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Adamant (The Alliance Series Book 1) by [Emma L. Adams]

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Book 1 of 6: The Alliance Series

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Ever since a devastating magical war tore apart Ada Fletcher's homeworld, she and her family have lived undercover on the low-magic Earth. Stuck in a dead-end job in London, Ada has spent her life hiding both her true identity and her forbidden magic from the Inter-World Alliance: the organisation that polices the Passages between Earth and its magical neighbours.

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.

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The Alliance series reading order:Book 1: AdamantBook 2: NemesisBook 3: CollisionBook 4: DividedBook 5: CatalystBook 6: Nexus

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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 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
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages

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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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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2022

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The story was creative and the characters well built, but the emotions of the two leading protagonists was a little immature. I do not like this dual perspective of each chapter being one or the other protagonist and their emotions about each other was a little too superficial....I am being critical because all in all, I liked the story.

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Jay Thurman

outstanding story, I’m glad I downloaded this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 26, 2022

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Wonderful with many unseen twists. Strongly recommend this as a good read. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 29, 2022

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At first I had trouble getting into the story, but after a chapter or two it started to really pick up and become interesting and exciting. There were moments that I had trouble following what was happening as well, but it wasn't too frequent fortunately. As for the story itself, on encompassed humans, aliens, beasts, magic, adventure, action and romance.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 25, 2022

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I love that the "young" main characters weren't written immature & whiney. The adventure kept me coming back to finish the read, even though you knew it would end the way it did.
Hoping more adventures with these 2 aren't super predictable.

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Harlan Rubottom

interesting twist on magic and alternate worlds

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 19, 2022

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Magic is real on other worlds but weak on Earth. It also cannot be used without repercussions. Kay and Ada have artificial magic and unknown enemies but they succeed in the end.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2022

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This is a good book, it keeps moving through the story any very much worth getting good book good book

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Denae C

Passages offworld, but the hardest people to find are on Earth

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2015

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3.5
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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JeffDH

Very good fantasy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2021

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Overall a very good fantasy. Interesting world (multiverse) concept, interesting and quirky characters, and good writing. Not terribly complex or deep, just good fantasy enjoyment.

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Eleanor

It was quite a good book, with a ton of plot twists and ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 13, 2018

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I can't remember how I came across this book but I read it on the mobile Kindle app.

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.

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margaret cross

What an unusual story!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 4, 2022

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The character's and plot were very believable, and very imaginative, I have never read anything like it before. The only thing I found hard to get my head round, was how all the story fitted together, you had to pay attention, but that was part of the magic, as it all made sense in the end.

Amanda Attwood

great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 4, 2022

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Not normally my kind of read but I gave it ago, really enjoyed it, a few twists and turns. Try it

Sarah Louise Jordan

Good concept, but could use a good editor

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on September 20, 2022

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Read the whole series after starting with a Book Bub freebie. Adamant is good, but the series deteriorates. the societies created are shallow and make no logical sense. The story arc is fine, I think, but would have benefitted from a lot more editing and character development. There are a lot or worlds and they are all shallow. As is not uncommon in stories like this, all decision making is poor - there is never any consultation, democracy or transparency. I don't know what kind of world Emma L Adams lives in, but it's clearly shaped by Facebook memes.

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.

Veronica Strachan

Multiverse magic

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on October 16, 2022

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A nice take on the multiverse myth. Great characters and a snappy action-packed plot peppered with enough twists to keep the pages turning. Technology, magic, war, conspiracies and the plight of refugees. Interesting mix.

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