Spoiler warning: This review does discuss plot elements some may consider spoilers below the break.įive Elements Press, 2012, $4.99 Kindle, $25 hardcover, $12.99 paperback (264 pages). Shard has to question everything when he discovers that the world is more complicated than he once thought, and that it is incredibly frustrating when those closest to him continue to live trapped in their oversimplifications about what it means to live a good life. current news: jess is honored to speak again at the authors of the flathead fall river writers conference september 14-15, 2019. But when Shard's own heritage gets foisted upon him, he has to choose between being comfortable or being ethically consistent with what he finds to be the truth, all the while reconciling his racial differences from the dominant griffin tribe. Full Book Name:Song of the Summer King (The Summer King Chronicles, 1) Author Name:Jess E. owen, author of the summer king chronicles, artist, wanderer. He lives in constant (well-founded) fear of never being trusted and eventual exile, which are his driving influences to seek strength and social accolades. Owen is a very satisfying action adventure young adult book played straight (which is true it follows a coming of age story formula and it knows it), there's a lot of subtle choices made by the writer which makes this book stand out: how inaction is in itself implicit action how listening can appear to be a prophetic power to those who have never attempted empathy how refusing to choose between two bad options can be a valid choice.įrom the beginning of the novel, Shard lives passively: he's enthralled by a patriarchal society of fascist conqueror griffins who believe only the strongest survive. Song of the Summer King: Book I of the Summer King Chronicles, Second Edition (Paperback) Owen, Jess E. While I could say that Song of the Summer King by Jess E. Your rating: None Average: 4.7 ( 6 votes)
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