“Dorothy got sucked into a tornado.
Alice fell down a hole.
Wendy flew to Neverland.
Kamryn? She tripped down the stairs.
Now, Kamryn Kensington finds herself in a strange new world. Within minutes of her arrival, she dodges an archer’s arrow and avoids getting sliced up by a cosplay reject holding a dagger to her throat. And that’s before the storyteller’s breath brings stories to life.
Home is the mission—to return to her family and pursue her life’s dream of art and travel. Yet the longer she’s in the Land of Ur, the harder it is not to feel for the people she meets. Even her artistic side can’t help but breathe in the beautiful wonder and magic of this new world. So when the Oracle hands her a different quest, she takes it on the condition he sends her home afterward.
No one thought to warn her of a jealous queen and her dragon minions. Or that, by helping her, the cute storyteller would go crazy. Or that her heart would rip in two when she left. Those would’ve been great facts to know ahead of time.
Considering that nothing in Ur is what it seems, the mission proves to be more than she ever imagined. But more than her own future will be in jeopardy if Kamryn doesn’t succeed.”
Series: No, a stand-alone novel.
Spiritual Content- Prayers & feeling peace; Mentions of prayers, praying, praising God, & blessings over food; Mentions of miracles; A few mentions of God; A few mentions of Heaven; A couple mentions of blessings & being blessed;
*Note: Kam says “oh dear Lord” once (could be taken seriously or flippant); Kam is given a special necklace (that can change her outfit and guide her to a decision) with a mysterious note and when she falls down the stairs, she wakes up in another world; She is bought to the world by the “Great Oracle” (*Spoilers* who is implied to be the Creator/God and a few things he says sound similar to Scriptures; He is described as an old man with a long beard and wearing a robe; He created the one who created the world that Kamryn fell into and says the creator is precious to him as all his children are *End of Spoilers*); One of the people she meets is Reese, who is called the “storyteller” of the world and is able to say something to make it happen (such as healing someone’s injuries, making a person sleep or shrink, making items appear when called, bringing a story to life, and going from one place to another like teleportation; all of these are seen on-page, up to semi-detailed); Kam refers to Reese’s abilities as “mystic powers”, “hocus-pocus”, and“mojo”, but another says they are “gifts” from the Great Oracle and leave a trail of “energy” when used; Reese is cursed and unable to eat, sleep, or feel pain; Kam clutches the necklace to seek “help from a greater power” connected to it; *Major Spoilers* Reese is the creator of the other world (an author in his story) and in a coma in the real world after a car accident; The Great Oracle isn’t a character Reese created and implied to be God *End of Spoilers*; Kam crosses her fingers and prays for something; When being lectured by her older sister, Kam draws her with horns, a serpent tongue, and fangs; Mentions of curses & being cursed; Mentions of dragons, mermaids, faeries, & sprites; Mentions of luck & being lucky; A few mentions of spells (from the “dark queen”); A few mentions of evil consuming someone and darkness winning; A mention of Reese facing demons in his mind (bad memories); A mention of demon-sucking demons; A mention of a supernatural event (regarding Kam going into another world); A mention of the stars being in Kam’s favor.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘bugger’, a ‘duh’, a ‘flippin’’, a ‘jack-squat’, a ‘kissing up’, a ‘stinking’, a ‘sucks’, two forms of ‘dumb’s, two ‘shoot’s, three ‘geez’s, four ‘blasted’, five ‘shut up’s, five ‘stupid’s, and seven ‘crap’s; Eye rolling & Sarcasm; A couple lies; Nearly dying, Being attacked and nearly killed (including by creepy fantasy creatures, multiple times), Almost drowning, Being held at knife-point, Being shot (with arrows), Being grabbed, Falling down the stairs, Pain and Extreme pain, Injuries (including major), Blood/Bleeding, & Earthquakes (up to semi-detailed); Seeing fantasy creatures killed (border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed); Remembering a car accident (up to semi-detailed); Hearing lies about one’s self; Reese has the thought to kill someone who has harmed him and the world, but Kam stops him (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of deaths from cancer & grief (including a grandmother and young children, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of deaths from a car accident & drunk driver; Mentions of another car accident & major injuries; Mentions of being shot, being attacked, weapons, injuries, blood/bleeding (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of stealing, thieves, & criminals; Mentions of lies, lying, & deceit; Mentions of alcohol, drinking, drunks, & taverns; Mentions of awful smells & animal carcasses; Mentions of poop; A few mentions of possible torture; A couple mentions of dead bodies; A couple mentions of gunshots; A couple mentions of hatred; A couple mentions of gossip & rumors; A mention of throwing up;
*Note: Kam’s parents died when she was little (car accident) and lived with her grandmother until her passing six years prior (cancer), when her older sister and her husband were awarded guardianship of her; Kam feels smothered by her older sister & it leads to them arguing with each other (including about her sister not allowing her to go on a trip); A woman sneers and calls a man in a wheelchair a “cripple”; A handful of butt jokes (because of someone’s name being close to derrière); A comment about a woman having an “unhealthy fetish with knives”; A couple mentions of horror movies; A mention of Halloween.
