Giselle Simlett - Girl of Myth and Legend

Published: WWS Publishing, 2015
Pages: 363
Series: The Chosen Saga

Description:
„Leonie Woodville wants to live an unremarkable life. She wants routine, she wants repetition, she wants predictability. So when she explodes in a blaze of light one morning on the way to her college, it’s enough to put a real crimp in her day.

And things only get weirder…

Leonie learns from her father that she is last of the Pulsar, a phenomenally powerful member of a magical species called the Chosen. It will be her sole duty to protect the Imperium, a governing hierarchy, from all enemies, and to exceed the reputation of the Pulsar before her. So – no pressure there, then.

Leonie is swept away from her rigorous normality and taken to a world of magic. There, she is forced into a ceremony to join her soul to a guardian, Korren, who is both incredibly handsome and intensely troubled, a relationship for which ‘it’s complicated’ just really doesn’t cut it.

But Leonie is soon to learn that this ancient world is no paradise. With violent dissidents intent to overthrow the Imperium, and dark entities with their own agenda, she and Korren find themselves caught in a war where they will have to overcome their differences if they are to survive.

Dare to dream. Dare to hope. Dare to be a legend.”

What I Think:

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.
The world that Giselle Simlett created is very complex and original.
The story takes place in a completely different world where Leonie had lived before.
The story is simple but there are lots of secrets and questions in it, and we get to know these through Leonie’s and Korren’s POVs, too.
The characters are very well-drawn. Their reactions are believable, and I enjoyed the dialogue between Leonie and Korren.
O’Sha is very unsympathetic for me, he is very tiresome. I don’t know why.

The kytaen is another tribe. The kytaens protect the Pulsar and Leonie’s kytaen is Korren, who doesn’t like her at first. Their relation is very complicated and sometimes funny, but at the end they become cup and can, but they aren’t lovers, and I liked that.

„I don’t want to be the one to keep you chained.”

The last chapter of the book is very nerve-racking and exciting. Everything turns upside-down, and you might think you are ready for this, but not.
I want to know more about the kytaens and the new world, and I hope I can get answers for my questions.

So I tried to write about this book without spoilers because I love this novel, and I think everybody should read it. And I’m looking forward to the second book of the series.

The last sentence:
„Strong enough to be the girl of myth and legend.”