The Traveler’s Riddle
Wayward Island
by Hope Daniels & Alicia Dawn
There once lived a princess and prince, with magic powerful and grand. With exalted titles and alluring wiles, they were hunted by many across the land. Puffed up on his own bravado, Prince Erik embarks on a quest to fetch an army for his father, the king. How was he to know there were those out there willing to kill and rob him? Thankfully, he has his sister Abby by his side. Armed with his charm and her stellar wit, they might just make it out alive. Yet when they arrive at the neighboring King’s castle, the royal ropes Erik into an ultimatum that could snatch away his freedom. In a last ditch effort to save her brother, Abby poses a riddle. One answer will bind Erik to the neighboring kingdom for all eternity, the other will grant them the sought after army. Is Abby’s magic cunning enough to outsmart their enemy? Or will her brother pay the price for her failure?
REVIEW
4 out of 5
This wasn’t your typical fantasy or fairy tale, and was a lot of fun to read. The only real issue I have is the flow wasn’t very smooth, but otherwise this was a really enjoyable read. Erik and Abby were interesting characters, and I liked watching them work together to try and save not only themselves, but their kingdom. Daniels & Dawn do a great job of drawing you in, with magic and intrigue. I will admit I didn’t like Erik much at first, but the more I got to know him, the more I liked him. I loved Abby’s fire and determination from the start. If you enjoy young adult fantasy, brother/sister duos saving the day, and riddles, you’ll want to read this!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amazon Bestselling Author Hope Daniels grew up in a small resort area in Michigan where she and her husband still live today. As the third child of four, she had an exhaustive imagination. From straddling the back-porch railing as a wild cowgirl, to saving the world as Wonder Woman complete with homemade bullet stopping bracelets. She was always taking what she read and making it as real as she could, now if she could just find the wolf shifter of her dreams…
Love of reading began at an early age, due to a first-grade teacher living next door, and her own father reading bible stories to her before bed each night. It was cemented in elementary when she discovered scholastic books, specifically Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague. Her love of horses and reading has never diminished, even after her husband took her to Chincoteague Island for their honeymoon.
Daniels loves to write in multiple genre which includes her short in the Amazon Bestselling Anthology Black Magic (A Women of Urban Fantasy Production), a Contemporary and YA short in the LDLInk Anthologies and a soon to be released short story in the Encompass Ink’s All You Need Is Love Anthology releasing June 23, titled Always and Forever. She is also the co-author to the Magical Forces series books Hell In Heels, Hell On The Heart, Hell Of A Family Yule and Hell of A Night with Author Alicia Dawn.
Alicia Dawn was your average 9-5 workaholic that took care of every day business. After 10 long years of having no life, outside of home and work, she found Facebook as so many others had. Always having the passion, since she was in fourth grade, to read and write, she got drawn into the Role Playing world.
Living, via role-play, the stories that picked up and continued on a book after it was done. This was a whole new world. Loving that the books she had devoured and loved to read were now never ending. She became captivated by all the stories that others with the same passion created, and Role Played out on Facebook. Getting drawn into something that she had never done before, but always in back of her mind wished she could do, Alicia started Role Playing on Facebook in 2010, meeting Nikita Jakz, and Hope Daniels along the way.
After a year, she decided to be adventurist and create her own characters. Not unlike what all authors do, when creating those awesome books that she had coveted and devoured when they came out. Joining a group of independent writers, Cole was born. A year later Nikita Jakz joined the same group and getting snagged by his story, Seraphina was born. Ryan from “Hell in Heels” was created later, and now their stories are published.
