Series: Tales of Wonder and Woe #1
Author: R. Dugan
Genre: Epic Fantasy; Romance
Publication Date: March 8th 2024
Publisher: Wave Walker Press
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 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.
Rating

* I received a review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.*Hello Fellow Reader,
Now as I've gotten older I've gotten admittedly less patient with long fantasy books and boy did this feel like a long one. I do feel that Dugan could have cut down on the page numbers and the book would have been so much better, for me. Audra was a great character, smart and head-strong, something more fantasy books need. The worldbuilding was good and the magic system was unique but easy to understand. The plot seemed interesting but honestly, I couldn't focus on it enough due to the overly long details and sentences. Which is a shame as the plot seemed so interesting and unique.
Overall, perfect for those who need a long epic fantasy.
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