Loraine N. (momrain) reviewed Remnants: Season of Wonder (The Remnants Series) on + 205 more book reviews
This was a very intriguing book. I love the obvious good versus evil throughout the story. Each Remnant has a gift and I liked watching Andi learn how to use hers. Also interesting to me was how people lived at a time when war had decimated much of the land. The author put much thought into how people would have survived. (Full review on my website)
LindseyfromBFCG reviewed Remnants: Season of Wonder (The Remnants Series) on + 117 more book reviews
About this book:
THEIR ARRIVAL WAS FORETOLD FOR YEARS.
Andriana is a Remnant, gifted as an empath and one of the Ailith, destined to act as humanitys last shield against the horrors that now plague those who remain.
After years of training in stealth and warfare, Andriana and her Knight protector, Ronan, are finally ready to answer the Call and begin the life they were designed for. But as they embark with the other Remnants on the first of their assignments, they quickly discover that the world beyond their protected Valley is more dangerous than they imagined.
The Sons of Sheol will stop at nothing to prevent Dri and Ronan from rescuing anyone sympathetic to the Remnants cause. And as the Remnants battle the demonic forces, still other enemies close in. Dangers intensity, but so do Dris feelings for Ronanthe one emotion she is not meant to feel. In the midst of their mission, Andriana must find a way to master her feelings. Or risk compromising everything
Series: Book #1 in The Remnants series. {More about this series: In the first book of the new futuristic dystopian series from author Lisa T. Bergren, the chosen remnants must work to redirect humanitys course.}
Spiritual Content- The Maker is mentioned & talked about a lot (but all the hs are not capitalized); Prayers to the Maker; Drifters loathe the talk of any god or the Maker; Talks about finding strength, courage & direction in the Maker, talking to the Maker, trusting the Maker, Thanking the Maker, focusing on the Maker, choosing good, Prayers, visions and praising; A couple of Scriptures are quoted; Keallach like to preach enlightenment; And some Monks believe being near the earth.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a stupid, a sheesh, a suck, a wicked-good, two what the h*ck?s, three forms of idiot, three shut ups (but one has a please after it), Two curses are said but not written; A man does a h*llish call (Dri says It was the sound of the dead and d*mned); Blood (semi-detailed to detailed); Fighting, Killing, Arrows & where they go (all ranging from semi-detailed to detailed); Mentions of eating horse meat, a pub, an outhouse, drinking, going to the bathroom; Semi-detailed parts are: Cancer & illnesses, demons, evil, darkness, kidnapping children, mudhorses die, a deer gets killed & eaten.
Sexual Content- Two almost kisses, A kiss on the head (barely above not-detailed), two semi-detailed kisses and a detailed kiss; Many stares, looks and flirting (semi-detailed); A few touches that cause warmth; a wench; Andriana puts on a bra-band then a tee; The men of Zanzibar treat their women as property and since brown eyes were the norm any other color were apparently prized.; Men at another city ask if the woman are for sale/trade; A woman says that Zanzibar is no place for women, whether or not shes reached her second decade. Shes fifty and then says Even I barely get in and out unmolested.; Zanzibar has a one child per family policy where the males are most wanted, therefore the females are usually drowned or left to die; Bellona says she has five siblings which makes Dri says she thought our parents were discouraged fromfrom Procreating? Bellona fills in; A man has five wives but only to protect them and their children; Hints of lust; A man slaps his womens backside; A jerk lingers on a girls legs and hips (semi); Women of Pacifica are dressed scantily (see-through); The (gross) story of Zesus & he seduced a women and what happensewww! (semi); Love, falling in love and the emotions.
-Andriana Dri
First person P.O.V. of Dri
Dystopia
416 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Two Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Two Stars (and a half)
This is such a Lisa T. Bergren novel! I dont think Ive read any dystopia books with swords and arrows. {River of Time series, anyone? Ill review those someday on here!} I, of course, had to dock stars because of the Negative & Sexual content. I was expecting a really big cliff-hanger at the end and was shocked when there really wasnt one.
Heres a neat feature in the back of the book!
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE:
Ailith: A-lith ("noble war"; "ascending, rising")
Andriana: An-dree-ana, or Dree, for "Dri" ("warrior")
Asher: Ash-er ("happy one")
Azarel: Ah-zah-rell ("helper")
Bellona: Bell-oh-na ("warlike")
Chaza'el: Chazah-ell ("one who sees")
Kapriel: Kah-pree-ell (variant of "warrior")
Keallach: Key-lock ("battle")
Killian: Kill-ee-un ("little warrior"--though he's not so little in my novel!)
Raniero: Rah-near-oh ("wise warrior")
Ronan: Row-nun ("little seal"; I know. Not as cool, right? But he was named Duncan at first draft and I had to change it due to publisher request, and "Ronan" sounded like a medieval, cool warrior name to me. I overlooked the real translation in favor of the man he became in my story. And that guy, to my mind, is more like a warrior, with the spray of the sea upon his face as he takes on the storm--which is like a seal!)
