A Dragon's Awakening (The Chronicles of Kale #1)
One of the biggest challenges in writing fantasy fiction is balancing between cliché and outrageous unbelievability in an author's newly imagined world. Fantasy fiction authors aren't just creating characters; this genre also requires writers to develop entire cultures complete with customs, laws, languages, and everything that goes along with birthing a new civilization."The Chronicles of Kale: A Dragon's Awakening" is the first book is an interesting and fun young adult fantasy fiction
Good young adult readThrough I found the POV young/adolescent I quickly became engaged by the story and enjoyed the read. I could feel the connection to the way video games plots unfold and can't wait to see what that will mean to the genre in the future.
Kale is the last one of his kind in Ravondore. General Jedah has killed every dragon in the land except for Kale Firehart. He has only one friend that can save him from Jedah and his army, and that is Thomas an old sorcerer. Thomas only choice is to turn Kale in the thing that he hates the most, a human. Kale now an 18 year old human with human and not so human friends, depart on a journey full of magic to save the last dragon.If you loved Finnikin of The Rock you are going to like The
The idea of this book is great. The execution by the author, however, failed. The language is geared towards younger readers, yet some of the situational references are for an adult audience. The author "explains" non-stop; if the book is written well enough the reader should be able to infer the meaning. The foreshadowing, likewise, is obvious.
When I finished the book and finally set it down, it kept me thinking and guessing for the rest of the night. Thats how I knew Id found a winner. It takes a lot for a story to linger in my mind, even after Im finished and this book did it for me.It happens all to often that I buy a book, read through some of it, and then set it down never to return to it again. With the Chronicles of Kale I ended up reading it in 3 days from cover to cover. I think the story kept moving at a great pace that
Aya Knight
Paperback | Pages: 398 pages Rating: 3.71 | 720 Users | 35 Reviews
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Title | : | A Dragon's Awakening (The Chronicles of Kale #1) |
Author | : | Aya Knight |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 398 pages |
Published | : | April 29th 2011 by Silver Knight Publishing (Original 1st edition by Old Line Publishing) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Dragons. Young Adult. Magic. Adventure |
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Kale Firehart is a young dragon, and the sole survivor of his race. As a tyrannical general and his massive bloodthirsty army close in on Kale—the most unexpected circumstance transpires. With time against him, Kale's trusted friend, a veteran arcane sorcerer, transforms him into the one thing he despises most—a human.
Kale must unwillingly live among human-kind as he embarks upon an extraordinary journey. With a band of unlikely friends by his side, can Kale overcome the obstacles before him and return to the life he once knew?
The age of dragons is all but over...
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ISBN: | 1938083008 (ISBN13: 9781938083006) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Chronicles of Kale #1 |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 720 Users | 35 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books A Dragon's Awakening (The Chronicles of Kale #1)
I hard a hard time staying focus on this book. I was interested in the story and what was going to happen to Kale, but after attemping to read this for 3 months and only getting 150 pages in, I just wasn't worth my time anymore.One of the biggest challenges in writing fantasy fiction is balancing between cliché and outrageous unbelievability in an author's newly imagined world. Fantasy fiction authors aren't just creating characters; this genre also requires writers to develop entire cultures complete with customs, laws, languages, and everything that goes along with birthing a new civilization."The Chronicles of Kale: A Dragon's Awakening" is the first book is an interesting and fun young adult fantasy fiction
Good young adult readThrough I found the POV young/adolescent I quickly became engaged by the story and enjoyed the read. I could feel the connection to the way video games plots unfold and can't wait to see what that will mean to the genre in the future.
Kale is the last one of his kind in Ravondore. General Jedah has killed every dragon in the land except for Kale Firehart. He has only one friend that can save him from Jedah and his army, and that is Thomas an old sorcerer. Thomas only choice is to turn Kale in the thing that he hates the most, a human. Kale now an 18 year old human with human and not so human friends, depart on a journey full of magic to save the last dragon.If you loved Finnikin of The Rock you are going to like The
The idea of this book is great. The execution by the author, however, failed. The language is geared towards younger readers, yet some of the situational references are for an adult audience. The author "explains" non-stop; if the book is written well enough the reader should be able to infer the meaning. The foreshadowing, likewise, is obvious.
When I finished the book and finally set it down, it kept me thinking and guessing for the rest of the night. Thats how I knew Id found a winner. It takes a lot for a story to linger in my mind, even after Im finished and this book did it for me.It happens all to often that I buy a book, read through some of it, and then set it down never to return to it again. With the Chronicles of Kale I ended up reading it in 3 days from cover to cover. I think the story kept moving at a great pace that
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