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Esme's Wish (1) (Esme Trilogy) af Elizabeth Foster
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I gave this book to a young reader.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.{Second in Esme trilogy; children's, fantasy, parallel world; LT Early Reviewers} (2019)
This was a LibraryThing Early Reviewers book from last year that I'm re-reading.
Esme is from Picton Island on our world but over the summer she has had adventures in the parallel world of Aeolia where she found her mum, who had been missing for seven years. But now her mum lies in a coma and in danger of fading away so Esme, together with her friends, is trying to wake her. When they learn of an obscure elixir they go on adventures (often adragonback) to try and obtain the exotic ingredients. In the meantime, Esme enrols in Pierpont School on Esperance, along with her friends Daniel and Lilian who are existing students, so she doesn't miss out on her education.
Pierpont is no Hogwarts since it has ordinary subjects like Maths and History but now that people's Gifts are starting to show, as a result of Esme's previous adventures, they do affect the classes, like Meera's Gift for portalling which ties in to her Art talent or Esme's own unreliable Gift for seeing the past which she uses to help her with her History homework and to search for the more unknown ingredients as well as to complete the decrepit recipe for the elixir.
Did you ever read books in your childhood where you really wanted to go and live in that world? This world does that for me, and it's been a while since that happened; I mean, if you could escape to a parallel world where you could breathe under water, the weather is always nice, people have magical gifts and you get to ride dragons wouldn‘t you want to live there? I really like the gentle ambiance that Foster creates with Aeolia and its capital island of Esperance; it has a warm, relaxed Mediterranean feel to me (though Esme's term is at the beginning of the school year and ends in winter, it doesn't get very cold) which stays with me even more than the adventures although those are fun and nicely told.
There is a very helpful map of the canal city of Esperance but it would have been nice to have a map of the whole of Aeolia as well, since Esme's adventures take her to many different parts of that world.
The third book of the trilogy is due out later this year (2021) which will hopefully satisfy my curiosity about some questions (though the story is not left on a cliffhanger). I hope Foster doesn't stop there but sets more stories in this charming world.
July 2021
4-4.5 stars… (mere)
This was a LibraryThing Early Reviewers book from last year that I'm re-reading.
Esme is from Picton Island on our world but over the summer she has had adventures in the parallel world of Aeolia where she found her mum, who had been missing for seven years. But now her mum lies in a coma and in danger of fading away so Esme, together with her friends, is trying to wake her. When they learn of an obscure elixir they go on adventures (often adragonback) to try and obtain the exotic ingredients. In the meantime, Esme enrols in Pierpont School on Esperance, along with her friends Daniel and Lilian who are existing students, so she doesn't miss out on her education.
Pierpont is no Hogwarts since it has ordinary subjects like Maths and History but now that people's Gifts are starting to show, as a result of Esme's previous adventures, they do affect the classes, like Meera's Gift for portalling which ties in to her Art talent or Esme's own unreliable Gift for seeing the past which she uses to help her with her History homework and to search for the more unknown ingredients as well as to complete the decrepit recipe for the elixir.
When the subtle energies were at their height, Lillian’s unmade bed began to make itself. First, the sheets ironed themselves out and tucked themselves under the mattress. Then the purple bedspread smoothed itself over the top. Finally, the pillow gave a little shake, plumped itself up and settled into place.
Lillian kept singing, kept the spell going, just to prove that she could - and the wardrobe responded with a deep shudder. Its double doors flew open. The clothes on the floor rose up, then straggled like lost lambs into the wardrobe’s embrace.
When the song was over, Lillian stood there, very still, her face radiant. Somehow she seemed fuller, more complete, like a piece of the puzzle of who she was had slotted into place.
‘It’s really happened, hasn’t it?’ she murmured. ‘Oh, Mum!’
Miranda wiped away a tear. ‘I never thought I’d see the day you tidied your room without being asked!’
Did you ever read books in your childhood where you really wanted to go and live in that world? This world does that for me, and it's been a while since that happened; I mean, if you could escape to a parallel world where you could breathe under water, the weather is always nice, people have magical gifts and you get to ride dragons wouldn‘t you want to live there? I really like the gentle ambiance that Foster creates with Aeolia and its capital island of Esperance; it has a warm, relaxed Mediterranean feel to me (though Esme's term is at the beginning of the school year and ends in winter, it doesn't get very cold) which stays with me even more than the adventures although those are fun and nicely told.
There is a very helpful map of the canal city of Esperance but it would have been nice to have a map of the whole of Aeolia as well, since Esme's adventures take her to many different parts of that world.
The third book of the trilogy is due out later this year (2021) which will hopefully satisfy my curiosity about some questions (though the story is not left on a cliffhanger). I hope Foster doesn't stop there but sets more stories in this charming world.
July 2021
4-4.5 stars… (mere)
Name: Esme's Wish
Author: Elizabeth Foster
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Adventure, Teen
Age: 8
Review:
The story is set in an archipelago, the protagonist, Esme is a 15 year old girl who disapproves her father's second marriage. Even after seven years, Esme is unable to let go of her mother, who disappeared in the sea. Living in Picton Island, Esme has always been an odd one, the inhabitants of the island has always treated her and her mother as a weird one. Unable to cope up with the changes that has been taking place in her life after her father's second marriage, Esme swears to find out the mystery behind her mother's disappearance.
It is a good read overall with amazing writing style and typical magical story. I really like the cover of this book, which attracted my attention to this book in the first place.… (mere)
Author: Elizabeth Foster
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Adventure, Teen
Age: 8
Review:
The story is set in an archipelago, the protagonist, Esme is a 15 year old girl who disapproves her father's second marriage. Even after seven years, Esme is unable to let go of her mother, who disappeared in the sea. Living in Picton Island, Esme has always been an odd one, the inhabitants of the island has always treated her and her mother as a weird one. Unable to cope up with the changes that has been taking place in her life after her father's second marriage, Esme swears to find out the mystery behind her mother's disappearance.
It is a good read overall with amazing writing style and typical magical story. I really like the cover of this book, which attracted my attention to this book in the first place.… (mere)
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.Fun continuation of the series filled with dragons, scary creatures, and Esme's adventures in a magical world.
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