![]() ![]() Imagine an author meeting her characters! What a wonderfully bizarre idea! While I have read books about fictional characters interacting with real people (the most popular one being Jodi Picoult’s Between the Lines), none of those involved the creator of those characters. I picked this up primarily for the premise. I want to begin by admitting that this is a YA Fantasy, a genre I am not a huge fan of. The book comes to us in the first person perspective of the author, addressed as Kyla for most of the book. Now she must put her writing chops to real use, trying to figure out an ending that works for everyone. The author has entered their story at a point just before a major war. She loves all her characters, or as she calls them – her ‘darlings’, but knows that she can even kill them if it is right for the story.īut one morning, she wakes up in Solera without knowing how or why, with her beloved darlings thinking that she is Kyla, their leader and the main protagonist of the Solera books. Her books include interesting larger-than-life characters including shapeshifters and dragons. Our protagonist is an author who escapes from the pain of her real life by writing a YA Fantasy series set in the imaginary realm of Solera. Took me some time to get into it, but I loved the ending. In a Nutshell: A YA Fantasy covering some really dark topics. If Kyla can’t overcome the darkness inside her, she’ll die with her darlings.ĭepictions of mental illness including depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and self-harm. And mental illness has robbed her of everything she needs to succeed: love, fighting spirit, hope. Kyla must trade her pen for a sword and fight to change her story's ending, but this isn’t a fantasy anymore. He feeds on the energy of dreams, seeks the destruction of all who oppose him-and Kyla’s become his number one target. Solera is at war, and its defenders are losing against the insidious villain spawned in the depths of Kyla’s mind. She’d surrender to the halcyon fantasy, except she knows a nightmarish ending awaits. ![]() There's even someone who might be Prince Charming (if Kyla could get her act together and manage some honest communication). Now she’s with her most cherished characters: the friends she's always yearned for, the family she's never known. Kyla’s on the verge of giving up on everything when she wakes one morning, magically trapped in her fictional world. And if she can’t have one, why should they? She adores her characters, but she doesn’t believe in happy endings. Fearless heroes, feisty shapeshifters, and mighty dragons come alive on her pages. Isolated and grappling with debilitating depression, she copes by writing about the realm of Solera. “INKHEART meets INCEPTION in this allegorical masterpiece.”įantasy author Kyla knows dreams don't come true. ![]()
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