Facets of Fantasy

by Sarah Scheele

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Genres: Fantasy

284 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 2009

About the author

Sarah Scheele began writing before she could hold a pen and was telling stories before she could talk. An avid reader, she's always enjoyed classics as well as fantasy and movies. She lives surrounded by cultivated fields that rapidly give way to wild flowers, wild plants, and wild life and can always be found scribbling away at a new project. Or exercising her beloved, blind Pomeranian, although Pom prefers to vegetate indoors.

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Reviews

[E. Writes]

I was lucky enough to win a copy of Sarah Scheele's "Facet's of Fantasy" in a contest, and put it on the shelf to read over the summer. Summers are pretty hectic for me, so I don't have a lot of solid reading time, but the stories were very nice sized to suit my here-and-there reading! I was able to get one story arc resolved in a short enough time to remember where the plot was going, (a problem with 'snippet reading' a novel!)
Sarah has created a unique world for each story, her world building pulls from many sources; and one thing I would point out to prospective readers is that though titled Fantasy, there are a lot of Sci-Fi elements in many of the stories. So if you're a fan of Sci-Fi, don't shy off. You'll probably like this type of tale!
She saved the best for last, placing my favorite stories toward the end, particularly Jurant and Millhaven Castle.
When I was done I passed it on to my youngest sister, who was pulled right in to the tales, and is enjoying it very much!

[Kelsey Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is quality fantasy! Satisfying and inspiring, these novellas touch on deep themes like forgiveness, sacrifice, and courage, but they never obscure the riveting plots! They are long enough to make an impact and stick in your mind: the world and characters of each story are so complete that you're left wishing you could keep following them beyond the last page. They're perfect for a young-adult audience or an even younger one, and yet someone like me -- who's now in her twenties and still loves a trip far into the imagination -- can settle in and enjoy!

[Sandy Lender · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sarah Scheele has prepared five good sci fi/fantasy stories for a young adult audience. I can’t say that I felt entranced by many of the characters…or the use of “dude” in the intergalactic world of Niferna in “Halogen Crossing,” but I applaud her ability to weave a story and get a plot going. The off-beat humor targets a younger YA audience very well and the childlike issues with childlike solutions that characters like Frank and Katia in “The Trouble with Taranui” deal with are perfect for young audiences to relate to. Don Tachimant takes situations up a notch in age-level in “Jurant.”

The only drawback for young readers is the ever-present grammar and syntax confusion in this book. Scheele’s writing isn’t the tight, polished text you want an impressionable youth reading while learning the ins and outs of composition. Sentences such as “I don’t know how you got my father to trust someone as stupid as you, but I don’t.” from “The Amulet of Renari,” and the constant absence of commas before addressing characters in dialogue joined a host of other grammar and punctuation slips that YA readers need to guard against, not lock into their brains while reading. I would encourage folks to read these stories, because they’re good, but watch for the next edition after a good, thorough editing. OR! Parents and/or middle school English teachers could use this in an educational capacity. The stories are worth it!

From Fantasy Author Sandy Lender

[Emily Benedict · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fun read. I'm not the biggest fan of Fantasy, but this made the genre interesting by splitting the stories up into the types and the story lines are individually entertaining. I've got my personal favorite among them, but I'll let you decide.