A Story Spun in Scarlet Series: Tales of Wonder and Woe #1 Published by Renee Dugan on March 8, 2024
Source: Netgalley Arc
Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Humorous, Fiction / Romance / Clean & Wholesome, Fiction / Romance / New Adult
Pages: 510
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Format: Ebook Arc
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LET ME TELL YOU A STORY...
AUDRA JASHOWIN is a storyteller without a purpose.
When all the tales in the land of Mithra-Sha lost their endings, Audra fled from her family's rejection and the only home she ever knew. Now, with a sense of veiled danger haunting her heels and her life as devoid of direction as her stories, she arrives at long last in a city of fresh starts and second chances.
There, she finds an adventure greater than she ever dreamed.
JAIK GRISSOM might be the key to bringing back the power of all stories.
A simple farmhand with a way around weapons, Jaik possesses more than a sharp wit that sets Audra's soul aflame. He's a natural amplifier with the talent to breathe life into her tales...into all the tales in Mithra-Sha.
Chased from their comfortable lives by a stroke of ill luck on a fateful night, Audra and Jaik embark on a journey for answers-through the wilderness and over the raging sea, to the heart of storytelling itself. Along the way, the strange bond between them deepens as they begin to uncover a mystery that lurks beneath all the broken tales, written in the shroud of their own unlikely pasts.
To mend the fractured stories in Mithra-Sha, Audra and Jaik must learn to embrace what lives at the core of their own stories: the bravery and brilliance, the loyalty and love, and the purpose and power they both harness-together and apart.
And they must face a terrible truth penned between the pages of their quest...a tragedy that will change the course of history and rewrite the ending of their tale forever.
Review:
A Story Spun in Scarlet is the first book of the Tales of Wonder and Woe series; at this point, I have no idea how many books are being released, but I hope it is a lot cause this first book memorized me. Renee Dugan is a self-published author. Though this is the first book I picked up by this author, I think I need to pick up some more. In a world where story crafters have lost their ability to end stories, our main character, Audra, is forced to leave the life she has to live a life she never saw coming.
The Twists and Turns in this story kept me turning the pages in feverish haste to see what would happen next to Audra and Jaik, whose lives are more intertwined than we knew. The magic in the book being part of the stories was my hooking point. I love books about books, magic related to stories, or even adventuring into a book. A tale spun in Scarlet is due in March of 2024, but I could not wait to read it when I saw the cover; this is a great book to curl up with and get lost in.
About Renee Dugan
Renee Dugan is an Indiana-based fantasy author who grew up reading fantasy books, chasing stray cats, and writing stories full of dashing heroes and evil masterminds.
Now with over a decade of professional editing, administrative work, and writing every spare second under her belt, she has authored THE CHAOS CIRCUS, a portal fantasy novel, and THE STARCHASER SAGA, an epic high fantasy series.
Living with her husband, son, and not-so-stray cats in the magical Midwest, she continues to explore new worlds and spends her time in this one encouraging and helping other writers on their journey to fulfilling their dreams.
