Splintered: Sierra's Legacy (The Eldwitch Chronicles, #1)

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Splintered: Sierra's Legacy (The Eldwitch Chronicles #1)

by Leslie Ann Wright (Goodreads Author), Coka Shutterstock Images LLC (Photographer)

3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 · rating details · 16 ratings · 12 reviews

The world of Eldwitch was a hauntingly, beautiful world, filled with numerous races, and watched over by the Mother (Nature). When threatened with destruction by the impact of a rogue asteroid, the rulers, a race of flying magic users, were quick to come up with a solution. They would allow for the trajectory of the asteroid and weaken the fault lines that radiated out fro...more

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Jan 26, 2012 Carina rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I was intrigued by the blurb of this book. I genuinely thought that the story sounded like it would be interesting, complex, and exciting.

To save the planet of Eldwitch from destruction, the world was split into three separate planets (Eldwitch, Aldur, and Allure) that would remain connected by a world gate. When Aldur begins to fall into chaos, the other planets are in jeopardy of becoming damaged as well. Sierra is one of three magic users born that are suppo...more

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Mar 27, 2012 OpenBookSociety.com rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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There are three planets: Allure, Aldur, and Eldwitch. The planets having held great beauty and abundant life, are now dying and withering away. Mutations through the Allure people have created children known as the Berserkers, driven by anger, they commit heinous acts. The Keepers are meant to guard the World-Gates and keep the raiding Berserkers from continuing to wreck havoc. But things have spun out of control and the dest...more

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Dec 06, 2011 Krystal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was surprisingly interesting and unique. The author created a world of three planets: Allure, Aldure, and Eldwitch. These planets used to be thriving, but now are in terrible shape. There are Berserkers on Planet Allure that threaten the balance between the planets. As a result of the Berserkers' existence, Keepers were created to watch the World-Gates and prevent the Berserkers from doing any further harm. There is an interesting prophecy regarding the ending of this tumultuous existe...more

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Jul 09, 2011 Annabell rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Splintered: Sierra’s Legacy
Author: Leslie Ann Wright

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Synopsis: Born to save a dying Planet, Sierra must first find herself. A foundling at birth, unaware of her heritage, she must learn to use her magic and find the answer to save their worlds from destruction. It will take three of three worlds to hold the magic. Who will it be, and how can she, a girl on her own find the answer and fulfill her own destiny in return. Can sh...more

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Jul 09, 2011 OpenBookSociety.com rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 10, 2011 Shaeeza Haniff rated it 5 of 5 stars

Splintered is a unique YA book. This is a great read and an exciting read. It also reaches the heart of the reader.
Call it what you will, magic,paranormal romance, sci fi, inter species romance, adventure, this book is a marvelous combination. It follows the main characters back and forth through time and inter connects them in a way that leaves you spellbound and guessing. Full of twists and surprises, Splintered:Sierra's Legacy brings to the reader a wondrous world with believable beings.
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Jan 06, 2012 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Have you ever read a book and wondered why it was so fabulous and then read another book of the same genre and felt that is was close to fabulous, but seemed to be lacking something? Well, the feeling of this novel having great potential that went unrealized is the feeling that I had while reading it. I felt that I was reading a rough draft and if it went through a couple of more revisions, it would be fabulous and a favorite. I have been trying to figure out what it is missing, and the rough dr...more

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Nov 23, 2011 Vone Savan rated it 4 of 5 stars

In this epic fantasy, a world is “splintered” into three separate parts (Allure, Aldur, and Eldwitch) for its own survival. For thousands of years, these three regions were able to properly function by using a World-Gate for communication and trade, but now, the planet as a whole is starting to die. In order for this degradation to stop, Sierra, a girl who is born with the blood of all three planets, has to set out on an adventure for the entire world’s restoration.

The beautifully and well-writ...more In this epic fantasy, a world is “splintered” into three separate parts (Allure, Aldur, and Eldwitch) for its own survival. For thousands of years, these three regions were able to properly function by using a World-Gate for communication and trade, but now, the planet as a whole is starting to die. In order for this degradation to stop, Sierra, a girl who is born with the blood of all three planets, has to set out on an adventure for the entire world’s restoration.

The beautifully and well-written prose of Splintered instantly sucked me in. This novel is—all at once—entertaining, creative, well-researched, and thought provoking. The three different worlds and their inhabitants are symbolic for the different cultures and diversity that exists in our reality. This element of the novel also spoke to the idea of adaptation and survival. For example, the inhabitants of Eldwitch (the mountainous region of the three worlds) develop wings in order to fly around their terrain—which is super clever. But really, this thoughtful idea was only the tip of the iceberg in the scheme of this great novel. Without getting too specific about the convoluted plot, the novel also addresses important rampant social and political issues that plague our world in several different ways—like the concept of Mind Rub.

Mind Rub is the idea of getting rid of the overwhelming thoughts that can weigh the inhabitants down, just like the overwhelming stress that we sometimes feel. By using Mind Rub, the inhabitants of the Splintered realm are able to forget their pain, thus mirroring the abuse of drug use in our reality. This was a great issue to address.

