Read: June 19, 2014
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Rating: 5/5 stars
An exciting digital story that allows the reader the choice of following various characters in the style of the much loved Choose Your Own Adventure stories.
Seven companions set out to free the woman trapped in the moon, and change the world along the way. Young, sheltered Branguin discovers that his ancestor, Marama, has been trapped in the moon, and sets out to free her. But he must first unravel the mystery of how she got there, confront and defeat the sorcerer Raul, and counter a menacing new force that's assembling an army to attack the capital. Branguin deciphers the clues with the help of his companions, several lost relatives along the way. The Lunation Series is a modern-day moon myth about ordinary people discovering their inner strength and overcoming extraordinary challenges, in order to solve a great mystery.
My Review:
A thousand thanks to HarperCollins Publishers Australia for the free review copy of this book. The fact that I received a copy has in no way altered my opinion and review of the book.
'Lunation' was an intriguing and powerful book. Although I thought the choose your own adventure part was unnecessary, it was amazing (keeping the minor grammar errors) I really got a sense of the world's culture, possibly because the Boy was also somewhat new to it. Not only was it rich in culture, 'Lunation' had a powerful plot and strong, quite well developed characters.
My favorite out of all of the characters would have to be the Boy, or Branguin as some call him. He was interesting in a unique way. I can't imagine not knowing my own name, but then again the Girl doesn't sound quite as cool as the Boy does. He is oblivious and knowledgeable at the same time and his mysterious family history only added to my interest in him.
The different religions were also very interesting. I liked seeing how many versions of one faith there could be. I highly recommend 'Lunation' to fans of legends and fantasy.
