YA Review – Battle for the Crown – Young Adult Fantasy
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Welcome to the Blog Tour for Battle for the Crown by Dawn Shipman, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
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About the Book
Title: Battle for the Crown
Series: Lost Stones of Argonia #3
Author: Dawn Shipman
Publisher: Elk Lake
Release Date: October 16, 2023
Genre: YA Fantasy (Clean)
“Adventurous quests, prophetic stones, and forbidden romance! Who could possibly ask for more?”
—Lindsay A. Franklin, Carol Award–winning author of The Weaver Trilogy
She’s only seventeen—too young to die.
But the wizard, the ambitious king, and their marauding Borags must be stopped. Fulfilling the prophecy is the only way to defeat them, and after scouring Argonia for the missing gemstones, Lyric and her companions are just steps away from the final, crucial battle.
If they fail, the world they love will sink into a dark night of destruction.
If they fail, they will almost certainly die.
But Lyric is a king’s daughter, and long ago she chose this path. Terrified or not, she will see it to its end, because sometimes, sacrifice is the only way forward.
Dark magic, tragic loss, and tender romance abound in this gripping conclusion to the Lost Stones of Argonia trilogy.
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My YA Review
Shipman, Dawn. Battle for the Crown. Plymouth, MA: Elk Lake Publishing, 2023.
The Lost Stones of Argonia book 3
It’s not often I read the third book in a series without reading the previous books, it is even less frequent that I understand the plot line from the very beginning when I haven’t read previous books. When I started the book I did not realize that it was the third book in a series, I probably wouldn’t have started it if I had. But I am so glad I did. I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Dawn Shipman wrote Battle for the Crown in such a way that it really could be a stand alone book even though it is the third book in The Lost Stones of Argonia series. I didn’t feel “in the dark” at all while reading the book. There were a couple of times I wondered if there were previous books based on what I suspected were references to things that had happened prior to this book, but I never really felt like I was missing crucial information.
Battle for the Crown is an epic fantasy complete with mythical characters, a quest, a fight between good and evil, and even a romance. The characters and the fantasy world are believable and consistent throughout the story.
The story has a very satisfying ending and while there are things I always wonder about as far as the future of the characters goes as the end of a book, I felt the story ended well with all the loose ends tied up.
Battle for the Crown, and I assume the whole Lost Stones of Argonia series, would be a great addition to the fantasy section of a k-12 Christian school library. It is appropriate for middle school and up.
I received a complimentary copy of Battle for the Crown. This is my honest review.
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About the Author – Dawn Shipman
Dawn Shipman knew she wanted to be a writer since Mrs. Juell’s 10th grade Creative Writing class. Since then, she’s written stories, poetry, plays, puzzles, quizzes, and a mass of magazine articles, including interviews, how-tos, and personal experience stories. She believes freelance writing is the ideal occupation for those who are nosy by nature and like asking personal questions.
She is the author of a YA Fantasy series–The Lost Stones of Argonia–-with Elk Lake Publishing in Massachusetts.
Dawn makes her home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest where she lives with her long-haired, IT-guy husband, a gregarious German Shepherd, two disdainful cats, and four horses–two large ones and two very small (but mighty!) ones. She loves reading, writing, riding, and traveling.
Connect with Dawn by visiting dawnshipmanfiction.com to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.
Tour Giveaway
(2) winners will win Kindle copies of all three books in the series–Kingdom Lost, Quest of the Queen, and Battle for the Crown, plus a $10 Amazon gift card!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight November 28, 2023 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on December 5, 2023. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. No country restrictions. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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Sounds like a book I would enjoy.
This looks like a fantastic novel. Thanks for hosting.