MY REVIEW:
I fell in love with this story several years and several versions ago. I love the concept-- magic in the Old West. A shape-shifting dragon (Boone) masquerades as a human when he has to, but loves to be able to fly freely whenever he can. Boone is a character you can't help but love. He's fun, funny, kind-hearted, mischievious, and is hopelessly addicted to ice cream.
Jesse, a human boy about to be a thunder mage is also endearing. He is a half-orphaned boy who is trying to make sense of way too many changes in too little time. His mom dies and he is struck by lightning all in the same day. The lightning brings to life magical powers that had lain dormant his whole life and causes him no end of trouble.
Add in a whole cast of colorful characters and you have one entertaining middle school read. This book is perfect for reluctant boy readers--full of fun and magic and a glimpse into what the world was really like 150 years ago. (minus the magical dragons and mages, of course--but then again, people say there is magic all around us, so who knows?)
Jesse, a human boy about to be a thunder mage is also endearing. He is a half-orphaned boy who is trying to make sense of way too many changes in too little time. His mom dies and he is struck by lightning all in the same day. The lightning brings to life magical powers that had lain dormant his whole life and causes him no end of trouble.
Add in a whole cast of colorful characters and you have one entertaining middle school read. This book is perfect for reluctant boy readers--full of fun and magic and a glimpse into what the world was really like 150 years ago. (minus the magical dragons and mages, of course--but then again, people say there is magic all around us, so who knows?)
Synopsis:
A Storm is Brewing
In Silver Valley, an unusual string of mining accidents has locals whispering of dark magic. When the marshal sent to investigate goes missing, his young assistant Boone turns to Jesse and Eliza for help. But Jesse is a new mage with raw magic, and Eliza is hiding a secret. The three must learn to trust each other before the valley is destroyed and they are ripped away from everything they hold dear.
In Silver Valley, an unusual string of mining accidents has locals whispering of dark magic. When the marshal sent to investigate goes missing, his young assistant Boone turns to Jesse and Eliza for help. But Jesse is a new mage with raw magic, and Eliza is hiding a secret. The three must learn to trust each other before the valley is destroyed and they are ripped away from everything they hold dear.
A snippet of The Fury of The Storm Wizard:
Jesse started trembling. “Life ain’t better here,” he said. “I wish we’d never left Kansas. I wish we’d never come here.”
“There ain’t nothing left in Kansas for us but painful memories, son.”
Jesse glared at Pa. “How can you say that? How can you forget Ma so soon?” His words were punctuated by a crack of thunder.
“You watch your tongue, boy!” Pa took a step forward, hand going up as if he meant to strike Jesse.
The area around them suddenly froze, the ice growing as if winter had arrived in fast motion. Ice crusted the plants around them, the bushes, the trees. It pulled down the branches and leaves with its weight.
Pa stopped dead in his tracks, staring at the frost that glistened on the ground between him and Jesse. “How are you doing this?” he whispered.
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Author Bio:
Shauna
E. Black fell in love at an early age. Her first romances resided on the
shelves of the mystery section in the library. She went through The Boxcar
Children, Nancy Drew, and Sherlock Holmes before someone introduced her to The
Chronicles of Prydain. This sparked an enduring love for wizards, dragons,
magic, and all things fantasy that Shauna still enjoys today. She always has
her head in the clouds and her nose in a book.
Naturally,
her love for reading evolved into a desire to create, and she became a writer.
When she was a young teen, her English teacher made the mistake of offering
extra credit for original short stories, and was suddenly swamped with Shauna's
writing. Dutifully reading each story (at least, she wrote encouraging things
in the margins), this teacher inspired Shauna to follow her dreams, leaving her
with a warm spot in her heart for all English teachers.
Today,
Shauna still keeps a box in the attic full of her early manuscripts, most
written in pencil on lined paper. She lives in the high desert of the southwest
with the other loves of her life: her husband and four children. She likes to
drag them along on springtime hiking adventures to the many Anasazi ruins near
her home, where she finds inspiration for her writing. She also likes to bake
bread, do anything artsy, and travel to exotic locations to collect wind
chimes.
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1 comments:
Thanks for the awesome review! The new cover should go live on Amazon sometime today.
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