Title: Storm of Arranon
Author: R. E. Sheahan
Series: Storm of Arranon (Book #1)
Rating: 1/5 stars
Author: R. E. Sheahan
Series: Storm of Arranon (Book #1)
Rating: 1/5 stars
Meet the Author
Robynn E. Sheahan lives and writes in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
She started to dabble in writing while working as a Paramedic/Firefighter in Northern California.
About three years ago the dabbling became serious when the worlds and characters in her head demanded attention. So she started writing her first manuscript. After two years filled with critiques and rewrites she now had Storm of Arranon, the first book in her series.
To find out more about R. E. Sheahan and her books visit her website at www.RESheahan.com
She started to dabble in writing while working as a Paramedic/Firefighter in Northern California.
About three years ago the dabbling became serious when the worlds and characters in her head demanded attention. So she started writing her first manuscript. After two years filled with critiques and rewrites she now had Storm of Arranon, the first book in her series.
To find out more about R. E. Sheahan and her books visit her website at www.RESheahan.com
Synopsis:
A forbidden birth. A remarkable young woman. A marauding alien society. The battle begins.
Cadet Erynn Yager guards a secret that if revealed would change her life, and not for the good. Erynn senses the emotions of others, can manipulate the electro magnetic
field around her, bend time for brief moments, and see the future. It’s not Erynn’s abilities that jeopardize her. It’s why she has these talents. Erynn’s very birth as a child of two worlds is forbidden.
When a brutal alien society begins an invasion, sending a specialized team to assassinate a military representative, Erynn bends time, saving the dignitary’s life. The alien assassin takes Erynn hostage, using her as a shield to evade capture. Pursued and attacked, they crash land on Arranon, the sister planet of Erynn’s home world, Korin.
Erynn escapes the enemy, fleeing into the unfamiliar dangers of an untamed, frigid, and beautiful planet.
Jaer, enigmatic leader of Arranon’s elite Anbas Warriors, vows to protect Erynn. Together they try to save their worlds. From their first meeting, her touch awakens a need Jaer thought dead and buried, creating in him a desire for something more in his life. His defenses tatter, carried away by the intensity of Erynn’s unusual energy. Jaer covers his feelings with a rigid defiance, not believing someone as special as Erynn could ever love him.
Obsessed with Erynn’s potential, the enemy hunts her. In a constant race to elude the invaders, Erynn becomes aware of a mysterious connection between her growing powers and the living consciousness of Arranon, leading her on a mystical journey.
Arranon leads Erynn to a portal, a virtual doorway to another realm and a strange
glowing life form, a collective colony of part plant, part animal. By linking their intellect to hers, they impart their warning. The alien is gaining control and time is running out. With Erynn’s trust increasing, Arranon reveals one last task. Erynn faces this final terrifying responsibility with courage and sacrifice, her only hope to save her worlds.
Cadet Erynn Yager guards a secret that if revealed would change her life, and not for the good. Erynn senses the emotions of others, can manipulate the electro magnetic
field around her, bend time for brief moments, and see the future. It’s not Erynn’s abilities that jeopardize her. It’s why she has these talents. Erynn’s very birth as a child of two worlds is forbidden.
When a brutal alien society begins an invasion, sending a specialized team to assassinate a military representative, Erynn bends time, saving the dignitary’s life. The alien assassin takes Erynn hostage, using her as a shield to evade capture. Pursued and attacked, they crash land on Arranon, the sister planet of Erynn’s home world, Korin.
Erynn escapes the enemy, fleeing into the unfamiliar dangers of an untamed, frigid, and beautiful planet.
Jaer, enigmatic leader of Arranon’s elite Anbas Warriors, vows to protect Erynn. Together they try to save their worlds. From their first meeting, her touch awakens a need Jaer thought dead and buried, creating in him a desire for something more in his life. His defenses tatter, carried away by the intensity of Erynn’s unusual energy. Jaer covers his feelings with a rigid defiance, not believing someone as special as Erynn could ever love him.
Obsessed with Erynn’s potential, the enemy hunts her. In a constant race to elude the invaders, Erynn becomes aware of a mysterious connection between her growing powers and the living consciousness of Arranon, leading her on a mystical journey.
Arranon leads Erynn to a portal, a virtual doorway to another realm and a strange
glowing life form, a collective colony of part plant, part animal. By linking their intellect to hers, they impart their warning. The alien is gaining control and time is running out. With Erynn’s trust increasing, Arranon reveals one last task. Erynn faces this final terrifying responsibility with courage and sacrifice, her only hope to save her worlds.
Review
I had such high hopes for this book, but it let me down. It had great reviews, it sounded interesting, and I was super excited for it. The first two or three chapters of Storm of
Arranon were pretty good. I was almost positive that I wouldn’t be able to put it down. My only problem with it, in the beginning, was that the author used some alien words and didn’t explain what they meant. Then Erryn met Jaer and the rest of the book was literally drowned in insta-love. Now, I know some people really like insta-love but I personally hate it. I hate insta-love with a passion. I’m fine with insta-attraction and
insta-infatuation that develops into love. However, I absolutely hate when two people know nothing about each other but are convinced that they are hopelessly, passionately, irrevocably in love with each
other.
