Nestled along the bluffs of the forested coast lays the secret kingdom of the Omte—a realm filled with wonder…and as many secrets.
Ulla Tulin was left abandoned in an isolated Kanin city as a baby, taken in by strangers and raised hidden away like many of the trolls of mixed blood. Even knowing this truth, she’s never stopped wondering about her family.
When Ulla is offered an internship working alongside the handsome Pan Soriano at the Mimirin, a prestigious institution, she jumps at the chance to use this opportunity to hopefully find her parents. All she wants is to focus on her job and the search for her parents, but all of her attempts to find them are blocked when she learns her mother may be connected to the Omte royal family.
With little progress made, Ulla and Pan soon find themselves wrapped up in helping Eliana, an amnestic girl with abilities unlike any they have ever seen before—a girl who seems to be running from something. To figure out who she is they must leave the city, and possibly, along the way, they may learn more about Ulla’s parents.
Review
I received a review copy of this from the publisher. No compensation has been given to alter this review.
I feel betrayed by this book’s cover. This book looked and sounded like a high fantasy, but it’s actually an urban fantasy. That in and of itself isn’t necessarily bad, but I am pretty picky with my urban fantasy and had I realized that was what this was I would have passed on it.
Nothing much really happens in the story. Everything you need to know is basically in the synopsis, so unfortunately I didn’t see much of a point in reading this. Ulla spends the entire book trying to find information about her mother and learns little more than she did at the beginning.
Eliana was one of the most annoying characters I have ever come of across and I failed to see how her presence or storyline benefited the plot at all. I cannot communicate how much I truly disliked her character.
I just felt like I spent the entire book waiting for something interesting and of consequence to happen. It felt like the story took the entire book to even get started.
Chasm of Books 