Friday, October 28, 2011

Book Review - The Key of Kilenya by Andrea Pearson

So what's The Key of Kilenya by Andrea Pearson about?
When two vicious wolves chase fourteen-year-old Jacob Clark down a path from our world into another, his life is forever changed. He has no idea they have been sent by the Lorkon--evil, immortal beings who are jealous of powers he doesn't know he possesses--powers they desire to control.
The inhabitants of the new world desperately need Jacob's help in recovering a magical key that was stolen by the Lorkon and is somehow linked to him. If he helps them, his life will be at risk. But if he chooses not to help them, both our world and theirs will be in danger. The Lorkon will stop at nothing to unleash the power of the key--and Jacob's special abilities.
My thoughts
Poor Jacob. He's minding his own business, practicing for what he hopes will be the start of a pathway leading to future basketball stardom and instead he ends up in an alien world with strange peoples and even stranger creatures. And no basketball!

But there is magic, and they tell him can learn to do it, too. Well, he'll need to if he hopes to survive during his quest to find the missing key. The key, he's told, only he can retrieve.

Something I particularly enjoyed was the heading at the beginning of each chapter as they were parts of a journal of someone who'd made a similar journey several years before. These little snippets from the past foretold things that Jacob and his company would also face as followed a similar path.

Not all story lines are tied up at the end, so Jacob's adventure isn't finished yet.

Have you read any good books lately? Want to share?

18 comments:

  1. The last two books I've read were 'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Pearl' by Steinbeck (novellas, really). Great reading, but not very cheerful.

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  2. Ha, this sounds like a dream come true. Minding his own business and winding up in an another world...way cool. The last bood I read was a historical romance a friend lent me at work...just last week actually. Viscound Brekenridge to the Rescue...I think...by Stephanie Laurens. Have a great weekend. :)

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  3. Sounds like there will be a sequel then.

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  4. I'm just finishing up reading The Help. It's making me feel very inadequate as a writer. :(

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  5. Neat magical element and archetypal, but nicely familiar character types. Good review:)

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  6. I just read The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa! I loved that it wrapped up Ash's and Meagan's story. Thanks for your review.

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  7. I'm currently reading Letters in the Jade Dragon Box, by Gale Sears. Very powerful book.

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  8. Poor Jacob. There will be magic, but not basketball stardom, at least not in the alien world.

    Would be interesting to see if a sequel shows his new powers as a way to gain b-ball stardom in our world? Hmmm...

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  9. Sounds like a great book. I'm in between books right now and have to download some this afternoon.

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  10. Sounds awesome!

    I'm in the middle (well... more like the beginning-ish) of Divergent. Do I love it? Actually, I'm not quite sure yet.

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  11. I'm trying to find time to read "The Race" by Clive Cussler. :)

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  12. This looks good! Thanks for sharing! And the last book I read was Divergent. Loved. I'm reading a Marcia Lynn McClure book right now. Love her. :)

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  13. I really enjoyed this book! Great review.

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  14. Sounds like a great book. I'm about to read The Night Circus, which I'm anticipating because of the buzz it has gotten.

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  15. This sounds like a great one! Thanks so much for sharing~ since Jacob is 14, I wonder if it feels closer to middle grade or closer to young YA?

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  16. Thanks for the review! I really appreciate it. :-)

    In response to Jess's question, it's for both middle grade and young adults (the younger end of that group). I've had readers in both age groups enjoy it. :-)

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  17. Thanks again for your review. :-) I'm wondering how open you'd be to posting it on Amazon and Goodreads? I'd really, really appreciate it! :-)

    Amazon (Kindle):
    http://www.amazon.com/Key-Kilenya-ebook/dp/B0058KBQRS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1323978764&sr=1-1

    Goodreads:
    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12416944-the-key-of-kilenya

    Thanks soooo much! :-) Also, I'm wondering if you'd be okay with me using bits of your review for blurbs and such? Let me know here (in case I don't find your response to my comment):
    apATandreapearsonbooksDOTcom. Thanks!

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