Title: Wicked Path
Author: Eliza Tilton
Genre: YA Fantasy
Blurb:
In Wicked Path: Book Two of the Daath Chronicles brother and sister are forced to opposite sides of Tarrtainya on a fast-paced adventure where the wildlife isn't the only thing trying to kill them.
Three months have passed since Avikar defeated the Reptilian Prince, and he still can't remember his battle with Lucino. On the hunt for answers, he returns to the scene of the fight and discovers a strange connection between his family's dagger and the mysterious kingdom of Daath, and it seems only his distant father can reveal the truth behind it all.
Before Avikar can travel back home, Lucy assaults him in the market and forces him to flee to Nod Mountains--a place few dare to enter, and even less return from. With Raven and her childhood friend by his side, they must survive the treacherous journey through the pass with a vengeful Lucy hunting them. If they don't, they'll never see home again.
Jeslyn's new life in Luna Harbor is the perfect remedy for her confused and broken heart. But when a group of mercenaries kidnap her beloved Grandfather, interrupting her daily routine as his jewelry apprentice, she's forced to join forces with the one person from her past she tried to forget.
And his assistance comes with a price.
Yay, book 3 is here! Crimson Tides picks up where Wicked
Path left off. We get three perspectives nicely woven through the story from
Avikar, Lucino, and Jeslyn. All three are on separate missions with conflicting
goals, so you know this will get tense!
It was nice to see Avikar struggle with his feelings toward
fallen comrades, his father’s mysterious past, and his blooming love of Raven.
Lucino’s character is also deepened, you have to root for him (most of the
time!) even though he has the ability and possible intention to slaughter all
humans. Jeslyn must decide the future she wants as well as take her own path to
get there – and by the end of the book, she is just learning the implications
of her choice, so there is more to come for all three characters, which I’m
glad to see.
There was a plot twist near the end that some people won’t
like and it made me sad. But then all the more determined to know how the story
continues.
This sequel is definitely worth reading. The writing is good
and Ms. Tilton’s fight scenes are quite exciting. And if you haven’t read it,
you should check out the short story Deadly Dance, which throws a fun twist in
showing how Lucy and Derrick ended up together in Crimson Tides.
Well done, 4.5 stars, rounding to 5.
Eliza graduated from Dowling College with a BA in Visual Communications. When she’s not arguing with excel at her day job, or playing Dragon Age 2, again, she’s writing. Her stories hold a bit of the fantastical and there’s always a romance. Her YA Fantasy series, The Daath Chronicles, is published by Curiosity Quills Press.
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Our ship was gone, leaving us alone in an empty sea. Out here with nothing but calm water, I felt deserted; terrified. All those mornings I’d wished to venture out into the sea, to explore its beauty and splendor, I had no real understanding of the danger. How easily it was to be lost—and what about the creatures? We had no weapons, and if a shark attacked, how would we survive?
I wrapped my arms around my sides, praying and wishing this was all a horrific dream—that Grandfather was safe in his bed, snoring, and none of this was real.
Because if it wasn’t a dream, I was going to die.
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