Sexual Content- Two hand kisses, three forehead kisses, a neck kiss, an almost kiss (semi-detailed), a not-detailed kiss, two barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and two semi-detailed kisses; Wanting to kiss and touch (barely-above-not-detailed); Staring at lips; Touches, Embraces, Cuddling, Hand holding, Warmth, Butterflies/Flutters, Tingles/Shivers, Nearness (up to semi-detailed); Blushes, Winks, & Flirting; Noticing & Staring (up to semi-detailed); Kam and Reese share a bed when sleeping (cuddling happens and she wakes up first, up to semi-detailed); When a guy makes a suggestive comment to Kam (asking if another man has “tasted” her yet), she wishes to put her knee in his groin (he leers at her a couple times and nuzzles her neck); A comment about a woman “spreadin’ her legs” for another man in her boyfriend’s bed (cheating; *Spoiler* Reese found his girlfriend in his bed with another man and there are a few vague references to this *End of Spoiler*); a ‘hot’, a ’skank’ when referring to a woman, and four ‘babe’s; Mentions of kisses & kissing; Mentions of couples touching, embracing, cuddling, & kissing (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of cheating, catching someone cheating in a bedroom, exes, lovers, & heartbreak; Mentions of flirting, blushes, & winks; Mentions of young boys crushing on and being enthralled by Kam; A few mentions of other crushes; Love, falling in love, & the emotions;
*Note: The “dark queen” wears a tight corset pushing up cleavage (more cleavage that Kam thinks is proper for a queen; mentioned again later); A comment about life being a “cruel and unfair mistress”; A couple mentions of half-clothes women in a shipping port-like area and men calling crude remarks (not written); A couple mentions of underwear; A mention of a busty woman; A mention of menopause; A mention of testosterone.
-Kamryn “Kam” Kensington, age 19
-Reese
P.O.V. switches between them & one other character
255 pages
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My personal Rating-
That was…different.
I went into this book with an open mind because I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it ended up not being my personal cup of tea.
Maybe it’s because of the shorter length of this book, but I thought Kam took the knowledge of being thrown (quite literally) into another world really well, actually. I think I would have been a little more panicked and stressed than her. I was confused at times once she enters the fantasy world because things aren’t explained at first. Eventually we get some information, though, so I just had to hold my questions until then.
It reminded me of a mix between The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan—which is admittedly not my favorite two fairytales as they’re usually a little too out-there, sad, dark, or just plain nonsensical for me. I didn’t quite understand Reese and his powers because they seemed just for writing and telling stories, but then he would be able to heal Kam’s injuries or help her sleep (while adding to dream of him to the command, which was a little strange but also a little sweet?).
Poor Kam can’t catch a break in this book: never mind just falling down the stairs into another world, she’s also attacked left and right by those and the creatures in said world and then bleeding often or near death because of it.
It was sitting at a two star rating for me personally because it really wasn’t my thing of fantasy book and I was having trouble understanding what was going on, but I really didn’t like some reveals at the end and some cruder comments throughout the book. Kam didn’t have a filter for her comments which left some of them in poor taste. I liked the very end, but that was really the only part I can say that I enjoyed.
See y’all on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
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