The novel also examined the ideas related to half-breeds, and how that “race” is viewed as a negative, which then leads to the ideas associated with racism and discrimination. I like how Leslie Ann Wright was able to address this issue, and turn it into a positive, because in the novel, Wright made the half-breeds powerful, valuable, and precious. By doing this, Wright is cleverly addressing the frivolous and insubstantial discrimination that exists in our society when it comes to multi-racial children/adults. The idea of sharing a homogenized belief based solely on race is completely absurd, and this has to be my favorite issue that was raised in the novel.

Another issue, that seemed the most consistent and universal, has to be the one dealing with worldly conservation. It’s clear that Wright is a big advocate of environmental conservation, and attempts to convey the message that we are quickly destroying our world through reckless acts of mistreatment. The coolest part is that Wright does a great job expressing this idea without coming off pious or unfair in her message. Kudos to her for successfully achieving this!

But, even with all these great elements in the novel, there were still a few drawbacks that I encountered. Firstly, because the novel was an epic fantasy/sci-fi, I expected a lot more action than what was delivered. The main action sequence came at the very end of the book (which was awesome!), but other than that, I can’t seem to recall any other major action sequence. In addition, with all the creativity swirling in the novel, I wanted more scenes that played on the fantasy concept of magic, but that too, seemed like it was lacking.

Also, the ending—though very cool—felt abrupt. I would have preferred it to simmer a little more as to make the hopeful message of the novel even stronger.

Lastly, the flashbacks that occurred throughout the novel had me confused at times. It didn’t always seem apparent as to what timeline I was reading until I got further into the chapter, which slightly jarred the reading experience.

Overall, though, I would highly recommend this novel to readers who are looking to escape into another wondrous fantasy/sci-fi world. The content in this novel is creative and humane and well-expressed. Leslie Ann Wright did an amazing job in creating a fictional world that speaks volumes to the current state of our reality in both social and political ways—and in the end, Splintered isn’t just a work of creative fiction, but one that intelligently challenges us as readers, too.
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This book has a really good plot line. The main character is Sierra who is found as a newly born baby by a kind man from one of the tri-planets who brings her up as her own. Sierra is therefore totally unaware of her rare heritage. She has to grow up on a strange planet of people and learn how to use her magic she has been born with to use with Mother earth to rescue one of the dying tri-planets, in turn rescuing them all from dying.
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Mar 27, 2012 Rimma rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Thank you for a book, I received the book for free through Goodreads First Read

This is a sci-fi / magic type novel.
I found writing refreshing and interesting.
In this fantasy created world, the planet was split by impact of asteroids, it saved the people, but result in creating three different planet (Allure, Aldur, and Eldwitch), which are connected by the world – gate, that allowed connection between now different worlds. The worlds exist in harmony for many years. They used the world gates fo...more Thank you for a book, I received the book for free through Goodreads First Read

This is a sci-fi / magic type novel.
I found writing refreshing and interesting.
In this fantasy created world, the planet was split by impact of asteroids, it saved the people, but result in creating three different planet (Allure, Aldur, and Eldwitch), which are connected by the world – gate, that allowed connection between now different worlds. The worlds exist in harmony for many years. They used the world gates for communication and trade, but people from one of the world’s Allure become a danger to already dying worlds. They isolated themselves from the rest of the parts of the planet and become abusive to its natural resources bringing the planet to the sorry state. Inbreeding within themselves only brought also genetic problems. The keeper were created to keep Berserkers from planet Allure from spreading their distractive forces any further to other planets. However the planet is dying. Three different races in the book with different abilities, one can fly and heal, connect with a nature and appreciate its powers.
There is a prophecy that a three magician that have blood of all three planes will save the world and restore its eco system. Sierra is a young girl who is one of the people who may be savers from the prophecy, as she was raised by a stranger who found her after she was born and raised her as his own. She has no idea of her powers, or her heritage and need to learn how to use it and set on a path to find other like her and save the planet.
The Sierra adventures are not easy. She is an easy likable character strong at time and mature and sometimes too naïve and too trusting, she seem inconsistent with her experiences and bad things she has seen and her fast trusting to someone she barley know.
Even thought I would not say that book is full of action, it is still a captivating story, most of the actions are in the end of the story and surprising twist is a great end for the book. There is a lot of back and forth in the book that get confusing at times. Some repetitions can get bothersome at times, still overall it is interesting reading with a lot of analogous to the real worlds and lessons to be learn. The way eco system cannot be treated, the racism and discrimination, the drug abuse and how love and care for the place you live in can save the world.

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Jul 03, 2011 Brandy Hunt rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really thought long and hard about this review. I enjoy the premise of the book, very post apocalyptic and very much in view with my ideas about conservation. However, this is written in more of an epic fantasy style which I find hard to enjoy. That just means this book wasn't my cup of tea, but if you are a fan of Robert Jordan, then I don't see why you wouldn't enjoy this book.

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Jul 06, 2011 Katy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Leslie Ann Wright is an avid reader and blogger. She blogs reviews for her blog Tic Toc as well as Blog Critics and The Romance Reviews.
She released her Debut novel, Splintered: Sierra's Legacy, two years ago, and is a contributing author to Christmas lites, along with several other Good Reads authors. Currently preparing to publish, The Karma Stone, she is at work on editing her newest work, Face...more

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