Goldfield Forest
by Karen Black
Style: Fantasy / Faires & Legendary Creatures
Print Size: 304 pages
Reviewed by Toni Woodruff
An immersive foray into the magic of the Amazon rainforest
Goldfield Forest is a fantasy lover’s fantasy. Fairies, dragons, warlocks, people, supernatural skills—there’s extra. And all of it takes place in settings so lush in inexperienced that you simply’ll refresh whereas getting misplaced in them.
Maria is a guardian of the Fae residing in Goldfield Forest together with her daughter Ashley and father Ross. However Maria’s out on an expedition within the Amazon rainforest to discover a magical kingdom written about tons of of years in the past.
So we begin with Ashley, Maria’s daughter, who didn’t know her household (and possibly her) had supernatural skills. Not everybody can see the fairy mud. However she does. It could have meant for Maria, however Ashley’s coming into her personal, too. That is how she finds an vital trinket—a ceramic lion—buried beneath a tree outdoors of her home.
However it’s no ceramic lion. Not likely. It’s Lena—the shapeshifting chief of a neighborhood within the Amazon rainforest. She was eliminated and hidden years in the past, however the neighborhood wants her now greater than ever. Bagrim, a warlock, is trying to take over the rainforest and achieve entry to all of the magic that comes together with it.
Ross and an astonished Ashley need to flag down Maria to return from the Amazon to get Lena and produce her again together with her to defend her house and others’ houses from the power-hungry Bagrim.
This novel is sprinkled with fairy mud. There are little individuals in every single place, waving and winking at you. For those who’re a reader in love with pure imagery, you’re going to like spending time in these forests. Not solely is every thing as inexperienced as freshly moist moss, but it surely sparkles. There are dragons within the timber, and there’s rain pouring down, and there’s a airplane on the verge of crashing. The imagery is wealthy right here.
However for individuals who love the extra-little and the extra-big creatures, simply know that there’s some severe hazard happening for them within the forest. It is a warfare, and the motion displays it. Highly effective magic and highly effective creatures collide. Readers searching for action-packed fantasy have discovered it.
I did miss Ashley and Ross although! They undergo their trials with some severe game-changing hazard, however I liked these two a lot—my connection again to the actual world—that I wanted they’d performed a extra outstanding function afterward. Maria is a robust, courageous, and devoted character, however I longed for extra alternatives to get nearer to her like I felt with Ashley.
Goldfield Forest has a lot going for it. It hits all of the beats of a superb motion fantasy, and it satisfies within the creature division ten-fold. The ability and the magic is actual—so long as you’re keen to see it.
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