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Adamant (The Alliance Series Book 1) Kindle Edition
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At least until a high-ranking Alliance official is murdered, and Ada is arrested as the main suspect.
Kay Walker, grandson of the Inter-World Alliance's late founder, expects to spend his first week as an Alliance employee hunting rogue monsters in the Passages, not solving his supervisor's murder. However, the main suspect is a fierce young woman with dangerous magic from a world that should no longer exist… and the closer Kay gets to uncovering the truth, the higher the body count rises.
The last thing Ada wants to do is help the infuriating Alliance guard who arrested her, but it soon becomes clear that the Alliance knows too much about Ada's homeworld — and her magic. More, in fact, than she knows herself. One thing's certain: she's not the only one keeping secrets, and trusting the wrong person might cost more than her life.- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMarch 11, 2015
- File size843 KB
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Now, Emma lives in the middle of England and is the international bestselling author of over 50 novels including the world-hopping Alliance series, the urban fantasy Changeling Chronicles series, and the fantasy adventure Relics of Power trilogy. When she's not immersed in her own fictional universes, Emma can be found with her head in a book, playing video games, or wandering around the world in search of adventure.
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- ASIN : B00STHB17M
- Publication date : March 11, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 843 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 292 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,850 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #32 in Dark Fantasy Horror
- #38 in Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
- #212 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Kindle Store)
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Emma L. Adams spent her childhood creating imaginary worlds to compensate for a disappointingly average reality, so it was probably inevitable that she ended up writing fantasy novels. She has a BA in English Literature with Creative Writing from Lancaster University, where she spent three years exploring the Lake District and penning strange fantastical adventures.
Now, Emma lives in the middle of England and is the international bestselling author of over 30 novels including the Changeling Chronicles and the Order of the Elements series. When she's not immersed in her own fictional universes, Emma can be found with her head in a book, playing video games, or wandering around the world in search of adventure.
Visit http://www.emmaladams.com/ to find out more about Emma's books.
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Hoping more adventures with these 2 aren't super predictable.
Bad language. Some hints at adult things.
The back and forth scenes between Ada and Kay worked fairly well. They sounded pretty similar; though they reacted differently to situations. Their meetings were quite coincidental but no less fun. A few actions felt slightly contrived (why did Walker take her to his place? Why did he let her family go?).
The ending did not fulfill reader promises. I think this because I still don't understand the magic system. What are the backlashes, and why do they only sometimes hit the mage? Are there levels above three? What in the world is anti-magic?
Also, I kept assuming bloodrock was the experimental magic substance and only realized later there were several kinds (adamantine?).
Oh, and I'm convinced Nell is bad. I'm sure she was working with the Alliance soy/murderer person. Especially with how much Nell takes over and is so controlling without explaining anything.
It felt too easy. There was often danger, but it took little effort to escape or get away. Captured? Wait until they leave the door open and lower their guard. Twice. Faced with bad monsters? A few gashes won't slow us down. Need an international law changed? Give us a few weeks. You broke a bunch of laws and act suspicious? We'll press no charges.
I also wanted more sensory details about the Passages. I picture them purple hyperspace sort of tunnels, except with doors? And stairs? What are the levels? Why does a "two hour walk" through the passages later only take twenty minutes?
Kay is too self-sacrificing. I normally like that, but there wasn't much else to his character. Sure, the hidden past and a one-page conversation about books, but what else?
Ada was okay.
All characters kept the plot moving forward and tried different things, making guesses and speculating with each other or giving each other clues.
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It alternates between two narrative voices: Ada and Kay. At first, their two narratives seem completely disconnected but they soon merge together in one single plot.
In this multiverse, there is a sort of political agreement amongst the dozens of different worlds. Ada helps smuggle runaways from other planets onto Earth, while Kay has only just graduated from the Academy and got himself a job at the Alliance. When Ada and her friends break in to the Alliance to steal some bloodrock - an important ingredient for their magic disguise formula - Kay happens to be on duty. He arrests Ada while the others escape. But there are murders happening within the Alliance, and Kay and Ada both realise that they don't know their friends as well as they thought.
I wasn't all that keen on Ada as a character, personally, but Kay was okay. (Haha.) Their "budding romance" was a bit strained, I think, and forced into the story too much. The sort of negative connotations around magic was quite interesting, though.
It was quite a good book, with a ton of plot twists and deception. Ada's trust issues are really not going to be any better after all this! 3 stars.



Having said that, I did manage to get to the end of all six in the series, because I did want to find out what happened in the end. And the writing itself is fine - the the world building and characterisations that let the series down.
