Voice Of Power

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A kingdom at war. Authorities torn. Will she be their greatest asset or their greatest threat?

Elena’s word lives by one truth; words have the power over life and death-but none more than hers. As the daughter of shopkeepers, Elena has known her whole life that reading and writing will always remain a mystery to her. Only Mageborn children can risk their lives to harness this power. That is until Elena discovers an impossible ability.

With their kingdom at war the authorities cannot decide weather to trust her or lock her up. Without any friends, advisors or family Elena is left to her wit, strength, and newfound power to find a place in this new world for a girl like her.

When attacks become personal, Elena realizes that she cannot only rely on herself. Elena will have to make friends and an obstinate prince unlock the mystery of her words to survive.

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About the Author:

Melanie Cellier grew up on a staple diet of books, books and more books. And although I got older I never stopped loving children’s and young adult novels. Cellier always wanted to write one myself but it took three careers and three different continents before she actually managed it.

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Voice of Power was by far my favorite book that I have stumbled upon this month. It has been a while since I have found a book that has been able to keep me begging for more chapters and longing never to return to the real world. I have really struggled to find very many books that have kept my active mind busy. Voice of Power was not only able to capture my attention but my every thought.

I could not even begin to imagine what it would be like to live in a world where if I was to read or write I would kill not only myself but those around me. In reading this book I realized that in some ways I take reading for granted. Not everyone, like me, has had the pleasure of reading more books than I can possibly be able to count. This book really opened my eyes to thank the Lord for allowing me to be able to read. I know that there are so many out there who have not read a book or even owned one. I own more books than I probably should and I often take for granted that I do. I love the way that Cellier was able to take this book series and show me that.

Now let’s get back on the topic of my review of this book:

Voice of Power is the first book in the Spoken Mage series. It is an amazing take on a story about how the world would be like if we were not apart of the Mages who were the only ones allowed to read and write. It was amazing to see Cellier’s voice in this story. Her voice is very unique. I love that she included the thoughts of Elena. This helped me to almost feel like Elena’s story was that of my own. Not many authors are able to do that.

Elena was by far my favorite character. I loved getting to see her grow and mature throughout this book. She has been ripped away from everything that she had ever know, but that only fooled her into learning everything possible that she could. She was impossible and she lived up to it. When everyone was beating her down she rose to the challenge when others would have backed down. Each character in this book was amazing and well thought out.

The only thing that I struggled a bit with this story was all the information that was thrown to me. I felt like I needed someone or at least a note book to be able to keep up with everything. Other than that this book has turned out to be one of my favorite books I have read in awhile.

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Because we all knew the power of words. Words had the power of life—and the power of death. Written words shaped the power, released it from inside us out into the world. But only the mage families could control that power.

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One that I recognized because I had been feeling all too much of it in the last day. Fear. And as I climbed into bed for the night, my mind still churned over and over that one thought. How could such a situation ever have come to be? How could a prince of Ardann possibly be afraid of me?

Page 50

But I had been a fool. Whatever interest he had in me, it was the same interest that consumed Lorcan and Jessamine. Interest in the Spoken Mage, not in Elena the person. When it came down to it, I was just a commonborn girl to him. Someone to be dismissed rather than consulted. Naive and foolish in the ways of mages and of court. Someone who couldn’t be trusted, who imagined enemies where there were none. Who insulted his family.

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