Time meant nothing while reading this book. The copy is professional and perfect for young adult readers, 14+

Michelle Bryan’s writing style is honed, engaging, and utterly unique. During this riveting story, we move through sand lands, mountains, camps, villages, and valleys-just to name a few-each of which is expertly delivered. The prezedant’s wealth is held in the center and the further you are from him, the harder your day-to-day life is. Poor imagery between the Prezedant and his outlying subjects. The power of the Prezedant’s control is believable and the scenes he appears in are sinister and foreboding.Īwaken is set in a fantasy dystopian world. The antagonist has strong presence throughout. However, each of these characters serve a purpose in intriguing us and drawing us head-first into the story. Tater the dwarf is particularly interesting throughout the story. The rest of Tara’s straggling gang consists of an orphaned boy, Finn, his devil-cat, and a dwarf. The relationship between the two builds slowly, believably, and oh-so-sweetly. In fact, Jax seems to hate everything about Tara. The author has crafted the male protagonist with perfection. The reader is emotionally tied to her fate, her troubles, and her successes. She is multi-faceted, and the reader can see where she will continue to develop. Tara’s strength continues to grow with each obstacle she faces. Now Tara is hunted by the Prezedant and must learn to fight back, or perish.

On her journey, she picks up a strange assortment of friends, and makes a startling discovery she is a New Blood. When Tara’s village is destroyed, she sets out to find survivors. Join Tara in her journey…and discover the secret of The New Bloods! It will change her destiny…and perhaps change the world. Now she embarks on a quest to find what remains of her family, with a ragtag fellowship of allies at her side Finn, an orphaned boy who has a devil-cat as a pet Tater, the dwarf storytelling trader who seems to know more than he is willing to admit Jax, a surly young man who seems to hate everything about Tara. But when her village is destroyed and the young people taken by the merciless Prezedant, she quickly learns how much of a fighter she really is. Instead, she is one of a unique breed known as New Bloods, revered by some and hunted by others. She is not the ordinary girl she thought herself to be. The world as she knows it does not exist. And Tara has just discovered that she’s been lied to her entire life. All that remains is the harsh and unforgiving sand lands. Tara is a teenager in a broken world, searching for answers…and a future.

Awaken by Michelle Bryan