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Awakening Her Soul To Destiny
Kaitla Danaan learned long ago not to trust anyone or anything other then her gut instincts.....a series of foster homes had taught her that at an early age. Now finding herself in yet another one of her eccentric agent's job assignments, she keeps trying to remember the bills she must pay as she tries to ignore the sultry good looks of the man walking toward her. She's got to concentrate on the mural she's painting on the Scottish Keep that's deserted except for the two of them.....
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540 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 26, 2005
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December 5, 2011
Summary: Kaitla Danann has lived the last 35 years of her life in the human realm. Having been raised in the foster care system, and having lived her life without a real family or friends, she trusts no one.
Unbeknownst to Kaitla, she is actually the long-lost daughter of Laird Caymber - from the realm of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Kaitla was hidden in the human realm when she was only a few hours old. Her father’s arch nemesis, Ravon, meant to destroy Kaitla in order to prevent a prophecy that foretold of Kaitla killing Ravon in the future.
The time has come from Kaitla to learn of her heritage and travel home. It is only Caymber’s most trusted advisor, Etain, who knows of the whereabouts of the girl. Etain and her great-great grandson Jared travel to the human world to find Kaitla, teach her the way to her power, and bring her back to her father.
Kaitla is certainly hesitant to believe who she is, but she accepts that she has never really belonged in the human realm. It is this realization that leads her to trust Etain and Jared. While she learns more about her home, she and Jared fall in love. Will he prove worthy of her trust?
As Kaitla embarks on her long journey home, Ravon will stop at nothing to prevent her from reaching her goal. He attempts many forms of manipulation and puts obstacles in her path. Even her own father has created issues for her because he does not approve of her match to Jared, and promised her hand to another man. It is up to Kaitla to rid the realm of Ravon’s evil and put things back to right.
Review: There are sections of this book that are really well composed, interesting, and emotional. Kaitla is a likeable heroine, Jared is a courageous, romantic hero, and Etain is the perfect magical mentor-grandma. The storyline and challenges are well thought out and introduced. Stigall does a great job describing the realm and inhabitants, as well as the back stories for the characters. Another element that I really enjoyed was the Scot’s burr of the otherworldly characters. Many authors present Scottish characters, but include very little accent to the dialog. I thought Stigall’s Scottish written dialog was among the best I’ve read.
Unfortunately, the book feels like it is incomplete. There are giant leaps between one state of reality and the next, with very little transition between them. One minute Kaitla doesn’t trust anyone, nor has she ever let a man touch her, and the next minute she is intimate with Jared. I felt that both stages were true to the story, but there was nothing to transition between the two. I was left feeling like I missed a chapter of the book where they actually fell for each other.
Additionally, Kaitla undergoes very little training to develop her powers once she is the new realm. One minute she doesn’t have a clue what she is doing and needs to be instructed, and the next minute she is doing things that nobody else can do. Again, there is a lack of transition. And again, I felt like I was missing chapters in the book. Had this part been better developed, the book would have been much stronger. The magic elements themselves were really nicely described.
I’m sure I sound like a broken record by now, but the same transitional problem could be said for the conflicts in the book. Most of the conflicts were wrapped up so quickly that there was no time to worry that they might not work out well. Again, I had the feeling of missing sections of the story.
I don’t think that I can recommend this book in its current state. However, I think that this author has a strong creative vision and definitely has writing talent. There are good bones to this book. If Stigall worked on expanding the transitions between events and stages in this book, I would love to read it again. There is a lot of potential here, but it isn’t quite where it needs to be yet.
Unbeknownst to Kaitla, she is actually the long-lost daughter of Laird Caymber - from the realm of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Kaitla was hidden in the human realm when she was only a few hours old. Her father’s arch nemesis, Ravon, meant to destroy Kaitla in order to prevent a prophecy that foretold of Kaitla killing Ravon in the future.
The time has come from Kaitla to learn of her heritage and travel home. It is only Caymber’s most trusted advisor, Etain, who knows of the whereabouts of the girl. Etain and her great-great grandson Jared travel to the human world to find Kaitla, teach her the way to her power, and bring her back to her father.
Kaitla is certainly hesitant to believe who she is, but she accepts that she has never really belonged in the human realm. It is this realization that leads her to trust Etain and Jared. While she learns more about her home, she and Jared fall in love. Will he prove worthy of her trust?
As Kaitla embarks on her long journey home, Ravon will stop at nothing to prevent her from reaching her goal. He attempts many forms of manipulation and puts obstacles in her path. Even her own father has created issues for her because he does not approve of her match to Jared, and promised her hand to another man. It is up to Kaitla to rid the realm of Ravon’s evil and put things back to right.
Review: There are sections of this book that are really well composed, interesting, and emotional. Kaitla is a likeable heroine, Jared is a courageous, romantic hero, and Etain is the perfect magical mentor-grandma. The storyline and challenges are well thought out and introduced. Stigall does a great job describing the realm and inhabitants, as well as the back stories for the characters. Another element that I really enjoyed was the Scot’s burr of the otherworldly characters. Many authors present Scottish characters, but include very little accent to the dialog. I thought Stigall’s Scottish written dialog was among the best I’ve read.
Unfortunately, the book feels like it is incomplete. There are giant leaps between one state of reality and the next, with very little transition between them. One minute Kaitla doesn’t trust anyone, nor has she ever let a man touch her, and the next minute she is intimate with Jared. I felt that both stages were true to the story, but there was nothing to transition between the two. I was left feeling like I missed a chapter of the book where they actually fell for each other.
Additionally, Kaitla undergoes very little training to develop her powers once she is the new realm. One minute she doesn’t have a clue what she is doing and needs to be instructed, and the next minute she is doing things that nobody else can do. Again, there is a lack of transition. And again, I felt like I was missing chapters in the book. Had this part been better developed, the book would have been much stronger. The magic elements themselves were really nicely described.
I’m sure I sound like a broken record by now, but the same transitional problem could be said for the conflicts in the book. Most of the conflicts were wrapped up so quickly that there was no time to worry that they might not work out well. Again, I had the feeling of missing sections of the story.
I don’t think that I can recommend this book in its current state. However, I think that this author has a strong creative vision and definitely has writing talent. There are good bones to this book. If Stigall worked on expanding the transitions between events and stages in this book, I would love to read it again. There is a lot of potential here, but it isn’t quite where it needs to be yet.
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February 15, 2016542pgs, Kaitla Danaan learned long ago not to trust anyone or anything other then her gut instincts.....a series of foster homes had taught her that at an early age. Now finding herself in yet another one of her eccentric agent's job assignments, she keeps trying to remember the bills she must pay as she tries to ignore the sultry good looks of the man walking toward her. She's got to concentrate on the mural she's painting on the Scottish Keep that's deserted except for the two of them.....
November 2, 2011
Nice story, but not 540 pages. More like 270. If you watch the page progression you see the pages don't go in numerical order. They skip page numbers constantly. For instance in the beginning it starts at page 3 then goes from page 4 to 6 to 8 to 10 to 13 and so on. So this book is nowhere near as long as it says it is on here.
October 13, 2011
What an odd little story. It began in the Earthly realm, and traveled back to the realm of origin, which was Fay or something similar. Story was well developed. Most of the characters were likable, but I felt toward the end, there was just a rush to be done. It was an enjoyable read, I'm just disappointed that the author took the easy was out to finish
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