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Reviewed on Feb 15, 2025

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Readers are drawn into a rich, atmospheric world by Tricia Wagner's engrossing and evocative tale, Sun Child of the Moor.

Synopsis

What manner of legends might darkness conceal?

Darkness, no fourteen-year-old should fear. Or so Bastian believes until he discovers that, in the dark, hides a terror known only to old English legends—a terror that’s stalked him since the day he was born.

England’s Sylphic Kingdom, peopled with its Forest Children and Faeries, its Oakmen and Sunwalkers and Sprites, awaits the coming-of-age of its hero—the Sun Child. For at the hand of a Wight Witch, risen to great power, the Sylphic Kingdom stands on the brink of destruction. And with its fall, so too will perish the natural world.

To discover what hunts him, to understand why, Bastian must realize that some legends, holding both wonders and terrors, are real. And to protect his family, Bastian—a boy who fears the dark, who fears the fight—must face dire challenges and win Sylphic allies. And he must wake his courage. For to unlock the secret to the Wight Witch's defeat, he must embrace who he was born to be, even at the cost of his life.

Tricia Wagner's Sun Child of the Moor is a masterfully written and eerily beautiful book that immerses readers in the sweeping English moors, where human emotion and nature unexpectedly converge. The book creates a memorable reading experience that lasts long after the last page is turned because to its deft storytelling, striking imagery, and nuanced characters. A gripping tale of identity, family, and self-discovery is told inside Wagner's world, which feels both timeless and firmly anchored in the untamed, unadulterated beauty of the moorlands. The "Sun Child," a young woman whose life is closely linked to the moors, is the subject of the book. Her narrative is one of development, discovery, the challenge of figuring out one's role in the world. Identity—who we are, where we come from, and how the land and its history shape us—is the main theme of the book. Because the character's growth is closely linked to the environment she lives in, this concept is ingrained in the book's framework. Wagner's extraordinary skill in setting the scene is one of Sun Child of the Moor's most notable aspects. With their enormous stretches of untamed, frequently hostile landscape, the moors transcend beyond being merely a scene and take on the role of independent individuals. Wagner's poetic and evocative descriptions of the moors capture the uncanny beauty of the terrain but also allude to its potential dangers.Time seems to bend and stretch in the mysterious moors, and the whole story is imbued with this timeless quality. It's simple to picture the moors as a location where history, myth, and reality all blend together, a place that exists outside of the typical bounds of the world. The protagonist of the book is a young woman who has a special bond with the land. As she works through the difficulties of her past and tries to figure out who she is and what the future holds, her journey is both spiritual and personal. Wagner skillfully examines themes of love, sorrow, and the quest for belonging throughout the entire novel.

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Raja Thapa

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