Review of Apollo's Raven
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Review of Apollo's Raven
[Following is a volunteer review of "Apollo's Raven" by Linnea Tanner.]
Apollo’s Raven by Linnea Tanner is a historical fiction story with a Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed-lovers, trope. The story follows Celtic warrior princess, Catrin, and the Roman great-grandson of Mark Antony, Marcellus as they try to navigate falling in love amidst great political distress between their families and people. They have to deal with warriors, ancient Roman and Britannic politics, and some magic while trying to prevent war from breaking out and the people they love getting hurt.
Linnea Tanner did a wonderful job of blending the Celtic and Roman mythologies and cultures in this beautiful story of forbidden love, adventure, and politics-ridden fighting. I loved how she was able to meld these aspects together and really show how the people of this time viewed themselves and the world that they lived in. I also really liked how she wrote the romance plot into the story, giving an appropriate amount to show how the characters really cared for each other and had to juggle their feelings for each other with the duty they had to their respective people.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I fell in love with Catrin and Marcellus and really felt for their situation and the circumstances surrounding what they had to sacrifice for themselves, each other, and their people. I gave this book all four stars because I felt like it was excellently written and now it's definitely in my top 10 list of favorite books. Tanner did an amazing job with getting the reader to really empathize with the characters and hook their attention to the very end of the book. I know my attention never wavered throughout the whole book, the intensity and vigor of the story never kept my interest and attention the whole time.
I completely recommend this book to fans of the star-crossed-lovers trope, action/adventure fans, and fans of Roman and/or Celtic history. As a huge fan of Celtic and Roman history, this story was a huge find for me and I am eternally grateful for finding this series. This book has areas of interest for many different readers, from fantasy/magic to history and politics, and did a great job in weaving all of these together to create a story for these readers. So many of my book genre interests were met in this incredible story and I never once felt like it was dull or boring. The different characters, even the ones that I personally didn’t like, were very interesting and all contributed to the story in unique and important ways. There was no point in the story where I felt like this book was lacking or needed any form of improvement.
With the exception of one typo in the book, I felt like this book had no errors. The third person point of view really added a whole new element to the story and broadened the readers’ scope of the characters and their reasonings. I loved how the different characters had their point of views shown and they were able to show the readers how they saw the events happening, as well as their feelings about them. Apollo’s Raven is a captivating read that will have me thinking about it for weeks. I can’t wait to continue reading the series and see where the story goes after this point.
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Apollo's Raven
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Apollo’s Raven by Linnea Tanner is a historical fiction story with a Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed-lovers, trope. The story follows Celtic warrior princess, Catrin, and the Roman great-grandson of Mark Antony, Marcellus as they try to navigate falling in love amidst great political distress between their families and people. They have to deal with warriors, ancient Roman and Britannic politics, and some magic while trying to prevent war from breaking out and the people they love getting hurt.
Linnea Tanner did a wonderful job of blending the Celtic and Roman mythologies and cultures in this beautiful story of forbidden love, adventure, and politics-ridden fighting. I loved how she was able to meld these aspects together and really show how the people of this time viewed themselves and the world that they lived in. I also really liked how she wrote the romance plot into the story, giving an appropriate amount to show how the characters really cared for each other and had to juggle their feelings for each other with the duty they had to their respective people.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I fell in love with Catrin and Marcellus and really felt for their situation and the circumstances surrounding what they had to sacrifice for themselves, each other, and their people. I gave this book all four stars because I felt like it was excellently written and now it's definitely in my top 10 list of favorite books. Tanner did an amazing job with getting the reader to really empathize with the characters and hook their attention to the very end of the book. I know my attention never wavered throughout the whole book, the intensity and vigor of the story never kept my interest and attention the whole time.
I completely recommend this book to fans of the star-crossed-lovers trope, action/adventure fans, and fans of Roman and/or Celtic history. As a huge fan of Celtic and Roman history, this story was a huge find for me and I am eternally grateful for finding this series. This book has areas of interest for many different readers, from fantasy/magic to history and politics, and did a great job in weaving all of these together to create a story for these readers. So many of my book genre interests were met in this incredible story and I never once felt like it was dull or boring. The different characters, even the ones that I personally didn’t like, were very interesting and all contributed to the story in unique and important ways. There was no point in the story where I felt like this book was lacking or needed any form of improvement.
With the exception of one typo in the book, I felt like this book had no errors. The third person point of view really added a whole new element to the story and broadened the readers’ scope of the characters and their reasonings. I loved how the different characters had their point of views shown and they were able to show the readers how they saw the events happening, as well as their feelings about them. Apollo’s Raven is a captivating read that will have me thinking about it for weeks. I can’t wait to continue reading the series and see where the story goes after this point.
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Apollo's Raven
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
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