was left feeling lost and frustrated on a number of occasions.
Don’t get me wrong, the basic premise of this novel is really interesting. A young woman who is the product of a forbidden union who is raised as a ‘normal’ citizen of one world and is then called upon to help save both…I wanted to read that story! Erynn sounded like an interesting, complex person that I could root for. Unfortunately, a lot of elements (including the almst-instalove romance and imparting of back-story through villainous monologing) were just downright cheesy.
Bottom line: Interesting premise, sloppy execution. I found myself wishing the author had spent less time making up a language and more time developing her characters and plot. Just because something is written for the YA audience doesn’t give it a license to be vague or rushed. I would tentatively recommend this to sci-fi fans, with the caveat
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Storm of Arranon Volume 1 R E Sheahan 9781466234970 Books Reviews
The premise of STORM OF ARRANON seemed interesting – a young woman of forbidden mixed race with remarkable powers called upon to save the two worlds of which she is both from – but the execution felt lacking. The novel started out strong; the first chapter especially was in the perspective of the story’s main antagonists and it promised thrills and excitement. But it quickly receded in the next few chapters.
The characters could have been more developed and more complex but for a huge chunk of the book, they simply were not. There is stiffness in the way the characters interact with each other, perhaps due to the dialogue being stilted.
You tend to believe the relationships between the characters when you get to witness how such relationships developed. That is how readers’ empathy build up and how they start to root for the characters and feel what they are feeling. In the case of STORM OF ARRANON, this was either not present or too rushed. In effect, the huge betrayal in the first half of the book was like a soft droplet of water rather than a crashing wave, and the main romantic element seemed cheesy. There was also a problem with the pacing of the entire book. There were certain parts that dragged on when it wasn’t necessary, and parts that were vital to the plot that was hastily written.
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Erynn Yager lives on the planet of Korin. She's keeping a deadly secret, she's a forbidden birth, a mixed race child of Korin and it's sister planet Arranon. She also has abilities due to the mix, she can see the future, bend time for a few moments, feel the emotions if others, and control the electro-magnetic field around her. She thinks she's done good keeping this all secret until an alien race kidnaps her to exploit her talents. As they're taking her to their planet, their ship crashes on Arranon and she escapes. When a vision of her dead father comes to her she's convinced that she has a mission to save Arranon. Can she save the planet and keep her life and freedom?
I love a story where the main character is a strong and capable woman. The story line hooks you from the beginning and I didn't want to stop reading. The end is one hell of a cliff hanger and I can't wait to get into book 2 I have know where all this leads.
Independent reviewer for Romance Authors That Rock.
For me, this one just never seemed to achieve a good pace and stylistically, there were a lot of issues. I often found my attention wandering, so needless to say, it was a long journey to get to the end. What follows are the main problems
1. Characters. The characters could have been complex and interesting, and at times, they almost were. Ms. Sheahan’s characters don’t talk like real people. The dialogue is stiff and stilted, usually due to the exposition that followed almost every line and kept the conversations from achieving any kind of comfortable flow. They make unlikely decisions. For example, no military man worth his salt would choose a very public, very crowded bar as the setting for imparting sensitive, potentially life-or-death information to a near-stranger (like Athru did with Erynn in the first few chapters—it doesn’t matter that she already knew, there was an entire bar full of eavesdroppers). The relationship-building between characters was also lacking…so much so that I had to double-check that this was, indeed, the first book in this series. It is. The reader seemed to be expected to just know why and how people were connected. The lack of explanation made it difficult to feel the impact of betrayals, decisions, and general character actions.
2. Phrasing and vocabulary. There are a lot of repetitive phrases in “Storm of Arranon”, including “his dark eyes”, and “not good” being its own sentence. There were also a few instances of problematic word choice (passed vs. past, for example) While I can appreciate poetic descriptions, but there were many instances when that was both poorly timed and distracting. For example, when Erynn is fleeing Birk on Arranon…these passages were clearly meant to be tense, pulse-pounding, on-the-edge-of-your-seat, and yet there was a huge amount of poetic, flowering descriptions of the landscape and weather. I understand trying to set a scene, but this was overkill. Seriously, is this a chase scene or a scenic tour?
3. Details and pacing. This was probably one of the biggest issues I had with “Storm of Arranon”. I was pretty upset to discover that this was yet another novel that was sloppy with its details. Characters do things that would be physically impossible for them to do (i.e. Jaer’s last opponent while Erynn is being kidnapped), as if Ms. Sheahan wasn’t paying attention to what her people were doing from one sentence to the next. This book also failed in the area of pacing. Some scenes drug on forever when they didn’t seem all that important, and then important scenes were rushed through. The flight from the Interceptors that crashes Birk and Erynn on Arranon happened so fast it was hard to get a scope of timing and distance. I was left feeling lost and frustrated on a number of occasions.
Don’t get me wrong, the basic premise of this novel is really interesting. A young woman who is the product of a forbidden union who is raised as a ‘normal’ citizen of one world and is then called upon to help save both…I wanted to read that story! Erynn sounded like an interesting, complex person that I could root for. Unfortunately, a lot of elements (including the almst-instalove romance and imparting of back-story through villainous monologing) were just downright cheesy.
Bottom line Interesting premise, sloppy execution. I found myself wishing the author had spent less time making up a language and more time developing her characters and plot. Just because something is written for the YA audience doesn’t give it a license to be vague or rushed. I would tentatively recommend this to sci-fi fans, with the caveat
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