The Guidal : Discovering Puracordis by Roxy Eloise

 



The Guidal: Discovering Puracordis

Roxy Eloise
5 Stars

Pages: 289
Published: 02 April 2022
Publisher: Entrada Publishing

Publisher's Blurb


In a future where the mention of magic is banned, one paranoid man rules the entire country. 

Adopting children to become his private bodyguards, they are raised together in a strict institute where sixteen-year-old Aurora struggles to follow the rules.

Finding herself disciplined often, she doesn’t particularly like her endless life of servitude.

Soon, she will have to take part in the institute’s annual Unity ceremony where she could end up engaged to a complete stranger!

Aurora’s fears of being different are realised when she discovers something about herself, something which will make most fear her, and her adoptive father will want her killed for.

Friends, bullies, and a touch of something magical, Aurora’s first year in the grown-ups’ quarter is far from ordinary.


Review


Aurora has spent almost her entire life, so far, training to be a young enforcer in the Boulderfell Institute for orphans and the children whose parents are unable to care for them.

Our story starts on the day Aurora is transitioning from the children’s section to the Adult phase of her training and follows her first year in her new surroundings.

Desperate to avoid Unity whereby students are matched with their perfect partner in a betrothal, Aurora completes the assessment to make her as unmatchable as she possibly can.

What follows is a well written, nicely flowing narrative that takes Aurora, her friends and her enemies through the ups and downs of Enforcer training as her past and possible future is unravelled.

The characters are well defined, memorable and distinct which makes the story flow. The plot points and reveals are well placed to avoid the story stagnating and it keeps you guessing right to the end.

Once I picked this up I cleared my schedule so I could continue reading as I couldn’t wait to discover the fate of the heroine and those close to her.

A mixture of near-future sci-fi, teen angst and a rollercoaster journey through Aurora’s first 12 months as an adult

I, for one, can’t wait for book two     


I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review

The Author


Roxy Eloise is a successful participant of Pitch Wars held quarterly on Twitter. 

During this event, she created a pitch that stood out from the hundreds of thousands, landing herself a traditional publishing contract. 

Her debut novel, The Guidal: Discovering Puracordis, is the first in a 3-book series. 

Coming April 2022, this exciting new novel was inspired by a dream. 

Roxy writes the stories she really wants to read. If she finds it boring to write, she'll find it boring to read, so she’ll always make sure her novels are binge-worthy! 

Her favourite place to write is in bed with country music and a hot drink. 

On the weekends, you’ll find her out walking her dog, filming videos for YouTube, or spending time with her family.

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