Product Details
- Title: The Twin Stars Book 1
- By Bridgette Dutta Portman
- Publisher : Titan1Studios (July 2, 2021)
- Genre: YA Space Portal Fantasy
- Series: The Coseema Saga
- Age category: Young Adult
- Paperback : 326 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0995920427
***I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own***
Sixteen-year-old Olive Joshi has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and can't stop worrying about hurting the people she loves. She finds refuge in writing about Coseema, a magical princess on a distant planet. Coseema is fearless, confident, and perfect - everything Olive thinks she’ll never be. When she falls through a portal into her own unfinished story, Olive finds herself in a world in peril: double suns scorch the land, the brutal Prince Burnash seeks supreme power, and Coseema is nowhere to be found. Together with her friends - a bold poet, a cursed musician, a renegade soldier, and an adventurous girl from the desert - Olive will have to face her deepest fears to find the hero in herself.
An engrossing new portal fantasy in the spirit of the Wizard of Oz, the Neverending Story, and the Chronicles of Narnia.
Product Details
The Silver Sail (The Coseema Saga #2)
By Bridgette Dutta Portman
Genre: YA Space Portal Fantasy
Series: The Coseema Saga
Paperback : 342 pages
ISBN-10 : 099592046X
Age category: Young Adult
Release Date: 3 May 2022
***I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own***
Book Summary
A looming supernova. A long-lost starship. A hero turned evil.
Olive Joshi never meant to fall through a portal into her own abandoned novel, much less kill her protagonist and resurrect her as a villain. Now she’s on the run in a universe quickly spiraling out of her control.
After narrowly escaping Coseema with her life, Olive and her friends head for a distant planet in search of the legendary starship the Wave-Rider, which may be the only hope for the doomed people of Lyria. But the voyage there is littered with obstacles—the tyrannical ruler of a dying colony, a mysterious spacefarer, the ever-present threat of Coseema, and Olive’s own obsessive fears. Back on Lyria, Olive’s allies face obstacles of their own as they vie with the cruel emperor Burnash, while Burnash himself chafes under Coseema’s control. Olive, armed with her omniscient journal, finds comfort in reading along with her friends’ adventures. But when time runs out, she must embark on a risky collision course with her former heroine, one that may force her to give up what she treasures most.
The Silver Sail, Book Two of the Coseema Saga, is a must-read for fans of portal fantasy, space opera, coming-of-age adventures, and novels about mental health, self-esteem, friendship, and courage in the face of uncertainty.
My Review
The Silver Sail is the second book in the Coseema Saga by Bridgette Dutta Portman. This second book was really good! It did not suffer from the 2nd book syndrome in a series. It was jammed-packed with exciting scenes, character development was blown off the charts on all of the characters, main and side ones, and the ending left you ready and waiting for the third and last book in the series.
If I had to come up with one word to describe the feeling in this second novel, it would be "Intense". Olive grows up so much as she fights the resurrected Coseema. I also loved Bel and how gutsy she was throughout the book. There are many things left unfinished as I wonder if Prince Burnish will once and for all be taken care of? Will Coseema be stopped in her quest to kill Olive? Will Nesta, Jambol, and the people of Lyria finally find peace? This YA Space Fantasy will be loved by mid-teens and teens who love Science Fiction and Fantasy. I've enjoyed it too and can't wait for the third book.
***Meet Author Bridgette Dutta Portman***
Bridgette Dutta Portman is an author, playwright, and teaching artist. Dozens of her plays have been produced across the United States and overseas. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University, as well as a PhD in political science from the University of California, Irvine. She is past president of the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco and is currently a member of Same Boat Theater Collective, the Pear Playwrights’ Guild, and the Dramatists’ Guild. She recently joined the board of the Pear Theatre in Mountain View, CA. The Twin Stars is her debut novel, and the first of a planned trilogy. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Deepanshu and their two young children.
Author links:
- Website: http://www.bridgetteduttaportman.com
- Newsletter: http://www.bridgetteduttaportman.com/newsletter.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bdportman
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bdportman
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21491632.Bridgette_Dutta_Portman
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