Isn't it gorgeous--and intriguing?
For those who haven't read Book 1, here's a reprise of my review of it:
Mere Enchantment by Alicia RivoliMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Review of Mere Enchantment by Alicia Rivoli
I received a review ebook copy from the author in exchange for my fair and impartial review.
“Mere Enchantment” is a moving and imaginative contemporary/fantasy postulating an alternate “world,” one located under mysterious Mirror Lake in the Rockies. Preston, almost eighteen, has lived exclusively in a cabin on the lake which belonged to his grandfather, who also owned another cabin on the opposite shore. From early childhood Preston’s father Jack has related stories of a fairytale-like world, Mere, which had been attacked by an evil duke and his insurmountable minion creatures. Preston of course always assumed these were bedtime stories, intended to soothe a fretful child to sleep. Little does he realize they are factual.
This summer Jack has rented the other cabin for the first time, to two families, each of whom has a son and a daughter. Preston, who is ordered into an arranged marriage as soon as he turns eighteen soon, instead falls for Chloe, one of the daughters. Almost immediately terrible things occur: violent storms, tornados, his folks go missing temporarily, and his father orders him to the cave beyond the other cabin. Quickly he is joined by the four other adolescents, and an entirely new world unfolds to them.
I certainly hope “Mere Enchantment” will be the first of a series, as I want to know what happens “after—.”
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