Review: Converting this romance reader
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2013
Review for Exiled: Autumn's Peril-Book One (The Chronicles of Caleath) By Rosalie SkinnerFirst off I want to say I am a romance reader/writer, and a historical one at that, so when I won this book by Rosalie Skinner I was pretty skeptical. Yes, I've read The Hobbit, The Dark Crystal and seen the movies like Avatar and I did enjoy them, but sometimes a lot of this fantasy stuff just goes over my head. Despite that I decided to give it a whirl because I had heard so many great things about the series. I waded into the first part of the book and then discovered bots. Not the things my horses get when not wormed enough, but funky fantasy/sci fi thingies. Yup, I was lost, but guess what? I emailed the author and asked her what they were and to my joy she not only responded personally to my email she took the time to explain all these weird fantasy things to me. New knowledge in hand I dived back into the book. I found myself really enjoying it and rooting for Caleath. How could you not? The man just kept fighting the evils that wanted him dead. In the end I can say I loved the plot twists and turns, the characters and the writer's voice. The only it was missing for me was the romance, because well, I'm a Libra and we are romantic fools you know! I give this book 4 1/2 out of 5 stars (only because I wanted so badly for Caleath to fall in love). I would (and have) definitely  recommended this book, in fact my neighbour who is a fantasy fan is now reading the series and loves it. Well done Ms. Skinner, you might turn this romantic fool onto fantasy yet!Killarney Sheffield.