Samantha fears she’s mad; no one but she sees colors glowing around
people. The peasant Robrek Angusstamm believes he’s a demon; animals
speak to him, and his healing powers far outstrip those of his village’s
priests. Despite their fears, their combined powers make them the
goddess’s choice to rule the kingdom of Korthlundia.
In my sword
and sorcery novel, The Goddess’s Choice, Samantha’s ability enables her
to discern a person’s character through their multi-colored aura, and
Robrek’s makes him the strongest healer the kingdom has seen in
centuries. But their gifts also endanger their lives. Royals scheme to
usurp the throne by marrying or killing Samantha, and priests plot to
burn Robrek at the stake. Robrek escapes the priests only to be captured
by Samantha’s arch-enemy, Duke Argblutal; Argblutal intends to force
the princess to marry him by exploiting Robrek’s powers. To save their
own lives and stop the realm from sinking into civil war, Robrek and
Samantha must consolidate their powers and unite the people behind them.
The
Goddess’s Choice is based on a Norwegian fairy tale, “The Princess and
the Glass Hill.” Though my favorite fairy tale as a child, it disturbed
me that the female character has no name and no role other than being
handed off as a prize. My novel remakes the crown princess of
Korthlundia into a strong heroine who is every bit as likely to be the
rescuer as the one rescued. The Goddess’s Choice would appeal to readers
who enjoy the richly wrought worlds and well-developed casts of
characters in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books and Kate Elliott’s Crown
of Stars series. I have nearly completed an initial draft of a sequel,
The Soul Stone, and have outlines for two additional novels in the
series.
The story if very deep, I love it. It’s really challenging. The twists and turns of the story is very intriguing. The book explains every little detail and role of its characters. But of course the main character is Samantha. I can imagine her as a pretty lady with a very interesting power. I don’t understand at first why she can see that multicolored aura. But I think it is very awesome. Then I like Robbie here, he is a peasant who can talk to horses. It makes me think what if those powers are real?
The world I’ve been with this book is different from the one’s I’ve read because of the side stories and all that, I was kinda confused actually but it gives me a great challenge to understand the flow of the story so for those who wants a challenging one you guys should read this!
One more thing I love about this book, it has some kind of a mystery. I will not tell you what it is but that made me think what can that character do and what does his/her ability can do. And why they are called demons.
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