Title: Broken Aro (The Broken Ones #1)
Author: Jen Wylie
Publisher: Untold Press
Synopsis: Open your eyes to darkness. What do you see? Does the darkness frighten you? Now imagine the darkness being the cargo hold of a slave ship. Your city has fallen. Your family is most likely dead. You don't know anyone around you, and some of them aren't even human. Giving up would be so easy to do, but not for Arowyn Mason. Not after being raised in a military family with seven brothers. Every great story should begin with a plan. Aro's was to escape and to survive.
Escape comes, but at a price. As they reach the shore, Aro and the other survivors learn that freedom doesn't mean safety. The slavers want their property back and will do anything to get it. The party uses every ounce of their brute strength, a hearty helping of cunning, and even ancient magics to keep themselves alive. Sickness, danger, and even love surprise them at every turn. Dealing with danger becomes their way of life, but none of them ever considered that nothing can be quite as dangerous as a prophecy. Running turns into another race altogether as her world falls to pieces again and again.
Opinion: I ventured into this reading not really knowing what to expect… A love story? An adventure book? Fantasy maybe? It turns out that Broken Aro is all those things combined in a captivating story of a young girl that is compelled to grow up too fast in order to survive.
Author: Jen Wylie
Publisher: Untold Press
Synopsis: Open your eyes to darkness. What do you see? Does the darkness frighten you? Now imagine the darkness being the cargo hold of a slave ship. Your city has fallen. Your family is most likely dead. You don't know anyone around you, and some of them aren't even human. Giving up would be so easy to do, but not for Arowyn Mason. Not after being raised in a military family with seven brothers. Every great story should begin with a plan. Aro's was to escape and to survive.
Escape comes, but at a price. As they reach the shore, Aro and the other survivors learn that freedom doesn't mean safety. The slavers want their property back and will do anything to get it. The party uses every ounce of their brute strength, a hearty helping of cunning, and even ancient magics to keep themselves alive. Sickness, danger, and even love surprise them at every turn. Dealing with danger becomes their way of life, but none of them ever considered that nothing can be quite as dangerous as a prophecy. Running turns into another race altogether as her world falls to pieces again and again.
Opinion: I ventured into this reading not really knowing what to expect… A love story? An adventure book? Fantasy maybe? It turns out that Broken Aro is all those things combined in a captivating story of a young girl that is compelled to grow up too fast in order to survive.
When
we first get to know our protagonist it is easy to presume that she is an
overprotected fifteen-year old girl, an inexperienced child in a male world. It
seems so up to a point; however as soon as the attacks to her hometown begin
and she finds herself alone, we can see that, not only is she strong enough to
handle it, but also turns out to be a very resourceful lady. Being raised with
seven soldier brothers has taught her many things.
Nevertheless
she manages to find two perfectly good ‘guardians’ on the way who play a
protective role with her, and who are willing to risk their own safety for
hers. Aro bonds instantly with Kei, a kind of step-brother to her but also gets
strangely close to Prince, a very mysterious young boy. After all, how much
suffering can a sweet teenager take on her own?
It is
so easy to keep one’s attention and excitement while reading Broken Aro; as soon as the characters
get close to a ‘comfortable’ situation when we somehow think they are safe,
something unexpected happens, something that usually compromises Aro in some
way and makes her keep the struggle for survival.
Great
fantastic novel all in all, totally worth reading and a beautifully written
‘girl against the world’ story!
Titulo: Broken Aro (The Broken Ones #1)
Autor: Jen Wylie
Editorial: Untold Press
Sinopsis: Abre los ojos a la oscuridad. ¿Qué es lo que ves? ¿La oscuridad te asusta? Ahora imagina que la oscuridad es la bodega de carga de un barco de esclavos. Tu ciudad ha caído. Es muy probable que tu familia haya muerto. No conoces a nadie a tu alrededor, y algunos de ellos ni siquiera son humanos. Renunciar sería tan fácil de hacer, pero no para Arowyn Mason, no después de haber sido criada en una familia de militares, con siete hermanos. Toda gran historia debe comenzar con un plan. El de Aro era escapar y sobrevivir.
Escapar llega, pero a un precio. Cuando llegan a la orilla, Aro y los otros sobrevivientes se enteran de que la libertad no significa seguridad. Los esclavos quieren su propiedad de vuelta y harán cualquier cosa para conseguirlo. El grupo usa cada onza de su fuerza bruta, una ración abundante de astucia, e incluso antiguas magias para mantenerse con vida. Enfermedad, peligro, e incluso sorpresas a cada paso. Lidiar con el peligro se convierte en su forma de vida, pero ninguno de ellos considera que nada puede ser tan peligroso como una profecía. Correr se convierte en otra carrera en conjunto mientras su mundo se cae a pedazos otra vez.
Opinión: Me aventuré en
esta lectura sin saber muy bien que esperar… ¿Una historia de amor? ¿Un libro
de aventuras? ¿Fantasía quizás? Resulta que Broken
Aro es todo eso combinado en una cautivadora historia sobre una joven que
ha de crecer demasiado pronto para poder sobrevivir.
Cuando conocemos
a la protagonista por primera vez es fácil asumir que es una quinceañera
sobreprotegida, una niña en un mundo de hombres. Esa es la impresión que da
hasta cierto punto; pero cuando los ataques a su ciudad empiezan y se encuentra
sola, podemos ver como, no solo es lo suficientemente fuerte para
sobrellevarlo, sino que es además una chica de recursos. Al fin y al cabo
crecer con siete hermanos soldado le ha enseñado muchas cosas.
Aún así consigue
encontrar dos ‘guardianes’ que actúan como sus protectores y que están
dispuestos a poner en juego su propia seguridad por la de Aro. Enseguida
conecta con Kei, que es algo así como su hermanastro, pero también tiene una
extraña complicidad con Prince, un chico muy misterioso. Después de todo,
¿cuánto sufrimiento puede aguantar una adolescente sola?
Es muy sencillo
mantener la atención y emoción en todo momento leyendo Broken Aro; en cuanto los personajes se aproximan a una situación ‘de
comodidad’, cuando creen que están seguros al fin, algo inesperado ocurre; algo
que normalmente compromete a Aro de alguna manera y la hace tener que seguir
luchando por sobrevivir.
Es una estupenda novela
fantástica; esta historia de ‘chica contra el mundo’ definitivamente merece la
pena.
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