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Meratis Trilogy #1-3
The Meratis Trilogy
Even authors fight their own imaginations.
Fantasy author Jeff Powell spends most days struggling with his next book from the safety and comfort of his computer chair.
So when he wakes up in the setting of his best-selling series, he is unprepared for the threats awaiting him. His characters aren't familiar, there are problems he never wrote, and the dragons...are much larger than he pictured.
Faced with evil sorcerers, vengeful lords, and the pursuit of his true love, Jeff's time in Andvell is a constant battle. But will his imagination be enough to save the world he created from falling apart at the seams?
This epic fantasy boxset takes you through all three of Jeff's adventures in Andvell. Meet the ensemble cast that has so many people falling in love with this new fantasy world. Krista Walsh will draw you in with the beauty and heart of a world-within-a-world and keep you hoping that the line between reality and fiction really is so thin.
Contains all three books of the Meratis Evensong, Eventide, and Evenlight, as well as the first chapter of Bloodlore, the sequel trilogy
Tumble into Andvell today!
Fantasy author Jeff Powell spends most days struggling with his next book from the safety and comfort of his computer chair.
So when he wakes up in the setting of his best-selling series, he is unprepared for the threats awaiting him. His characters aren't familiar, there are problems he never wrote, and the dragons...are much larger than he pictured.
Faced with evil sorcerers, vengeful lords, and the pursuit of his true love, Jeff's time in Andvell is a constant battle. But will his imagination be enough to save the world he created from falling apart at the seams?
This epic fantasy boxset takes you through all three of Jeff's adventures in Andvell. Meet the ensemble cast that has so many people falling in love with this new fantasy world. Krista Walsh will draw you in with the beauty and heart of a world-within-a-world and keep you hoping that the line between reality and fiction really is so thin.
Contains all three books of the Meratis Evensong, Eventide, and Evenlight, as well as the first chapter of Bloodlore, the sequel trilogy
Tumble into Andvell today!
- GenresFantasy
1071 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 27, 2018
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About the author
Krista Walsh
43 books196 followersKnown for witty, vivid characters, Krista Walsh never has more fun than getting them into trouble and taking her time getting them out.
When not writing, she can be found walking, reading, gaming, or watching a film – anything to get lost in a good story.
She currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario
When not writing, she can be found walking, reading, gaming, or watching a film – anything to get lost in a good story.
She currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario
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May 17, 2023
I could tell from the sample of this book that the prose was going to range from slightly clunky to serviceable, but bought it anyway because I was short of books, and it seemed mostly decently edited. The commas and, with one exception, apostrophes were in the right places, at least, which is more than I've seen from most books I've got through Bookbub in the last couple of years.
As I continued through, though, I found a number of places where the phrasing of sentences was off and didn't correctly convey what the author obviously meant. Some of these had missing words, some had dangling modifiers, some were mangled idioms. There were also examples of the common issues of missing past perfect tense and "may" instead of "might" in past tense narration, and even a couple of misspelled words that should have been caught by a spellcheck. Overall, I marked 45 issues in the first book (the only one I read), which is almost twice what I expect on average. On the upside, none of them were comma errors, and comma usage is one of the harder mechanical skills, judging by how many authors are bad at it.
The story was OK, a combination of portal fantasy and metafiction, in which an author is sucked into the world of his book. The fictional author is clearly a hack; his fantasy world is painfully generic, his characters have names such as you'd encounter in a contemporary setting, like Corey, Jayden, Magdalen and Brady, and it soon becomes clear that he has only the most superficial knowledge and understanding of both the setting and the characters. The trouble is, when this kind of thing occurs, I always wonder if the actual author is also a hack, if the generic setting and unconsidered names are a reflection of her ability and not just a satire on less capable authors, and I can't tell what the answer is.
The character development is at least above the level of the fictional author, and is probably the book's greatest strength, though the characters still don't go much beyond their archetype + story role. The plot involves the fictional author being ineffectual a lot of the time, which is ironic considering that he theoretically controls everything. He also displays a lot of plot armour, which unfortunately doesn't extend beyond him to his characters (there's a very high, grim, and gruesome body count, which is not to my taste at all), and keeps making obviously stupid decisions. He's rescued from the last of these by an unconvincing heel-face turn on the part of a character, and writes an ending to the story that strained my credulity.
I start books out at four stars and move them up or down from there. The grim and gruesome loses it the fourth star, as a matter of my personal taste, because I didn't enjoy it and felt it was unnecessary. The poor sentence-level prose loses it part of the third star, and the weak protagonist and difficult-to-swallow resolution lose it the rest of that star and bring it down to two.
