UNRAVELING OF EMLYN DULAINE
AUTHOR:
Lindsay A. Franklin
GENRE:
Portal Fantasy
AGE:
13+
RATING:
5 Stars
REVIEW:
What happens when your beloved older sister vanishes, unraveling like ribbons before your eyes? Seven years later, the main character, Emlyn DuLaine, has tried for years to discover what happened to Camille, but there are no traces of her. When Emmy is pulled through a portal into a fantasy world of the childhood stories she wrote, everything she ever thought she knew shatters. A library holding the story worlds of every single book ever published begins to fall apart. The stories are breaking and Emlyn may be the only one who can fix them. But there is more at stake than just these stories.
This book for sure goes on my list of all-time favorites and I will most definitely read this one over and over. I'm not sure I can think of a part of it I did not like. The characters were all so lovable and just overall amazing. The way they each were their own unique self, realistic and relatable in their own way, funny and sarcastic, but also real and authentic, had me loving each of them even more each page. Opening this book I didn’t realize I would laugh so much, but there were many parts that had me chuckling about the witty remarks and ties to writing and common cliches. And the worldbuilding was fascinating and so intricate!
The whimsicalness and vividness of this story had me up way too late...Everything about it was so vibrant and emotional. The descriptions made it play out like a movie, I could imagine everything that was happening so vividly, yet it wasn’t over descriptive either. Which is very hard to do. Powerful and moving, I absolutely loved how it tied in the beauty of story. I resonated with this book on so many levels. It captivated me from page one.
WARNINGS:
Light romance // Mild violence // Magic
TAKEAWAYS:
Any book that delves into the meaning and power of good stories I’m all for. The way this book tied in a love for classic literature was so beautiful and held so much meaning in it. They aren’t just tales about characters that never lived, or worlds that don’t exist, but they do have meaning and power. They are so important in so many ways. They can teach us things that can’t be taught elsewhere and can show us things in a new perspective. They have so much heart and emotion, we ought to respect them more.
The Blurb
A shattered heart, a fate foretold. The world undone by tales of old.
Emlyn DuLaine just wants to know what happened to her sister, Camille, seven years ago on the fateful day she vanished—literally. Emlyn witnessed Camille unravel and disappear, but no one believes her. Since they think she’s crazy, the least the cops could do is solve Camille’s case. Is a little closure too much to ask?
But Emlyn’s life is upended when she is pulled through a portal into the fantasyland of her childhood imaginings—a magical library holding the storyworlds of every story ever published. And trouble is brewing in the land of Rivenlea. Rogue characters threaten their plot lines, and broken classics are beginning to crumble, but Emlyn only wants to find Camille.
As she searches for her sister, Emlyn begins to learn the reality of Rivenlea and her own origins. A nefarious plot is afoot, and the line between fact and fiction is becoming hopelessly blurred. The truth threatens the storyworlds, Rivenlea, and Earth—the fabric of creation, itself.
About the Author
Lindsay A. Franklin is the Carol Award–winning author of The Story Peddler, ECPA best-selling author of Adored, and Managing Editor of Enclave Publishing. She would wear pajama pants all the time if it were socially acceptable. Lindsay lives happily among the rain and evergreens of the Pacific Northwest with her scruffy-looking nerf-herder husband, their three (nearly) grown geeklings, and three demanding thunder pillows (a.k.a. cats). You can find Lindsay on Instagram @LinzyAFranklin.
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