Thank you to Julien Jamar, BooksGoSocial, and NetGalley for allowing me the extreme pleasure of access to an advanced reader copy of “The Namarielle (The Chronicles of Lashai Book 1)” for an honest review.

This book sound fabulous out the gate just reading the spine breakdown given by NetGalley and BooksGoSocial. A new world of magic and mystery, fantasy waiting to be fleshed out of the unknown. The characters are deeply engrossing. The story has so much suspense, and then killer twists and turns to the plot that you will never see coming.

I love the in-depth the world seemed by section, so that everyone’s races and kingdoms, religions and customs, histories and how they threaded through each other like fingers, or braided ribbons over time, felt so individual and well thought out. There was no randomness and no weakness in how they were each portrayed.

I inhaled this book in just a handful of days around work and sleep, during which I was thinking and dreaming about getting to read more it. I can’t wait to start recommending it out and giving people copies.

This had a promising start and a good concept, but somewhere in the execution it fell a little flat for me. I had an issue with the relationship between Cassai and Elian - it just didn't sit right with me. I wasn't invested in the characters and I found the switches between perspectives to be quite jarring. Overall this was an OK read but it didn't really work for me.

Interesting concept but ideas and characters could have been better developed. The story-line and world building was solid but characters were lacking originality and all the surprises were obvious. Cassai was a little annoying, a typical Mary Sue who is the damsel-in-distress but I did like Elian's character and his background.

Nonetheless, it is a quick and fun read if you are looking for adventure.

This story takes you on a journey into a world ravaged by hate and greed. It's only savior is a girl who was hidden by her grandmother and guard for safe keeping. While this is only the first installment, I cannot wait to find out what will happen next!

I really enjoyed reading it. It is hard to put it down. Story is well written and world building is amazing. I can't wait to next book.

There is just something about The Namarielle that instantly made me want to read it, and it turns out that my coverlove instinct was solid. Because there is no doubt I very much enjoyed this story! I’ve become a bit wary of YA fantasy series due to the amount of romance and repetitive plots, but I was pleasantly surprised by The Namarielle. The writing is engaging and made it really easy to emerge yourself into this new fantasy world. I enjoyed the worldbuilding and the promise of an interesting past, complicated and dangerous present and the promise of a better future. Would I have liked to see the worldbuilding even more detailed? Maybe. But I’m guessing that we will see even more of Lashai in the sequel. The characters are interesting, although a bit cliche with Cassai with her mysterious past and Elian with his secrets. The connection between them is a nice touch, although a bit cheesy as well… And some of the reactions and actions of the main characters could get annoying. I did like the inclusion of different fantasy characters like werewolves and fae. They add a little extra to the plot and I’m hoping to see more of at least the fae in the sequel. I did have some problems with the frequent POV switches though, because that made it a lot more difficult to connect to the different characters. But in general this was a highly entertaining and enjoyable first book of what looks to be a promising series.

It took me a little while to get into this, but m so glad I carried on reading. There’s so much going on with an innocent girl, a violent race of killers, one of which wouldn’t kill so escaped, werewolves and faeries and even Isabel the lamb. I thoroughly enjoyed it and the author has made this world and Cassai and Elian so real you care about them. Can absolutely recommend.

I'm looking forward to reading this book, review to follow, thanks! All reviews will be posted to my blog, goodreads, and Amazon US

I really enjoyed this story, it has everything I ask for in a book. originality, varying POV, flashbacks to give me just enough of the past to keep me looking forward to whats coming.
I realize that this is an ARC but the one thing that I have to admit was driving me up a wall was all of the typos and grammatical errors not to mention the layout was a little hard to process. It was hard to understand, at times, where one chapter ended and the other began, as well as when it was 2 words and not one.
Also, I am a little disappointed in the lack of information for book 2, I could not find a thing about it on Goodreads or Amazon, but all in all, for those who enjoy tales of good vs evil, gifted people and love I would say this is a good story for you, though please we warned that like every good story about a girl trying to protect her kingdom, there are some harsh scenes of murder and such.
I will be on the lookout for a sale from Amazon to purchase this book and *hopefully* it will be edited properly and laid out better so that I can better enjoy it the next time I read it. Hope to hear news of book 2 really soon!

A really well written and captivating book. I’m really looking forward to the next in the series. The storyline and the characters are really well rounded, neither all good nor all bad, with a lot of depth. Once I started reading the book it was hard to put it down. I will certainly keep a lookout for this author’s works in future.

I would like to thank NetGalley for the opportunity to review this great book.

I thought this book was a good unique read! It almost had an elder fairy-tale style of writing. The characters were well developed and I felt like the world building was done at a nice steady and imaginative pace. It was a great action type of book filled with whimsical moments and moments that had well written dark elements. I would definitely recommend this novel. It is a one of a kind writing style that you don't see often and I want to see more in this series!

This was fun and the story immediately got me hooked and I could not put it down. The book is well written and the characters well developed and enjoyable. While this was fun I don't see myself continuing on with series but it is enjoyable to why not try it out.

Smoothly-written, dark fantasy novel with an interesting world-build, I liked the concept. Somehow though, I just couldn't relate to the protagonists or make myself care about them. In the end this just wasn't a book for me.

I received a copy via NetGalley in exhange of an honest review.

This had a promising concept and beginning, but I was disappointed by the portrayal of many of the characters and their relationships and certain aspects of these did not sit right with me. The world is well done and the writing is balanced and engaging (although sometimes the exposition felt a little heavy) but I did not end up finishing the book because of my discomfort with certain scenes and interactions between the characters. That being said, I can very much see the appeal of the book and understand why so many people enjoyed it, and I thoroughly expect many more people who find it to enjoy it too, it simply did not work for me.