Title: The Amaranthine Chronicles
Box Set (3 Novellas)
Author Name: Tiffany Shand
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Page Count: 203
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~ The Novellas in the Box Set ~
Betrayed by Blood:
In a city of lies and deception,
only one thing stands between chaos and justice. For centuries, a band of
outlaws called the Amaranthine has kept the peace in Ormere and hidden in plain
sight whilst the Order of Sorcerers spreads their deadly magic among the city’s
inhabitants.
After losing her fiancé in [a] bust
gone wrong, Amaranthine Agent Kaylan Avilion returns home to discover that
Elijah didn’t die but instead was changed by the twisted guards of the Order,
who seek to find a dangerous artifact tied to Kaylan’s past and the murder of
her family. When her sister goes missing and a foe from their past remerges,
Kaylan knows she must save Freya before she’s poisoned by the very people who
took Elijah away from her. But how will Kaylan react when she learns Elijah’s
secret and can they come together to stop the Order’s plan in time?
Dark Revenge:
Darkness is sweeping through the
city of Ormere as unnatural creatures stalk through the streets. People are
dying and time is running out as a new evil threatens to take control of
everything. The Amaranthine Order has been decimated leaving only a few of its
people left to fight the coming terror.
Stunned by her sister Freya’s
betrayal and plot to take over the city, Kaylan must do everything she can to
find out what Freya plans to do when she finds an infamous book linked to the
murder of their family. A book considered so dangerous that the last High Lord
erased its location from history, the Amaranthine Chronicles are said to
contain the darkest of all magics.
Kaylan is happy to finally have her
ex-fiancé, Elijah, back in her life but he’s not the man she once knew and
loved. After being turned into a shapeshifter, Elijah struggles to control his
inner beast and his lingering feelings for Kaylan.
Can Elijah and Kaylan come together
to stop Freya and uncover the secrets of the book before it’s too late?
The Final Battle:
Darkness has claimed the city of
Ormere and death has become a certainty for anyone stalking its empty streets.
The government is in ruins and lawlessness ensues.
After their last encounter, Kaylan
and Elijah barely managed to thwart her sister, Freya’s, latest attempts to
find and use the elusive Amaranthine Chronicles. But in her desperation to
receive ultimate power, Freya will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Even
if it means destroying the last of her family.
Kaylan and Elijah must work on
their fragile relationship and put their personal feelings aside to find the
book and stop Freya before it’s too late. But with their allies growing thin,
and a gang of ruthless shapeshifters close on their trail, will they finally
find the book and stop Freya before time runs out? And will Kaylan have to make
the ultimate sacrifice to save her city and the man she loves?
~ My Review ~
The Amaranthine Chronicles is set in an imaginative world of magic, mental powers, shapeshifters, and of course, the typical good guys and bad guys and really bad guys. The characters are well developed and it's clear what each are striving for.
The main character, Kaylan, can fly, even carrying her wolf-form boyfriend, communicate with him and others mentally. Some of the other Amaranthine agents carry crystals and charms for instant transportation, creation of light, and other miscellaneous abilities that pop up when needed.
Good thing for the flying ability or Kaylan and Elijah wouldn't be able to break into a mansion repeatedly by going through upper floor windows. While Kaylan tries to find her sister, the city is overrun with creatures that have been turned into shifters of some kind and are uncontrollable since they're recently turned. Virtually every Amarantine agent is killed except Kaylan and her group. Through the novellas, it's revealed to Kaylan that her memories have been altered and much of what she knows about her deceased father and sister is untrue. She and Elijah end up in several tense situations, barely escaping death.
I give the story concept and setting 3 stars and many people will enjoy it. However, for writers or people who like to pick books apart or have even a tinge of grammar Nazi in them, overall the book falls short with typos, missing words, half-edited sentences, punctuation issues, and many confusing pronouns. I give it 2 stars for writing as that's a hot button for me and will round the overall rating to 3 stars just in case I received an unedited copy. If you know the type of reader you are, you will either enjoy the series or experience some frustrations.
~ About the author ~
Tiffany Shand started writing short
stories when she was a child. After doing a creative writing course in her
teens, she discovered her love of nonfiction writing and is now a freelance
writer and professional editor.
She writes both non-fiction for
writers and fiction, and is the author of the urban fantasy Excalibar
Investigations Series. When she’s not writing, you’ll usually find her reading.
Tiffany lives in Essex, UK with her
family, two very spoiled cats and a hamster.
