Antara
(Antara, #1)
An illustrated fantasy romance for older teens
‘Antara’ ebook free on Smashwords
Peace and tranquility on the island of Aster, home to both humans and merfolk’, has long been broken by a devastating phenomenon, recurring every five years. A storm including gusting winds and huge waves mysteriously appeared and eradicated much of the population. The misunderstandings, suspicion and hate born of this disaster have torn the two races apart, and the peace loving merfolk are now in a never-ending struggle to prove their innocence and restore peace to the island. On the human side, things are even worse; under the tyranny of cruel king Orestis, the people suffer and all their king cares for is vengeance against the “fish”, as he spitefully calls them, executing merfolk after merfolk for just being near his lands. Secrets, intense emotions and strange phenomena will upset their lives forever.
Book reviews and features
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Seeing Night Blog Review
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Merblog Author Interview
Mission to Read Review
Mission to Read Character Interview : Orestis
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Lost For Words Review
Lost For Words Character interview – Asteria
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Reviews
Merbook blog
“Ethereal, Magical, A Modern Fairytale! ”
“Marilena Mexi has created a beautiful, hypnotic world that reads like an old-fashioned fairytale”
Rie Conley – Mission to Reed Blog
“The romance is a sweet one, the settings are described in beautiful detail, and the tale of ignorance becoming enlightened makes a great story.”
Just another book addict – Blog
“I liked what the story was about and it’s promise. I loved the illustrations. They were beautiful and really helped me imagine the island and the people in the story.”
Seeing night reviews – Blog
“The storyline is very original and the details of each land are written beautifully.”
Lost for Words – Blog
“With that said, the storyline is still a unique one, and the world is fantastical.”
There’s A Book – Blog
“Overall I felt Antara and it’s author/illustrator, Marilena Mexi has a bright future.”
Missy Reads Reviews – Blog
“It was beautifully written and lyrical, sucking you in with just words from the very beginning. The story is very fantasy with a very real issue that is dealt with in our society today, which was a nice little twist. The premise was completely original and, even though the story was short, you came away from the story completely mesmerized and satisfied with what you’ve read.”
My World of Books – Blog
“The beauty that Marilena creates with both the words and the pictures are breath taking and touching. I would love to be a part of this world she has created.”
Loud Words and Sounds – Blog
“In Antara there are secrets that you might figure out on the first page or so that you wouldn’t realize until the last page, but when you pick up Antara I doubt you’ll put it down. .”
Books to the Sky – Blog
” The story line in this book was fabulous and I was interested to see how this would all play out .”
Sarah Catching Books – Blog
“Overall, I really enjoyed this book! I have been reading a lot of books lately because of my power outage and this was a really great one!! I really liked how this story was really orginal and very different then other mermaid stories that I have read .”
I Adore Books and Film – Blog
” I must say the story is good, but the illustrations are simply amazing. Pair the two together, and you have a unique experience where at the end of every chapter, there are beautiful images awaiting. It made reading, exciting .”
Books with Bite – Blog
” Antara is a great story of love and redemption. Ms. Mexi brings a excellent tale of adventure, action, and a strong love worth fighting for .”