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Title: Crystal Bones
Author: C. Aubrey Hall
Narrator: Rebecca Courtney
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-08-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
The first book in a trilogy that features a twin sister and brother who are half-Fae and half-human.
When they discover their younger sister is missing, their home burned, and their parents murdered, they seek revenge on their goblin enemies... Their father's last words lead them to Eirian, a powerful sword that will take them to their missing sister, if they can keep it out of the hands of their enemies.
Members Reviews:
Awesome Beginning to Trilogy
C. Aubrey Hall's debut novel in her Faelin Chronicles is an awesome and engrossing young adult fantasy book. I read it in a couple of sittings, and my son read it in one day during breaks at school (he's an incredibly fast reader).
The characters, Diello and Cynthe, are thirteen year old twins who are half-human and half-Fae. The book opens up on their birthday, when they're supposed to come into their wondrous Fae powers. That celebration is put on hold, though, because the family runs a struggling farm and those chores can't be put off, which bums out both twins. They do manage to get one break when their mom sends them to Lord Malque to deliver a banquet cloth she's made.
I felt a lot of sympathy for Diello and Cynthe in the beginning when their important birthday doesn't go as planned, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. That day turns out much worse, and that was when the hook on this read was firmly planted.
Hall progresses into the story, mixing in hints of the Fae culture as well as the day-to-day medieval life, and one bad thing turns into a worse one. As if surviving a goblin attack that burns down their farm isn't bad enough, the people the twins turn to for help end up making their lives even worse and their continued existence doubtful, as well as taking away their baby sister.
The twins are well drawn, and there is a definite role reversal. Diello is the one with common sense, while Cynthe is the hothead. She's more athletic than her brother, too. Yet together they make a good team.
The magic in this book is subdued, just touches rather than a major force. Even so, I was surprised when the two cross paths with a talking wolf that gives her life to protect them, then hints at the dark secrets their parents have hidden all their lives.
Although the first book doesn't cover much physical territory, I get the feeling there is a whole, wide world awaiting in the next book, and I can't wait to read it. The foundations of a lot of mysteries are laid in this novel, and there are several cliffhangers as well. Readers looking for an absorbing and gripping fantasy read for will be in good hands with Crystal Bones.
A sparkling debut!
This YA fantasy series opens up on fraternal Faeilin twins', Diello and Cynthe's, thirteenth birthday and unfolds into virtually non-stop action. From birthday celebrations to disasters, events overcome the pair with a lot of magic, fighting and new friends at every turn. The book features a lot of fantasy "traditional" type characters - from talking animals, magic swords, to elves, goblins and wizards. With the young age of the main characters (the story comes through Diello's eyes), this falls to the younger end of the YA market. And with the strong emphasis on action, the characters all lack a surprising amount of emotional development.
