The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine (The Rivenlea Sphere Series Book #1) by Lindsay Franklin Reviewed

 

About the book:

Title: The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

Author: Lindsay Franklin

Series: The Rivenlea Sphere Series Book #1

Genre: YA Christian Fantasy

Pages: 416

Publisher: Enclave

A shattered heart, a fate foretold. The world undone by tales of old.

Emlyn DuLaine just wants to know what happened to her sister, Camille, seven years ago on the fateful day she vanished—literally. Emlyn witnessed Camille unravel and disappear, but no one believes her. Since they think she’s crazy, the least the cops could do is solve Camille’s case. Is a little closure too much to ask?

But Emlyn’s life is upended when she is pulled through a portal into the fantasyland of her childhood imaginings—a magical library holding the storyworlds of every story ever published. And trouble is brewing in the land of Rivenlea. Rogue characters threaten their plot lines, and broken classics are beginning to crumble, but Emlyn only wants to find Camille.

As she searches for her sister, Emlyn begins to learn the reality of Rivenlea and her own origins. A nefarious plot is afoot, and the line between fact and fiction is becoming hopelessly blurred. The truth threatens the storyworlds, Rivenlea, and Earth—the fabric of creation, itself.

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My Thoughts:

Lindsay Franklin creates worlds that you want to live in. I loved the creativity of a magical library. As with her previous books, she wraps her stories around stories in one-way shape, or form, and as a reader that is like putting me in a candy store.

In The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine I fell head-first into a magical world and I didn't want to leave. I loved Emlyn's spunk. Spunky characters are my favorite, especially when it's a girl.

I enjoy reading young adult books, but fantasy wasn't one of my top genres until Lindsay Franklin wrote The Story Peddler and then I was hooked. 

Let's talk about the beauty of the cover! Those purples and greens are as bright and colorful as the book is. 

Bottom Line: If you're looking for a new series to start give this book a shot. I promise it will brighten your imagination.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via the publisher. I was not required to write a review.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lindsay A. Franklin is a best-selling author, award-winning editor, and homeschooling mom of three. She would wear pajama pants all the time if it were socially acceptable. She lives in her native San Diego with her scruffy-looking nerf-herder of a husband, their precious geeklings, three demanding thunder pillows (a.k.a. cats), and a stuffed wombat with his own Instagram following.

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