My other problem with Storm of Arranon was the internal monologuing. Pretty much every other chapter was just one big soliloquy, especially the ones from Jaer’s point of view. And, they were ALL about the insta-love. If you cut out even half of the monologues this book would be sooooo much better. In fact, I think it would make a wonderful movie, without the monologues. The worlds of Arranon and Korin would look beautiful on the silver screen and if you block out the characters thoughts you severely downsize on Jaer and Erryn’s noxious longing for each other. I mean, I’m okay with longing but these two take it to the limit and then to infinity and beyond. Just so you get my point here’s an example from one of Jaer’s nauseating rants.
“Then why does my heart insist upon
unlocking its prison bars to this hope? Everything about Erynn – her expressive
ice-blue eyes, the way her dark-red hair curls around her face, how her smile
lights up a room – calls to me and melts my resistance. Her touch has warmed emotions frozen for many years – emotions I thought dead and buried.”
Sure this sounds romantic, but trust me; it gets old after about 20 chapters.
As an author, Sheahan has a great promise.
But, she needs to work on her writing style a bit more. There are a lot of parts in Storm of Arranon that just don’t flow together. She hasn’t quite gotten the hang of switching viewpoints down. And, some spots in the book are just downright weird and don’t fit at all. Like this one from page 82.
“Tiar’s assurances lay dying in her mind.
Dark-winged aleuns with beady red eyes and sharp curved beaks spiraled on the
wind’s icy currents, seeking the rotting carcass of hope. They picked clean any
glimmer she found.”
Odd right? Its even odder when read with the rest of the paragraph.
Storm of Arranon starts to get better around page 100. Unfortunately for us readers, the first 100 pages are just insta-love and Erryn sitting around feeling sorry for herself, waiting for someone to rescue her even though she has awesome superpowers. I mean, hello! If she can do all that stuff the book says like control time, the elements, and the electromagnetic field around her then why can’t she escape from a couple of enemy soldiers? Another thing I don’t get, she can
sense emotions but can’t tell how Jaer feels about her. Does that make anybody else sit back and go, “Huh?”
I am very sorry to say that I did NOT like
this book. Needless to say, I will NOT be reading the next one. If I were you I would avoid reading Storm of Arranon, it’s not worth your time.
I had such high hopes for this book, but it let me down. It had great reviews, it sounded interesting, and I was super excited for it. The first two or three chapters of Storm of
Arranon were pretty good. I was almost positive that I wouldn’t be able to put it down. My only problem with it, in the beginning, was that the author used some alien words and didn’t explain what they meant. Then Erryn met Jaer and the rest of the book was literally drowned in insta-love. Now, I know some people really like insta-love but I personally hate it. I hate insta-love with a passion. I’m fine with insta-attraction and
insta-infatuation that develops into love. However, I absolutely hate when two people know nothing about each other but are convinced that they are hopelessly, passionately, irrevocably in love with each
other.
My other problem with Storm of Arranon was the internal monologuing. Pretty much every other chapter was just one big soliloquy, especially the ones from Jaer’s point of view. And, they were ALL about the insta-love. If you cut out even half of the monologues this book would be sooooo much better. In fact, I think it would make a wonderful movie, without the monologues. The worlds of Arranon and Korin would look beautiful on the silver screen and if you block out the characters thoughts you severely downsize on Jaer and Erryn’s noxious longing for each other. I mean, I’m okay with longing but these two take it to the limit and then to infinity and beyond. Just so you get my point here’s an example from one of Jaer’s nauseating rants.
“Then why does my heart insist upon
unlocking its prison bars to this hope? Everything about Erynn – her expressive
ice-blue eyes, the way her dark-red hair curls around her face, how her smile
lights up a room – calls to me and melts my resistance. Her touch has warmed emotions frozen for many years – emotions I thought dead and buried.”
Sure this sounds romantic, but trust me; it gets old after about 20 chapters.
As an author, Sheahan has a great promise.
But, she needs to work on her writing style a bit more. There are a lot of parts in Storm of Arranon that just don’t flow together. She hasn’t quite gotten the hang of switching viewpoints down. And, some spots in the book are just downright weird and don’t fit at all. Like this one from page 82.
“Tiar’s assurances lay dying in her mind.
Dark-winged aleuns with beady red eyes and sharp curved beaks spiraled on the
wind’s icy currents, seeking the rotting carcass of hope. They picked clean any
glimmer she found.”
Odd right? Its even odder when read with the rest of the paragraph.
Storm of Arranon starts to get better around page 100. Unfortunately for us readers, the first 100 pages are just insta-love and Erryn sitting around feeling sorry for herself, waiting for someone to rescue her even though she has awesome superpowers. I mean, hello! If she can do all that stuff the book says like control time, the elements, and the electromagnetic field around her then why can’t she escape from a couple of enemy soldiers? Another thing I don’t get, she can
sense emotions but can’t tell how Jaer feels about her. Does that make anybody else sit back and go, “Huh?”
I am very sorry to say that I did NOT like
this book. Needless to say, I will NOT be reading the next one. If I were you I would avoid reading Storm of Arranon, it’s not worth your time.