Stormrise

Name: Stormrise
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jillian Boehme
ISBN: 9781250243478

Author: Jillian Boehme

Narrator: Renee Chambliss

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners

Published: 09/24/2019

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

A combat warrior will risk everything to awaken the dragons and save her kingdom in Jillian Boehme's epic YA Fantasy debut, Stormrise, inspired by Twelfth Night and perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce.

If Rain weren’t a girl, she would be respected as a Neshu combat master. Instead, her gender dooms her to a colorless future. When an army of nomads invades her kingdom, and a draft forces every household to send one man to fight, Rain takes her chance to seize the life she wants.

Knowing she’ll be killed if she’s discovered, Rain purchases powder made from dragon magic that enables her to disguise herself as a boy. Then she hurries to the war camps, where she excels in her training—and wrestles with the voice that has taken shape inside her head. The voice of a dragon she never truly believed existed.

As war looms and Rain is enlisted into an elite, secret unit tasked with rescuing the High King, she begins to realize this dragon tincture may hold the key to her kingdom’s victory. For the dragons that once guarded her land have slumbered for centuries . . . and someone must awaken them to fight once more.

About Jillian Boehme

JILLIAN BOEHME is the author of Stormrise and is known to the online writing community as Authoress, hostess of Miss Snark’s First Victim, a blog for aspiring authors. In real life, she holds a degree in Music Education, sings with the Nashville Symphony Chorus, and homeschools her remaining youngster-at-home. She’s still crazy in love with her husband of more than thirty years and is happy to be surrounded by family and friends amid the rolling knolls of Middle Tennessee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ida

Where does the line go between being inspired by someone else's story, and plain copying? Because so far this is Mulan. With different names.......more

Goodreads review by J.M.

***Slightly Spoilery*** STORMRISE is a compelling adventure about a young woman who is determined to save her twin brother and her country from an invading force by disguising herself as him, and taking his place in an elite combat unit. Rain, sister of Storm, has spent her life trying to make up for......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany)

Mulan meets Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce in this standalone debut fantasy! I haven't seen too many people talking about Stormrise, but it's a lot of fun and I think more people should pick it up. Rain disguises herself as a boy and joins the military in order to protect her family. While the......more

Goodreads review by Adam

This book is so much fun. It starts off feeling familiar, but it soon twists into its own unique and gripping story complete with dragons, martial arts, and forbidden love. What's not to love?......more

Goodreads review by The Nerd Daily

Originally published on The Nerd Daily | Review by Nathalie DeFelice It’s not very often that I pick up books without knowing too much about them. In this case, I picked it up at a conference because of the cover. It’s got this imposing dragon on the cover that just screamed: READ ME! So, without any......more

Quotes

“A bold girl, a kingdom under attack, magic everywhere—I devoured it in one sitting! This book is one wild ride!” —Tamora Pierce

“Stand aside, Daenerys Targaryen. Stormrise is a gorgeous, non-stop adventure that kept me turning the pages well into the night!” —Sarah Ahiers