{"id":3023,"date":"2014-01-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2014-01-31T21:08:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T03:08:50","slug":"relic-by-heather-terrell-book-review-frozen-secrets-fiery-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3023","title":{"rendered":"Relic, by Heather Terrell (book review) – frozen secrets, fiery ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Humanity’s remnants dwell on a single Arctic island,
\nshunning the technology<\/a> which led to Earth’s near-destruction by flood,
\npurposely bound by medieval rules<\/a> more rigid than the ice Ringwall protecting New North.<\/p>\n

Eva isn’t a meek Maiden, content to embroider and to make an advantageous marriage. She can’t leave her family’s honor Quest unfulfilled following her brother’s mysterious death – she must venture into the frozen wasteland<\/a> outside the Aerie as the first female Testor in generations. To prevent her from succeeding, someone is willing to do anything…<\/p>\n

Read a selection from the prequel novella Chronicle <\/em> here<\/a>, then rush to get Relic<\/em> at your local library<\/a> or favorite independent bookstore<\/a> now – you won’t want to miss a chilling moment of Eva’s quest for answers.<\/p>\n

Is technology still our tool, or has it become our master, as the Triad claims?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Relic (Books of Eva,\u00a0 book 1) \/ Heather Terrell. Soho Teen, 2013. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [author interview video<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: When her twin brother suddenly dies, Eva feels compelled to fulfill his Quest, despite all odds…and sabotage.<\/p>\n

Eamon and the other Testors had long trained for the Boundary Land’s frozen challenges – discover a Relic, write its cautionary tale, earn respect in the Aerie where the words of Lex rule everything.<\/p>\n

So Eva searches the Lex and finds a precedent which allows her to participate,
\neven though true Maidens know their place – at home,
\neven though the Triad elders grudgingly allow her to go – hoping that she fails,
\neven though Eva’s discovery in the ice may shatter her society’s foundation.<\/p>\n

Their ring-walled city survived when technology’s evils doomed the world to die by flood, but can it survive the truth which Eva uncovers?\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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