BOOK TITLE: Chatoyant
ISBN: 978-1941058183
AUTHOR: Sarah
Elle Emm
GENRE: Fiction
/ YA / Dystopian
NUMBER OF PAGES: 423
FORMAT: Digital
SERIES / STANDALONE: Harmony
Run #3
REVIEW BY: Dhivya
Balaji
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK: I
thank Debdatta Sahay for this review copy.
SUMMARY:
In
the wake of an interrogation led by the UZTA's dictator, President Nicks, Rain
Hawkins and her friends must deal with the consequences of their defiance as
the countdown continues towards the execution of the mixed-zone citizens across
the United Zones of The Authority. The Freedom Front faces new challenges as
Rain's cousin, Calista, prepares for her impending relocation to the pure zone,
and Rain sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her mother's torment while
being followed by an officer of the Elizabeth Guard. As she uses her abilities
to dodge The Authority and follows the strange clues from her dreams, Rain is
determined to persevere, to secure the future she and Jabari have been fighting
for, and to earn The Freedom Front's ultimate goal of liberation.
REVIEW:
The story starts where from where
the previous one ended – a good cliff hanger. Rain, in order to save another
innocent old lady, dares to defy the furious, cold and calculating Nata. The
tyrant tries to make her comply with her mind controlling powers. Rain is
advised by her friends to fight it, and she tries…
With such a promising start, Chatoyant
(Having a changeable lustre, twinkling) continues to follow the journey of Rain
and the freedom front. Rain has more and more dreams about Nata and her disturbed
childhood that maybe explains why the frightened little child became the
frightening Elizabeth Nicks. She struggles through the fight for freedom,
feeling sure that she was going to become a traitor and be the downfall of all
her friends and family. And there are the adolescent pangs.
As the lead character, Rain, to her
credit, is flawed, panged with self doubts and of course has all the confusion
and moral dilemma any hero in her situation would feel. Her team has new
additions, and suddenly, no one is safe anymore. Elizabeth, as the antagonist,
has the exact expected character traits. In hating half breeds, she is the
Umbridge and in terrorising the people under her authority, a President Snow.
The writing style is racy and it keeps
the pace of the book steady, despite an information overload. The characters
are complex and the author tries hard to maintain the suspense. For a story
that is mostly narrated in first person point of view, Chatoyant is
surprisingly deep in describing characters who are not under the spotlight. The
last two chapters are the Zenith and Nadir of Rain’s journey and this story
ends with a suspense element, though not exactly a cliff hanger.
VERDICT: Gives
good continuity for the series and tries to set up a good pitch for book 4 of
the series.
RATING: 3.6/5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sarah Elle Emm is the author of the
HARMONY RUN SERIES, a young-adult fantasy and dystopian series, released in May
2012 by Winter Goose Publishing. (PRISMATIC, May 2012, OPALESCENT, February
2013, CHATOYANT, September 2014, NACREOUS, August 2015) Her debut fiction
novel, MARRYING MISSY, was published by Bird Brain Publishing in October 2011.
Sarah is a graduate of The University of Evansville, she has lived and worked
in Mexico, Germany, England, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has traveled
extensively beyond. Sarah lives in Naples, Florida with her family. When she’s
not walking the plank of her daughters’ imaginary pirate ship or snapping
photos of Southwest Florida scenery, she is writing.
EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Digital, Paperback
EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Digital, Paperback
PRICE: $ 1.99 for Kindle,
$14.95 for Paperback
BOOK LINKS: http://www.amazon.com/Chatoyant-Harmony-Run-Sarah-Elle/dp/1941058183/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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