Title: Lark Rising
Author: Sandra Waugh
Genre: YA Fantasy
Book Blurb:
Lark has foreseen two things—she will fall for a young man with sage green eyes,and he will kill her.
Sixteen-year-old Lark Carew is happiest close to home, tending her garden and gathering herbs for medicines. But when her Sight warns her that monsters called Troths will soon invade her village, Lark is summoned on a journey to seek help from the legendary Riders of Tarnec. Little does she suspect that one of the Riders, Gharain, is the very man who has haunted her visions. Or that the people of Tarnec have called her there for another reason: Lark is the Guardian of Life, the first of four Guardians who must awaken their powers to recover four stolen amulets. Together, the amulets—Life, Death, Dark, and Light—keep the world in Balance. To take back the Life amulet, Lark will have to discover her true inner strength and give in to a love that she swears will be her downfall.
Review:
The words of this book was simply lyrical. Honestly, I think with a little bit of tweaking here and there, this entire novel could be told in poem form. That being said, it took me a few chapters to get used to this writing style, but once I once on board, everything was smooth sailing.
The writing was very descriptive (which basically goes hand in hand with the whole "lyrical wording" thing I was talking about earlier.) As you know, many fantasy books include a lot of descriptive details, particularly in respect to the setting (ie. Eragon, Lord of the Rings), so I thought the writing style was quite well suited.
