A Review by HM Flath of Dreams of Beautiful Whisper by Tanya Jones

A Review by HM Flath

Dreams of Beautiful Whisper by Tanya Jones

 

Tanya Jones has created a fantasy in a world where time and age take on new meaning, where elves live and where supernatural forces are at work. Amanda becomes Amanae, auras become visible and thoughts can be transmitted mentally. All of this and much more happens when Amanda returns to the village of Eytherfel with her parents and begins her journey to the Awakening as an elf. There are interesting twists and events which become life altering and exciting. Such is the life of an elf as one seeks to learn of personal powers and strengths.

Dreams of Beautiful Whisper is also a love story where two loves are significant in Amanae’s teenage life – one human and one an elf. Interesting events evolve as they vie to win Amanae’s heart.

Amanae is a carefully crafted character with genuine caring qualities and with a strength and intelligence which is put to the test more than once in this story. Caelsah, or Beauty-Boy as nicknamed by Amanae, and Jordan, Amanae’s human love, also possess strength of character deserving of admiration and respect.

My only criticism of this book is that Jordan accepted Amanae’s Elven world too quickly and easily. His understanding of all the implications came so swiftly that it somehow didn’t really fit. Perhaps more time and a few more twists would have helped with the transition. Also, there are several times in the story where ‘sat’ is used instead of ‘seated’, and where ‘use’ should be ‘used’, and ‘suppose’ should be ‘supposed’. In all fairness to the author and from a reader not versed in the Elven world, perhaps those were intentional? Aside from that, the story was very well written, with accurate structure and punctuation.

This story which I received from the author through a Goodreads connection would definitely appeal to young adolescents, those interested in elves and those who enjoy fantasy.