My Rating - 1.5 out of 5
stars
Publisher - Moonshine
Press
Genre - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Publishing
year - 2016
Language - English
ISBN - 9781519750303
Buy now - Aluria (The Aluria Adventures Book 1)
My Review
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Aluria by Tyler Cook is a fantasy, action,
adventure novel which revolves around a boy named Jason Conner who lives in
Canton and merged with a spirit named, Aluria (means Hope) to save his
teenage crush, Tessa. After merging with Aluria, the superhero of Canton
leaves the city to learn about his new powers.
Since Jason and the ancient Aluria merged that fateful night, they had become
more powerful and in-sync. Their minds had become one. He disappeared for
10 years to explore the world. Suddenly, he returns to save his city
from evil Raiz, an old enemy of Aluria, a powerful sorcerer holding black
magic.
The author described Jason's come back in brief. He meets his long-lost love
Tessa and both recall each other's memory. Tessa is an ambassador of
Balton. She is a strong and independent woman who has secrets of her own. In the
meantime, Raiz wants something from Tessa, which grants him infinite
power. There is another character named Bonnie, who helps Jason in his
superhero journey and covers his tracks.
"You'd be surprised by how far a person will go to protect the ones
they love."
The story of Aluria reminds me of a series named Arrow, where Oliver Queen, a
rich businessman, disappeared and was considered dead until he came back to
save his city. Well, back to Aluria, it is a fast-paced story with so many
errors. The storyline is one-dimensional. The author didn't do justice to
the characters. It's a short read, so characters are not described well. The
dialogues or description between characters is lame. I can't feel any kind
of emotional connection with any of the characters. Aluria and Jason have
odds on how to handle situations, with Jason's empathy for his
enemies.
Aluria is the first book in a series. The next one is Vigilante, which I'm least
interested in reading. I don't enjoy reading this book. There is a
lot of grammatical and spelling errors that disturb the flow of reading. The
character of Tessa was powerful, but the author didn't focus on her. She is just
used to move the plot and give motivation to Jason. She had potential, but
nothing happened. This book can't stand on its own because of underdeveloped
characters or non-sense plot progression.
All the main components of a good story are missing in this book. I would
not truly recommend this book to anyone, but if you have nothing to read or you
are a huge fan of Batman or superheroes, then you can give it a shot
to this book.
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