Bee reviewed Crystal Heart by Whitney Morris
Review of 'Crystal Heart' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Whitney Morris has created such a wonderful world and once I began reading Crystal Heart? I didn't want to stop.
Told from the viewpoints of Gregory, a changling and Mellissa a mortal who is unaware that a large rabbit will change her life forever. Gregory is a changling charged with finding Mellissa, the heir of an elf Queen who saved both the mortal and magical worlds.
I loved how nature plays as an important role in Crystal Heart as the characters both mortal and magical. Shown on the stunning cover art, trees play so many roles in the story from protection to a safe home for creatures that are vulnerable on both sides of the magical veil created by Mellissa's elfin ancestor.
The author's wonderful way of bringing magic to the nature on both sides of the veil reminds me of Tolkien and C.S.
Lewis. The story-telling in regards to …
Whitney Morris has created such a wonderful world and once I began reading Crystal Heart? I didn't want to stop.
Told from the viewpoints of Gregory, a changling and Mellissa a mortal who is unaware that a large rabbit will change her life forever. Gregory is a changling charged with finding Mellissa, the heir of an elf Queen who saved both the mortal and magical worlds.
I loved how nature plays as an important role in Crystal Heart as the characters both mortal and magical. Shown on the stunning cover art, trees play so many roles in the story from protection to a safe home for creatures that are vulnerable on both sides of the magical veil created by Mellissa's elfin ancestor.
The author's wonderful way of bringing magic to the nature on both sides of the veil reminds me of Tolkien and C.S.
Lewis. The story-telling in regards to the trees protecting Mellissa for example, is beautifully written and a reminder that it is to nature we should really all must bow to.
Crystal Heart's characters are both many and wonderfully diverse in both what they are and their unique personalities which give depth to their interactions and the situations they encounter. I found Gregory's confusion and disbelief over human customs both comical and refreshing. These subtle differences again are so well-written that it felt as though I were a part of Crystal Heart and witnessing his adjustment to the unknown firsthand.
The same can be said for Mellissa when she, along with her two Guardians see the world Gregory has called his own his entire life for the first time. From the subtle yet, once again magical description of the deep snow that initially entrances Mellissa, to the sight of the fae homes in the trees around them.
The story is good versus evil, but there is even fragility in the antagonist which helps to explain just why he acts the way he does.
Whitney Morris has created a wonderful magical world in Crystal Heart. The story holds your attention from the first page, and has set the reader up for a fantastic sequel with no doubt more adventures for Mellissa and her friends along with maybe answers to where a close friend has gone!
I imagine I am not the only one who is eagerly anticipating the next book in the series. Thank you Netgalley and BHC Press for my eARC of 'Crystal Heart.'