Review | The War of the Snakes by Julian Creek

Blurb

“Dreams can’t be real, can they?” 

Such is the gnawing question reverberating through Sam’s head as he battles with a dilemma, which refuses to be ignored. In his dreams, he is always confronted by one simple point: Muanga-Atua exists! And for some un-asked for and un-wanted reason, he - Sam - is expected to save this place from the calamity that engulfs the people of the Turangai. Not only that, but he is also supposed to have some sort of incredible power by which he is expected to destroy both the Bjarke and their leader, Lord Elim, the Turangai’s oppressors.

“But that is ridiculous! Right?” 

Determined to ignore all that occurs in this so-called ‘dream world’, he does nothing. That is until one cold, grey, autumn morning a TV news flash captures a shocking series of events, which leads to one undeniable truth; what he has tried to ignore all along in Muanga-Atua has somehow incredibly exploded into his world and it is searching. Searching for him. 

His do-nothing approach is just not good enough. Not now. He will have to go back to Muanga-Atua to seek out this power he was supposed to have obtained. Find the power, accept what it can do through him, and go out into that awful place to do battle with someone or something that makes his very blood run cold.

Review

I enjoyed this novel, all the mystery, action, and suspense of this rich new world was really intriguing and well thought out.

Sam is a great protagonist very realistic and engaging. You are rooting for him to overcome evil and with him every step of the way on his journey.  

But I found the writing style a bit jarring, to begin with, but once I'd settled into, it had me turning the pages to see what happened next. 

I'll be interested to see what happens next, we have barely scratched the surface of this fantasy world. For any YA Sci-Fi fans looking for a new series, check this out!

Thanks to Faye at Authoright for sending me this in exchange for an open and honest review.

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