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4 Stars/5
Thanks to Netgalley and Indie Inked for giving me this
book to review.
With darkness spreading over the world, as King Ashan’s growing
greed for power; it seems that the light will never return. However, there is a
prophecy that when a diamond falls in the north, the god Oron will return and bring
the light with him. In Tamamon, princess Kyla and Jethro were best friends and were
even born on the same day, but time and Kyla getting engaged to Jethro’s cousin
Ashra have created distance between them. But when a star falls next to the
city and Kyla and Jethro have unusual reactions to touching it, they discover
that they have to set out on a journey into the unknown to find the elements
earth, water, air and fire to bring back light to the world.
I really liked Unknown as even though it is a bit
predictable, it is a light, addictive YA fantasy book, and I could not put it
down until I found out what happened next. Unknown is good as it has adventure,
betrayal love and good fantasy world building.
I like Kyla as she is a feisty person who does not want
to be a princess instead she wants to escape and have an adventure, I also can sympathise
with her struggle to believe in the prophecy and Oron, because of the death of
her father and brothers. I also really like Jethro as he acts realistically in
his struggles with his feelings for Kyla, while at the same time respecting and
not wanting to hurt his cousin. Pearl is really good at writing complex
characters such as Ashra and Nikara, but my favourite secondary character is
the queen as, while she is weak, she does care about her people and will do
anything to protect them, but is still conflicted about how to deal with her
daughter.
I will be reading the next book Unseen to find out what
happens next to Kyla, Jethro and Ashra, and would recommend Unknown to fans of
Slumber by Samantha Young or Broken Aro by Jen Wylie.