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Queens of Antares: Bloodline Returned: Volume 1 of the Bloodline Trilogy
What would you do if you found out your dotty old Gran wasn't from Surrey after all, but from a planet six hundred light years away across the galaxy? Not only that but she's really an exiled Princess from a Royal family that has been virtually wiped out by a tyrannical usurper. Would you believe it? That's the question being asked by Caroline, Alex and Emily Wright, after moving in with Gran when their Father loses his job. But you might find it easier to believe, if you were actually standing on that self-same planet looking into a sky with two suns. That's the situation in which Caroline, Alex and Emily find themselves when they accidentally get transported across the galaxy. Would you join the fight for freedom against the tyrant, if that was the only way to get back home to Earth? Now you understand the dilemma facing Caroline, Alex and Emily. What would you do? Queens of Bloodline returned is the first volume in a new sf trilogy for readers of all ages from 10 to 100. An enchanting tale of three young people who are accidentally transported from their mundane lives to a new world, where they must find the strength to lead a revolution in order to get home. On the way they discover who they really are, where they belong and the enduring power of a bloodline.
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First published February 3, 2012
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September 2, 2014
This book was recently entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our readers thought:
FEEDBACK
Title
Queens of Antares
Bloodline Returned
Author
P R Pope
COVER 6/10
Generally, the readers thought the cover was very professional and genre-appropriate. However, they thought the lettering was too small and rather ‘boring’. They also felt the blur was ‘jerky’ and did not flow well i.e. That’s the question being asked… That’s the situation in which…
EDITING 8/10
The readers thought this book was well edited and discovered no problems with punctuation, grammar or spelling. They also felt it was generally well-paced although a few of the readers felt it was very slow at the beginning. One reader (boy, aged 11) put in his feedback, ‘The first page or so was really boring. All that happens is the author tells us about the characters. I like a fantasy book to start exciting.’
THEME 7/10
The readers very much enjoyed the content of this book. They loved all the fantasy and the strange world the author invented and they liked the ‘Narnia’ feel to the plot. They also very much liked the central premise: kids transported to a different planet to fight a tyrant. They very much liked the map at the front and the cliffhanger at the end i.e. they can’t get home. One reader (girl, aged 10) put, ‘I like the C S Lewis books a lot and this is a bit like them. I thought the children were very brave and the Gran was best.’ However, most of the young readers thought the first chapter was slow and a bit of a character info. dump.
STYLE 6/10
Generally, our young readers thought this author had a very good style of writing. They thought he worked well with description of setting and characters and also he worked well with speech.
However, a few of the readers felt they the story was very slow, particularly at the beginning. Also, a number of the readers felt the author had a tendency to ‘show’ and then, just in case the reader is a bit slow on the uptake, ’tell’. For example, in Chapter 1, the author shows the reader through speech that Emily is smart and funny, then he puts: ‘…Emily had developed into such a good daughter, able to lighten a situation with a few well-chosen words.’ Basically, by doing this, the readers felt the author was ‘dumbing them down’.
STATS 27/40
Of the 19 readers,
12 liked the image on the cover; 13 felt the lettering needed a little more ‘’spark’; 6 felt the blurb did not flow correctly.
11 would like to read another book by this author.
6 felt the strongest aspect of the book was the central premise.
4 felt the best part of this book was the three central characters.
1 thought the best part was the way the author described setting.
‘A charming, fantasy-filled tale.’ The Wishing Shelf Awards
FEEDBACK
Title
Queens of Antares
Bloodline Returned
Author
P R Pope
COVER 6/10
Generally, the readers thought the cover was very professional and genre-appropriate. However, they thought the lettering was too small and rather ‘boring’. They also felt the blur was ‘jerky’ and did not flow well i.e. That’s the question being asked… That’s the situation in which…
EDITING 8/10
The readers thought this book was well edited and discovered no problems with punctuation, grammar or spelling. They also felt it was generally well-paced although a few of the readers felt it was very slow at the beginning. One reader (boy, aged 11) put in his feedback, ‘The first page or so was really boring. All that happens is the author tells us about the characters. I like a fantasy book to start exciting.’
THEME 7/10
The readers very much enjoyed the content of this book. They loved all the fantasy and the strange world the author invented and they liked the ‘Narnia’ feel to the plot. They also very much liked the central premise: kids transported to a different planet to fight a tyrant. They very much liked the map at the front and the cliffhanger at the end i.e. they can’t get home. One reader (girl, aged 10) put, ‘I like the C S Lewis books a lot and this is a bit like them. I thought the children were very brave and the Gran was best.’ However, most of the young readers thought the first chapter was slow and a bit of a character info. dump.
STYLE 6/10
Generally, our young readers thought this author had a very good style of writing. They thought he worked well with description of setting and characters and also he worked well with speech.
However, a few of the readers felt they the story was very slow, particularly at the beginning. Also, a number of the readers felt the author had a tendency to ‘show’ and then, just in case the reader is a bit slow on the uptake, ’tell’. For example, in Chapter 1, the author shows the reader through speech that Emily is smart and funny, then he puts: ‘…Emily had developed into such a good daughter, able to lighten a situation with a few well-chosen words.’ Basically, by doing this, the readers felt the author was ‘dumbing them down’.
STATS 27/40
Of the 19 readers,
12 liked the image on the cover; 13 felt the lettering needed a little more ‘’spark’; 6 felt the blurb did not flow correctly.
11 would like to read another book by this author.
6 felt the strongest aspect of the book was the central premise.
4 felt the best part of this book was the three central characters.
1 thought the best part was the way the author described setting.
‘A charming, fantasy-filled tale.’ The Wishing Shelf Awards
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