Henge by Realm Lovejoy
(Le Fay #1)
Publication date: November 11th 2014
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
(Le Fay #1)
Publication date: November 11th 2014
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Modern-day Camelot. Where knights no longer carry swords. Magic is dangerous. And those who seek control are not to be trusted.
Sixteen-year-old Morgan le Fay is a fire user. An ordinary girl with an extraordinary skill, she has the ability to create and command fire at will. Her dream is to become the Maven—the right hand of the future King Arthur. In the chance of a lifetime, Morgan is selected to join Arthur’s Round, an elite group of young magic users from which the new Maven will be chosen.
Along with the other fire, water, and wind users in Arthur’s Round, Morgan is rigorously trained and tested. The handsome Merlin, a brilliant water user, takes a particular interest in her. Is his friendship to be trusted, or is Merlin simply trying to win the position of Maven for himself? Among the many rivals Morgan faces is the current Maven, Mordred, who seems determined to see her fail.
But Morgan has a secret—years ago, her mother was executed for using fire magic, and Morgan’s desire for justice makes her more than ready to take on the challenge before her. Can she prevail in Camelot’s tests of survival and magic? Only time—and Morgan’s powerful fire—will tell.
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“Camelot meets Hogwarts meets Panem in this intriguing, well-written beginning to a planned YA series.”–Kirkus Reviews
Sixteen-year-old Morgan le Fay is a fire user. An ordinary girl with an extraordinary skill, she has the ability to create and command fire at will. Her dream is to become the Maven—the right hand of the future King Arthur. In the chance of a lifetime, Morgan is selected to join Arthur’s Round, an elite group of young magic users from which the new Maven will be chosen.
Along with the other fire, water, and wind users in Arthur’s Round, Morgan is rigorously trained and tested. The handsome Merlin, a brilliant water user, takes a particular interest in her. Is his friendship to be trusted, or is Merlin simply trying to win the position of Maven for himself? Among the many rivals Morgan faces is the current Maven, Mordred, who seems determined to see her fail.
But Morgan has a secret—years ago, her mother was executed for using fire magic, and Morgan’s desire for justice makes her more than ready to take on the challenge before her. Can she prevail in Camelot’s tests of survival and magic? Only time—and Morgan’s powerful fire—will tell.
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“Camelot meets Hogwarts meets Panem in this intriguing, well-written beginning to a planned YA series.”–Kirkus Reviews
In
the book Henge by Realm Lovejoy, the protagonist Morgan Le Fay is a
not so average girl from the U.K whom lives in a world of magical
powers which are elemental. Morgan's elemental power is fire and she
tries to win the magic contest to be the Maven of her generation.
She wants this position so that Prince Arthur will avenge her
mother's death as well as change the law so people with magic powers
will not get the death penalty for using their magical powers of
their own right.
I
truly love how everyone was using their magical powers, like When
Morgan got mad she could feel the fire in her veins, and when she met
the Maven he lit a cigarette with one finger, and that’s just the
fire element, there is also water and wind. One of my favorite all
time magical powers is when the water powers were used by the boy
Merlin. He amazed the crowd in the beginning when he made a ball of
water turn in to a bird then into a flock of birds which I thought
was really cool because he did it all with his eyes closed and it
started out as a small puddle of water. I also like the gray Knights
even though they captured the magic users whom didn't have a license
to use it, they were a pretty bad ass squad. They were basically the
SWAT team for magic users that also worked for the King and Maven.
This book really reminds me of the show Avatar The Last Air Bender,
except they could control water, earth, fire, and air and some could
control all elements.
Realm
Lovejoy did a spectacular job on this book it was detailed so well it
felt like I was sitting on her shoulders watching and feeling
everything, it also reminded me of the Hunger Games with a spin off
attitude of spy kids. I really love this spectacular book and I give
this book a whopping, flying 5 stars ***** and two thumbs up.
Realm Lovejoy
is an American writer and an artist. She grew up in both Washington
State and the Japanese Alps of Nagano, Japan. Currently, she lives in
Seattle and works as an artist in the video game industry. CLAN is her
first book. You can find out more about her and her book at realmlovejoy.com
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This is an awesome book! Just the right cup of tea for our homeschooling read aloud. My son is now wild about this book!
ReplyDeleteGreat review! This sounds like a really fun read and I love the sounds of the magic and magic powers aspect in this! Glad you liked it! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading Henge and for reviewing it! I'm ecstatic that you enjoyed the book and that you liked the magic! I hope you'll read the next book coming out later this year.
ReplyDeleteOh definitely! Thanks Giselle and Realm for stopping by, we really do appreciate it!
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