Words I Write Crazy: The Twilight Saint: Review

Sunday, September 23, 2012

The Twilight Saint: Review

From Goodreads:
In a land torn apart by violence, the fragile peace of the world lays in the hands of one tattered warrior.

It has been thousands of years since the fall of the great nations and the tribes that remain in the ashes of the fallen must fight to survive in the shadows. In this desperate landscape, Ailive has spent her entire life fighting for the honor of her tribe and she has grown weary of war. When Ailive sees a chance to escape her fate, she flees into a chaotic landscape where death and darkness lurk behind every friendly face until she finds refuge in the peaceful city at the center of her world. In this city, Ailive finds everything she's ever dreamt of, but news of a strange prophet from the South brings whispers of war to Ailive's peaceful home. Now Ailive alone can stop the genocide of an entire tribe of people. Ailive alone holds the key to bringing peace to the world and destroying the monstrous man whom she once loved, if she can only gain the courage to pick up her sword again and make herself fulfill the destiny she's fought her entire life.

My Review:
Reading this book was a bit weird. It's a pretty big book, and there was a lot going on. It also takes place over a long period of time, which just made things feel a bit...hazy, out of focus, that it was hard to believe that this was just one person's life, you know, that they had this much going on!

I liked this book a lot! I had a bit of trouble reading it, the font was pretty small on my reader, but the story was pretty engrossing, so I ignored the strain on my eyeballs, because I had to know what was going to happen next, because I wanted to know!

It seems like Ailive doesn't have much luck! There were a lot of not so nice things that happened to her, and yeah, she makes the best choices for her. But I wouldn't want to live in this world, it's not nice to people!

This is the first book in the series. And the second book stars her daughter, from the ending. So yeah, with that ending, and knowing that her sacrifice in the end, isn't going to end up doing any good, sucks, but without conflict, books wouldn't be entertaining!

Yeah, this was a pretty great book, and I enjoyed it a lot, and I'm going to have to read the sequel!

Author: Jessica Penot
Series: The Gods of Morning #1
Read: September 23rd, 2012
Source: Reading Addiction Blog Tours Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded like a good book!
Publisher: Musa Publishing
Published: July 3rd 2012

5/5 Hearts

3.5/5 Books

3.5/5 Stars

Excerpt:
I walk the way of the storm. It is all I have ever known. In the haze of early childhood memories, there exists brief moments before the storm, but now it has consumed everything. Every piece of me has been lost and all I can remember is fire and smoke and the remains of old dreams singed by death. Even as I sat high above the city, looking down on the magnificent beauty of my tribe, the smell of death lingered. Our tribe’s city was alive, vibrant, and prosperous, but to me it was nothing.

I sat perched on top of the highest tower of the karash, looking down on what most people in our tribe would call the real world. I was a Xenderian. I was part of the most powerful tribe of its time. I was more than part of it, I was the sword that cut the path to its glory. I was a karake. I was born to fight for the glory of my people, but as I looked through the icy air, I felt dead inside. My scars were long and my nightmares haunted my every moment.

Bio:
I am a therapist and writer who lives in Alabama with my three corgis, children, husband, and other strange creatures. My short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies including CSM, Summer Gothic, Bound By Blood, and Outer Darkness. I have ghost story columns in theValley Planet and White Cat Magazine where I share my love for ghost stories that send shivers down your spine and keep you up at night. I also share my passion for all things ghostly and haunted at my blog, ghost stories and haunted places.

I am currently working on my next Haunted America Book for History Press, Haunted South Alabama. Follow me at my blog to learn about the ghost stories I am chasing and collecting for this fascinating addition to Haunted America. I'm also workng on the next book in my Circe series. The demon is awake and waiting for my new heroine in the swamps of Southern Alabama.

You can contact me at jessica.penot@gmail.com

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