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The Six and the Crystals of Ialana

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This is a wonderful Teen / YA fantasy, well written with characters full of depth.
A wonderful idea, the story flows smoothly pulling all the characters together and making this a real page turner.

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Unfortunately not the book for me. The writing style is quite good, and the blurb certainly piqued my interest, but unfortunately the story just wasn’t to my taste, that being said I can see how others would love it!

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Six heroes with a secret in each have a secret buried deeply inside. They leave their homes to go on a quest to find a mysterious crystal with powers. They will go through many mountain caves where they will find and face horrible creatures. A guide, Irusan appears to help them on their journey. They find themselves fighting to get to the lost crystal. However, they have an enemy, a Dragon King who wants to destroy them. Who will get the lost crystal?

The mystery and danger the characters go through make the novel an intriguing book to read. I enjoy the twists and turns the writer wrote in the novel. It is a great adventure to read!

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anich fantasy story about six young people, who discover that they have lived before and have to fullfil what they coul not do in their last life. A book fou young adults. I liked it.

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Thank you to netgalley I received this as an ARC. I enjoyed it very much was good solid read. Solid 4 Stars for me!

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Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the free e-book for an honest review.

I didn't enjoy the story on this one, I just found it didn't hold my attention and I didn't care about what happened to the characters. I just feel it wasn't one for me, that's not to criticise any of the plot or characterisation I just think it wasn't my kind of tale. I think the author could be a really good writer and think as a debut her the writing is good, not amazing but good and shows signs of promise and would probably be tempted to read other books in the future just not this series.

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I enjoyed this book as an entertaining and clear example of fantasy and adventure. Descriptions and characters work to engage the reader.

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The Six and the Crystals of lalana is a good, captivating story for young adult fantasy readers. Mysterious, shared dreams send our six characters on a quest to prevent the destruction of their world. Lots of action, adventure, and magic.

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Seven youngsters with a history that went way back, six of them Tristan, Teagan, Jarah, Adian, Djana, and Kex became the chosen protectors of the Ialana crystal., and Blaidd or Seryn choosing the path of greed and power. Due to their overwhelming failure in protecting and keeping the crystal away from the paws of the evil, greedy, power-hungry Amrafalus, in previous lives, the six had to be creative and ingenious to get rid of their treacherous friend. Always, they sacrificed their lives for the mission, now reborn, once again, they aim to make a greater effort to succeed, by learning from their past failures. If they cannot uproot and eradicate the traitor in their midst, I guess this time would be like all the other times. Interesting with a bit of intrigue while full of adventure, A book that calls for a second glance.

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I wasn't wowed by this book. The story reminded me a bit of Lord of the Rings. Lots of travel, lots of world building but very little plot. It seemed tediously long but I also think it set a very good base for the next book in the series which is why I'm still giving it 4 stars. It reminds me a lot of other first book in series which isn't great but the series overall is. Perhaps it's just a lot of information to process. Characters are a little under developed. You get a clear picture of Seryn, and a feeling for most of the others but I really feel that The Six didn't have enough to really make them feel like they were real rather than an idea. I'm still really confused by Amrafalus - the one description says he's enormous and others talk of him walking through passages. There's never really a clear description of him and he seems a very intangible character for most of the book. I'd almost like to see inside his mind more. It just wasn't "there" for me in total, but still a good book.

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