Cerulean is on the brink of collapse. The decay wasn’t fast, it wasn’t obvious, but now the world stands on the precipice.
Woven forests floating on an ocean around a star, Cerulean’s once vibrant treescape has grown dim over generations of arboreal life, and the creatures of the forest have forgotten the light.
Barra, a young, willful Listlespur, finds her late father's hidden journal, and reads about his discovery of Cerulean’s brighter past and the mysterious plague he believed has all but destroyed it. He warned the Elders. He urged them to take action. Those were his last words…
Together with her two best friends, Barra will rekindle her father’s legacy and traverse the Great Forest to relight her world, even if she has to travel beneath the Fall.
To fully realize Safronoff’s incredible world building, an amazing team of artists helped visualize the depths and magic of Cerulean through 40 full color pieces of art and over 80 line drawings. This illustrated fantasy novel, Sunborn Rising: Beneath the Fall, is available on Kindle and in Paperback and Hardcover editions. (Note: If reading on an e-ink device, color illustrations will be grayscale).
My review: five out of five stars
Overall, I LOVED this book. The story was full of adventure and fantasy. There were full color illustrations scattered through the book as well as some smaller sketch type ones. I loved having the pictures to go along with the story. Things are a bit different then I would have imagined in my head. The picture below is just one of MANY images in this book. Stunningly detailed, colorful and beautiful.
There were a chunk of the text that jumped out at me. I actually took a picture of the text, just so I could re-read it.
I give this book a solid five stars. It was a wonderful intro Cerulean. Cannot wait to read the next instillation.
You can learn more about this book and Aaron Safronoff, the author, visit the website here.
Overall, I LOVED this book. The story was full of adventure and fantasy. There were full color illustrations scattered through the book as well as some smaller sketch type ones. I loved having the pictures to go along with the story. Things are a bit different then I would have imagined in my head. The picture below is just one of MANY images in this book. Stunningly detailed, colorful and beautiful.
There were a chunk of the text that jumped out at me. I actually took a picture of the text, just so I could re-read it.
"Every achievement, every festival, and every birthday he spent without her was painful. Her absence had grown slowly, and he'd become disinterested in everything. He'd even started believing that he'd died with her and wished he had sometimes. Tory had been angry with his father for getting over her before he did and they fought once, just one time about it.
Tory remembered the fight well. After he'd yelled his accusations, his father responded with severe calm: I don't miss her any less than you. I don't grieve her loss any less than you. I just remember HER instead of the moment she left. It'd been hard to hear. Tory realized that he'd allowed her death to become more important than her life, and it bothered him that he'd let that happen. He wished he's thanked his father for those words, but he hadn't yet, and now he was worried he'd never get the chance."The connection I felt with this character's loss was incredible. Even now I am left wondering how Safronoff captured that feeling so vividly.
I give this book a solid five stars. It was a wonderful intro Cerulean. Cannot wait to read the next instillation.
You can learn more about this book and Aaron Safronoff, the author, visit the website here.
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