Tressa: Tre-sah ("late summer")
Vidar: Vee-dar ("forest warrior")
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
THEIR ARRIVAL WAS FORETOLD FOR YEARS.
Andriana is a Remnant, gifted as an empath and one of the Ailith, destined to act as humanitys last shield against the horrors that now plague those who remain.
After years of training in stealth and warfare, Andriana and her Knight protector, Ronan, are finally ready to answer the Call and begin the life they were designed for. But as they embark with the other Remnants on the first of their assignments, they quickly discover that the world beyond their protected Valley is more dangerous than they imagined.
The Sons of Sheol will stop at nothing to prevent Dri and Ronan from rescuing anyone sympathetic to the Remnants cause. And as the Remnants battle the demonic forces, still other enemies close in. Dangers intensity, but so do Dris feelings for Ronanthe one emotion she is not meant to feel. In the midst of their mission, Andriana must find a way to master her feelings. Or risk compromising everything
Series: Book #1 in The Remnants series. {More about this series: In the first book of the new futuristic dystopian series from author Lisa T. Bergren, the chosen remnants must work to redirect humanitys course.}
Spiritual Content- The Maker is mentioned & talked about a lot (but all the hs are not capitalized); Prayers to the Maker; Drifters loathe the talk of any god or the Maker; Talks about finding strength, courage & direction in the Maker, talking to the Maker, trusting the Maker, Thanking the Maker, focusing on the Maker, choosing good, Prayers, visions and praising; A couple of Scriptures are quoted; Keallach like to preach enlightenment; And some Monks believe being near the earth.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a stupid, a sheesh, a suck, a wicked-good, two what the h*ck?s, three forms of idiot, three shut ups (but one has a please after it), Two curses are said but not written; A man does a h*llish call (Dri says It was the sound of the dead and d*mned); Blood (semi-detailed to detailed); Fighting, Killing, Arrows & where they go (all ranging from semi-detailed to detailed); Mentions of eating horse meat, a pub, an outhouse, drinking, going to the bathroom; Semi-detailed parts are: Cancer & illnesses, demons, evil, darkness, kidnapping children, mudhorses die, a deer gets killed & eaten.
Sexual Content- Two almost kisses, A kiss on the head (barely above not-detailed), two semi-detailed kisses and a detailed kiss; Many stares, looks and flirting (semi-detailed); A few touches that cause warmth; a wench; Andriana puts on a bra-band then a tee; The men of Zanzibar treat their women as property and since brown eyes were the norm any other color were apparently prized.; Men at another city ask if the woman are for sale/trade; A woman says that Zanzibar is no place for women, whether or not shes reached her second decade. Shes fifty and then says Even I barely get in and out unmolested.; Zanzibar has a one child per family policy where the males are most wanted, therefore the females are usually drowned or left to die; Bellona says she has five siblings which makes Dri says she thought our parents were discouraged fromfrom Procreating? Bellona fills in; A man has five wives but only to protect them and their children; Hints of lust; A man slaps his womens backside; A jerk lingers on a girls legs and hips (semi); Women of Pacifica are dressed scantily (see-through); The (gross) story of Zesus & he seduced a women and what happensewww! (semi); Love, falling in love and the emotions.
-Andriana Dri
First person P.O.V. of Dri
Dystopia
416 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Two Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Two Stars (and a half)
This is such a Lisa T. Bergren novel! I dont think Ive read any dystopia books with swords and arrows. {River of Time series, anyone? Ill review those someday on here!} I, of course, had to dock stars because of the Negative & Sexual content. I was expecting a really big cliff-hanger at the end and was shocked when there really wasnt one.
Heres a neat feature in the back of the book!
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE:
Ailith: A-lith ("noble war"; "ascending, rising")
Andriana: An-dree-ana, or Dree, for "Dri" ("warrior")
Asher: Ash-er ("happy one")
Azarel: Ah-zah-rell ("helper")
Bellona: Bell-oh-na ("warlike")
Chaza'el: Chazah-ell ("one who sees")
Kapriel: Kah-pree-ell (variant of "warrior")
Keallach: Key-lock ("battle")
Killian: Kill-ee-un ("little warrior"--though he's not so little in my novel!)
Raniero: Rah-near-oh ("wise warrior")
Ronan: Row-nun ("little seal"; I know. Not as cool, right? But he was named Duncan at first draft and I had to change it due to publisher request, and "Ronan" sounded like a medieval, cool warrior name to me. I overlooked the real translation in favor of the man he became in my story. And that guy, to my mind, is more like a warrior, with the spray of the sea upon his face as he takes on the storm--which is like a seal!)
Tressa: Tre-sah ("late summer")
Vidar: Vee-dar ("forest warrior")
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
