Raybearer - bookrastinating.com

Electronic resource, 400 pages

English language

Published Aug. 18, 2020 by Amulet Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-68335-719-3
OCLC Number:: 1111938953

(1 review)

Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you've sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy?

Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11. If she’s picked, she'll be joined with the other Council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai, who has always wanted to belong somewhere. But The Lady has other ideas, including a magical wish that Tarisai is compelled to obey: Kill the Crown Prince once she gains his trust. Tarisai won't stand by and become someone’s pawn--but is she strong enough to choose a different path …

Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you've sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy?

Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11. If she’s picked, she'll be joined with the other Council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai, who has always wanted to belong somewhere. But The Lady has other ideas, including a magical wish that Tarisai is compelled to obey: Kill the Crown Prince once she gains his trust. Tarisai won't stand by and become someone’s pawn--but is she strong enough to choose a different path for herself? With extraordinary world-building and breathtaking prose, Raybearer is the story of loyalty, fate, and the lengths we're willing to go for the ones we love. source: www.abramsbooks.com/product/raybearer_9781683357193/

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Bee reviewed Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Review of 'Raybearer' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Thank you NetGalley and Bonnier Books UK for the eARC in return for my honest review.
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First, let me just say that Raybearer is utterly incredible, the sample eARC I was given wasn't enough. I was left bereft and desperate to know more.

Jordan Ifueko has created a truly incredible world with characters that are each both so unique and fascinating that I am left wanting more. From the beginning of page one to the moment I realised I had come to the end of the sample; I was left breathless by the beauty of the story and how vivid and interesting the characters are and the world in which they live.

It's the first fantasy novel I have read that doesn't follow a familiar pattern that you can recognise and that in itself is excellent. It really is special and I can not wait to have …

Thank you NetGalley and Bonnier Books UK for the eARC in return for my honest review.
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First, let me just say that Raybearer is utterly incredible, the sample eARC I was given wasn't enough. I was left bereft and desperate to know more.

Jordan Ifueko has created a truly incredible world with characters that are each both so unique and fascinating that I am left wanting more. From the beginning of page one to the moment I realised I had come to the end of the sample; I was left breathless by the beauty of the story and how vivid and interesting the characters are and the world in which they live.

It's the first fantasy novel I have read that doesn't follow a familiar pattern that you can recognise and that in itself is excellent. It really is special and I can not wait to have it finding a home on my bookshelves so I can return once more to the story of Tarisai, The Lady and the Crown Prince. Oh and of course the other children of the Council who each have a tale to tell of their own - I am utterly enthralled by ’Bear’ and want to know absolutely everything about him.

Whilst there is a fantasy side to Raybearer, there is also the more simple side to the tale of Tarisai creating a family from those around her. You have these lovely glimpses of humility, fear, kindness.. you name it and Jordan Ifueko provides it.

I would highly recommend this for children and adults alive who love fantasy and value incredible worldbuilding, a realism and relatability in characters and the love of a story that you can lose hours in.

Raybearer is a story unlike any other and I hope that this will be book one of many.

Ps: I need book two soon too!