The Descendant
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4.0 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Possessed villains. Intriguing guardians. Multiple worlds.
Ava Davenport is in the midst of her wedding preparations when her world is thrown upside down by a night visitor. He has a mind-blowing message and Ava can’t keep her mind off it and... off him.
When she can no longer tell the difference between dreams and reality, she visits a shrink and a shaman. But when neither of them truly understand her, Ava gets closer to her visitor who explains why she is the most sought-after person in all the worlds.
She is the descendant.
Ava is not a regular human. She possesses abilities no other being in any world can imagine. She is the key to the evil Xemlix plan of enslaving Earth.
After being almost captured by the cruel villains, she is rescued by Meldrick Richglow, her night visitor, and she crosses the portal to the Lapo civilization, the land of milk and honey, where she is safe, but not for long.
The evil Xemlix are terrorizing Earth and can only be defeated with Ava’s supernatural abilities, which haven’t yet awakened.
The Descendant is the first YA sci-fi/fantasy romance novel in the Guardians of the Worlds series. It features fast-paced action, side-splitting comedy and out-of-this-world romance!
Customer Reviews
Okay book/mixed feelings
3/5 STARS! This book was an okay book. The actual storyline is good, but the writing......it could have been better. The story progresses so fast that you don't get too much character progression and I wish that the romance portion wouldn't have been an instant attraction thing. Overall, it's an interesting story with some interesting characters, but not much else to it. Will I read the second one? Definitly depends on how it starts off.
Thanks to the author for the free copy!
Disappointed by Descendant
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I was really hoping that I would love it, and I thought I would after the summary was so promising, but I just didn't. I could write a long report of everything I'd like to change, but I think I'll just sum it up in 5 topics.
1. The first problem was the writing itself, it just wasn't very good. It was immature writing that relied too heavily on dialogue.
2. The characters fell flat for me. They all seemed very one-dimensional and stereotypical. There was nothing to make me care about them.
3. The pacing was off, everything moved too quickly.
4. There were no real stakes. I just didn't care that the Xemlix wanted to scare the humans. The consequences of their fear-inducing tactics weren't really explained except for a little bit at the end of the book.
5. Finally, the age bracket seems off. Based on the plot and writing style, this seems like it should be a middle-grade/YA type of book. However, the characters are all much too old for this to be the case.
Overall, the idea and plot for this book was great, but it was poorly executed. I wish I loved it, but I just couldn't.