Book Title: Ancient Canada
Author: Clinton Festa
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: SynergEbooks
Book Description:
“Ancient Canada is a fantasy epic and a story of mythology for an alternate Canada. Because of her unique ability to see life and death, Lavender is exiled from her home. With the help of her sister Marigold, she survives in the wild using her gift. The two encounter various characters and creatures along their journey, not all human and not all friendly. Each chapter is narrated by one of these characters or creatures, sharing their personal story as well as their encounter of the two sisters. Together the chapters link to bring Lavender and Marigold’s epic, the mythological story of Ancient Canada.”
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Excerpt:
It had happened. Simon had seen his second child.
Quietly and peacefully, she opened her eyes, quite soon after birth. Perhaps the brilliance of the sky overhead opened her eyes itself, and if so, it was our first indication that she had the ability of sight.
“I’ve never seen that color before,” said the medic.
“Nor I,” said Simon. “They are clear, not even murky, as Marigold’s when she was first born.”
“Are those truly purple eyes, or is that just an effect of the Lights?”
“No, they are genuinely purple. Or maybe a sort of violet.”
“Or maybe Lavender,” spoke Simon. Once I told him what the peddler had said earlier, about the lavender I traded from him, we agreed on her name. I did not expect the color to be her permanent shade, but to this day they are identical to when she first opened them.
My Review
Lavender and Marigold are sisters who has been exiled from their home in Canada. Lavender has a gift where she can tell if someone is going to live or die just by looking at them. This gift is the reason that they are exiled. They are taken to the edge of the woods and dropped off. They use this gift of life and death to survive on their journey. On their journey they meet a man made out of stone. This stone creature tells them stories of all the people and animals that have come to visit him in his life time. Most of his visitors eat the plants and they don't know which plants are good for them or which ones are poison. Lavender with her gift knows which plants are poison and which ones are not. Marigold will start to eat the plants and if she glows white then Lavender knows they are poison. This is how they survive on their journey through the woods.
Lavender and Marigold meet a lot of very interesting people on their journey. They meet a prince and a princess to be along with the king and queen and Quinby the king's taste tester. I really enjoyed reading about the prince and the princess to be. Their story was one of my favorites and the book really picked up here for me and I started liking it more. The king thought that someone was trying to kill him and everyone was a suspect. The queen and everyone else thought he was crazy but it turned out he was not. There really was someone plotting to murder him.
I liked Horus a Featherman who had wings and could fly. The Feathermen were 2 or 4 times bigger than a human. Horus would fly Lavender and Marigold around with one in each of his talons. They had some pretty funny times with Horus. It seems being so high up in the air caused you to have gas. There was a few times there that Marigold and Lavender would have me rolling on the floor laughing when they were with Horus.
Lavender and Marigold were two sisters that really cared a lot about each other. I don't think either one of them could have made it out on their own at that time in their life with out the other one. They are two very smart girls for their age. Lavender is fifteen and Marigold is seventeen. Both girls did a lot of growing up on their journey together.
About the Author:
Clinton Festa, raised in Rockland County, NY, is son to two educators and grandson to four. Clinton studied animal science with the intention of pursuing a doctorate in veterinary medicine. However, after graduation Clinton began flight training and has worked in aviation for the last ten years.
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Giveaway Ancient Canada
Thanks to the author Clinton Festa I will be giving away 1 copy of Ancient Canada. The Giveaway will be from June 22 to June 29.
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Be sure and check out the other blogs on the tour for Ancient Canada
Tour Schedule:
June 11th- Erotic Romance With a Bite...Leigh Savage (Giveaway & Author Interview)
June 12th- Amy's Book World (Promo Post & Giveaway)
June 13th- The Book Connoisseur (Promo Post and Character Interview)
June 14th- Ramblings of an Amateur Writer (Author Interview & Promo Post)
June 15th- The Jeep Diva (Book Review & Giveaway)
June 16th- Ramblings of an Amateur Writer (Promo Post)
June 17th-The Bunnys Review (Author Interview & Giveaway)
June 18th- Tricia Kristufek (Promo Post)
June 19th- Full Moon Bites (Promo Post)
June 20th- Heart Of A Wolf (Book Review & Giveaway)
June 21st- Fangs For The Fantasy (Book Review & Giveaway)
June 22nd- The Avid Reader (Book Review & Giveaway)
June 23rd- D. VonThaer (Book Review & Giveaway)
June 24th- Simply Infatuated (Author Interview & Promo Post)
I recieved a copy of Ancient Canada from the author for review.
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