As I continued through, though, I found a number of places where the phrasing of sentences was off and didn't correctly convey what the author obviously meant. Some of these had missing words, some had dangling modifiers, some were mangled idioms. There were also examples of the common issues of missing past perfect tense and "may" instead of "might" in past tense narration, and even a couple of misspelled words that should have been caught by a spellcheck. Overall, I marked 45 issues in the first book (the only one I read), which is almost twice what I expect on average. On the upside, none of them were comma errors, and comma usage is one of the harder mechanical skills, judging by how many authors are bad at it.
The story was OK, a combination of portal fantasy and metafiction, in which an author is sucked into the world of his book. The fictional author is clearly a hack; his fantasy world is painfully generic, his characters have names such as you'd encounter in a contemporary setting, like Corey, Jayden, Magdalen and Brady, and it soon becomes clear that he has only the most superficial knowledge and understanding of both the setting and the characters. The trouble is, when this kind of thing occurs, I always wonder if the actual author is also a hack, if the generic setting and unconsidered names are a reflection of her ability and not just a satire on less capable authors, and I can't tell what the answer is.
The character development is at least above the level of the fictional author, and is probably the book's greatest strength, though the characters still don't go much beyond their archetype + story role. The plot involves the fictional author being ineffectual a lot of the time, which is ironic considering that he theoretically controls everything. He also displays a lot of plot armour, which unfortunately doesn't extend beyond him to his characters (there's a very high, grim, and gruesome body count, which is not to my taste at all), and keeps making obviously stupid decisions. He's rescued from the last of these by an unconvincing heel-face turn on the part of a character, and writes an ending to the story that strained my credulity.
I start books out at four stars and move them up or down from there. The grim and gruesome loses it the fourth star, as a matter of my personal taste, because I didn't enjoy it and felt it was unnecessary. The poor sentence-level prose loses it part of the third star, and the weak protagonist and difficult-to-swallow resolution lose it the rest of that star and bring it down to two.
October 4, 2024
I loved this trilogy which pulled me into the storyline immediately and didn't let me go until the end (several very late nights, here).
Jeff Powell spends his time between trying to pluck up the courage to ask Cassie, the beautiful barista who serves him his coffee, on a date and writing his fantasy novels, where the women are busty and the men have considerably more courage than him.
When he wakes up one morning to find himself summoned to the world he created, he learns that there is more to the women than tight corsets and more to the men than simple sword masters with bulging muscles - and none of them are happy with some of the things he has written about them!
Caught between trying to get his head around the fact that his fantasy world really exists, trying to find a way back to his own world and finding out that an evil magicien is about to unleash chaos, Jeff comes to realise that he really cares about what happens to these people and that his "creation" might just get him killed.
Jeff Powell spends his time between trying to pluck up the courage to ask Cassie, the beautiful barista who serves him his coffee, on a date and writing his fantasy novels, where the women are busty and the men have considerably more courage than him.
When he wakes up one morning to find himself summoned to the world he created, he learns that there is more to the women than tight corsets and more to the men than simple sword masters with bulging muscles - and none of them are happy with some of the things he has written about them!
Caught between trying to get his head around the fact that his fantasy world really exists, trying to find a way back to his own world and finding out that an evil magicien is about to unleash chaos, Jeff comes to realise that he really cares about what happens to these people and that his "creation" might just get him killed.
February 27, 2025
I was invested and ready to finish the whole trilogy, until edits stopped at page 150. Grammar went out the window. And then I DNFed on page 191 (Ch 11) when this author missed the biggest plot hole ever. Because if magic doesn't work in Jeff's world, why the hell was Maggie able to summon him with magic? And send him back briefly WITH MAGIC? If I had the physical copy, I would've thrown it against the wall in anguish. Instead, I'll just delete it from all devices.
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January 7, 2019
This was such a fun set of books. I felt very skeptical when it opened with the "author", but the unique perspectives from both sides of the page made for a very entertaining tale. I didn't want the trilogy to end.
June 7, 2023
fantastic read
This series is a great read. The characters are very interesting and flow together very nicely. This series has magic and dragons and new found friendships. I really enjoyed the storyline and highly recommend this series.
This series is a great read. The characters are very interesting and flow together very nicely. This series has magic and dragons and new found friendships. I really enjoyed the storyline and highly recommend this series.
July 13, 2023
These books were my introduction to Krista Walsh and indie authors, so I am very grateful to them! They are also a wonderful, quirky twist on traditional epic fantasy and hooked me in immediately. I heartily recommend them for any fantasy fan!!
October 28, 2023
Really enjoyed this trilogy, an author finds himself in the world he created (or did he? a debate that is touched upon within the story) liked that even the author would be surprised on occasion, felt like there were more stories to be told at the end which indeed there is (teaser at end of book)
August 16, 2021
Really good series, very hard to put down.
July 4, 2023
Intriguing concept
An author suddenly gets thrust into his own book, is shocked to find out that what he considers his creations have lives, and thoughts, of their own.
An author suddenly gets thrust into his own book, is shocked to find out that what he considers his creations have lives, and thoughts, of their own.
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