The History of Fatum: The Fourth Gift

by Zentari Silver

The History of The Fourth Gift follows the story of Kyle Johnson as he discovers the world of Fatum. After an ominous dream, Kyle awakens in an unfamiliar world. Lucky for him, he is taken under the wing of Amon, one of the only people in all of Fatum to suspect why Kyle may have been called there. Uncertain of his destiny, Kyle starts his journey in a world of magic and beasts to discover the secrets of why he was summoned there in the first place.

325 pages, Paperback

Published January 8, 2025

About the author

Zentari Silver is an up-and-coming author for The History of Fatum series of books. He aims to tell stories of fantasy and child-like wonder. Currently, he plans to write through Kyle's journey in the world of Fatum. Then, he plans on expanding the universe forth.

Reviews

[MikeLikesBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to thank the author for providing me a copy of his book. My review is voluntary.

If you are looking for clean YA Fantasy about a magical world with talking blades, gifts, enchantments and pending conflict, this debut novel finds us in Fatum.

The one thing that the author does extremely well is world building. He is so descriptive about what Kyle experiences in this world. Kyle is a college aged young man from Earth. He learns the ways of Fatum as he keeps his earth origins on the down low.

I felt that if this was ever turned into a film, the adaptation would be easy as everything is described down to the smallest detail like the grass. Kyle has to change his name and enters into training to be a soldier and makes some good friends along the way. There are some challenges but this book is setting up a series of events in Fatum that suck Kyle into a conflict he didn’t expect. So as you are reading this keep in mind you are getting immersed into this world just like Kyle is.

I’m interested to see how the author moves forward from where book one leaves off. There are some interesting revelations and the story is far from over.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book did not seem to be smoothly written. There were times when punctuation in a sentence would have made it easier to understand. Words were used that didn’t seem to quite fit what I think was meant, and I had to reread those sentences to make my best guess as to what was intended. There were paragraphs that switched from present tense to past tense, then back to present tense, when it should have been the same throughout. Sometimes information presented in one paragraph was repeated in a paragraph soon after, as if the author forgot it had already been given.

It seemed to me that American English was not the author’s native tongue. The author used “while” and “whilst” interchangeably, but I thought it would have been better to stick with one or the other. I know British English still uses “whilst”, whereas American English doesn’t, so maybe there is a dialect that tends to use both equally. There were other similar situations. “Appease” seemed to be a favorite word of the author’s, often used to indicate agreement or acquiescence. The book needs more editing.

The protagonist seemed to do everything well. He isn’t shown struggling with much, although we are told he is. (When he is said to be having difficulties, it is mentioned that he is doing better than could be expected or better than anyone else.) The story is okay, but the misused words and inconsistent writing style made it difficult to read.

I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads.

[Michaelangelo_reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

The History of Fatum The Fourth Gift is the fantasy debut novel by Zentari Silver.

The book starts out on earth before it eventually moves into another magical world called Fatum.

The story follows a young man named Kyle who is currently in college before being pulled into a magical world.

Kyle is pulled away from earth into another world called Fatum. In Fatum it has similar aspect to what earth has, but it also has gifts and magic. The first being life, second was magic, then the third came along which led to a war lasting over 100 years. Now the fourth gift was given to Fatum. In this magical world of Fatum people can enchant items, they can use magic in the form of land, fire, water, and wind magic. While Kyle is learning the ways of Fatum he must find his purpose and what he is meant to do with his time in Fatum.

I thought the story was interesting and a lot of the character connections in this book was done well. With the magic they have it really reminded me a little bit of Avatar with the bending powers which they have, the magic they use in Fatum seems similar.

One thing I think could have made this book better was some more time spent on editing. There was some mistakes which made some parts harder to read for me. However, I don’t necessarily hold editing errors as high when it comes to overall opinion of the book. While in future books I think the story can benefit from more editing, the story was fun and engaging to me.

One thing that I didn’t necessarily like in the book is some of the long chapters. While I was cruising through the start of the book, chapter 10 slowed the book down for me. I do tend to struggle getting through long chapters. Chapter 10 was over 50 pages long and I felt like it affected the pacing for me. I would love to see in the future a chapter like that split up into a few smaller chapters.

Would I like to continue the series? Yes, book 1 left me with some questions to be answered and wanting more of the story. Book 1 was more of a build up book and I am ready to see where that build up leads.

Overall I give the book a 3.5 stars.

[Wendy Rangel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great story line. Lots of repetition of things.