Strong female character
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This book is not what I expected. I don't even know where to start about this book. I have nothing to reference it to in all of my history of reading. That is most definitely an intriguing sign!

Amelia is a recent high school graduate who had a rough life. She spent time in foster care and doesn't trust anyone. She knows nobody sticks around - except her grandmother Justine, who rescued her from foster life. But now Justine's gone too.

Jason, the boyfriend in her dreams for years, no longer comes to her when sleep does. He's left her too. She is truly on her own, with very little money and nowhere to go...until a strange man seizes her - and takes her to another world. Netherworld.

He is a strange man, with instantaneous healing powers, and the ability to make things appear. He tells her she also has supernatural capabilities...and that our dreams are sent to us by him and his dwindled team, called Oneiroi. They are working diligently to protect Earth from darkness, from the Erobos. Many Oneiroi have turned dark, changing allegiance and feeding off of fear and other dark emotions. The Oneiroi think Amelia is their saving grace.

But will she allow herself to believe in him?  To trust them? To take down the mask she wears and be her true self? Especially after she finds out he's not exactly who he says he is; she knows this man very much, but doesn't recognize him.

I did have difficulty understanding the mechanics of the Netherworld, the Dreamscape, Metaspace, the networks, and Seth's "realm." Toward the end it became easier as the characters are moving through these places, but I still didn't feel confident I could explain this information to another person.

From beginning to end, Amelia flourishes as a character. She grows and expands her cognitive processes, and I feel like I connected well with her character. She wasn't a turn off; she enticed readers into her mindset. She is strong before Seth steals her away from Earth, and she grows much stronger in many ways from her journey.
4670589
I loved the 3 different female characters in this book.  They all had their uniqueness in the novel and were strong in all different ways
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I received this book for an honest review. Lillian is a strong heroine. She is a great warrior and all acknowledge her skills. Her biggest weakness is her desire to keep from hurting the reputations of others. From the get go, Dorian knew what he wanted and that was Lillian. Despite all of her roadblocks, some of which caused him to think twice, Dorian worked his positive attitude and slowly broke through. This was a wonderful story, and I look forward to reading more of this series.
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Emily is a very good at martial arts. Very good!  Maybe superhuman good.
Her dad, a driver teaches her the art of urban warfare disguised as fun family time in the wild!

It takes a death to make Emily grow as a character. And what a character. Strong, young, composed and sexy at the same time Emily sets out to finish high school while fighting off hired gunmen, running from one-- maybe two government organizations and juggling all this while building new bonds with family, friends and -/ indeed a killer!

Usually when authors write a story with a strong female character they tend to write a fainting bitchy spoiled brat. That is not true here. Possibly the first ever YA novel I have ever read with a truly strong female protagonist. Bravo

WaAr
4811460
Great story.  Strong female characters.  Explores ideas about meeting with alien cultures.  Love the adventure, interactions among characters.  Interesting exploration of how different humans react to encounters with the unknown.
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I enjoyed this book because I love fantasy and magic.  But what I really loved about this book was the strong feminist values imbued in the female err characters.  These aren't weak women wrongly accused of witchcraft and taken to the gallows.  These are real witches with incredible powers who choose to use them only for good.  I was reminded of Octavia Butler's book Wild Seed, as Gideon relentlessly pursues Bess across time and space, much the way Doro hunted Anyanwu.  There are many parallels, including the choices that women with power make in stark contrast to those of men.  We need strong heroines like Brackston's
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The second novel about Aislynn's travels and trials is even better than the first. Her strong character is an asset. Her blind stubbornness almost sabotages her again and again. It's a story many women will appreciate.
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The first book was one of my favorites for a long time and I recently discovered and read this book. It gave an excellent follow-up to the previous novel and set up so that the author could write another book to follow this one. I love the strong female characters in this book.
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A friend asked me to read this book so I could write a review. I tried to read it from the perspective of one of my middle school students.  The story was fast paced but easy to follow.  There were many twists and turns that kept me intrigued. I love that the main character, Nile, was a strong female, confident in battle but totally out of her element when it came to boys and men. Throughout the book, Nile is conflicted between doing what she thinks is right and what people above her want her to do. This puts her into many difficult situations that she gets through using her strength of character and her grit.

The author develops many of the characters so that you feel that you know them, even the ones you don't really want to know. She also writes so that you have a strong visual of the ship, both above and below deck. She keeps the geography, politics and magic complicated enough to give the story some depth, but not so much that you get lost.

If I were a young adult, the book would have kept me interested and also would have given me some issues to ponder. People are going to have a hard time waiting for the next book to be published, because this one left many things up in the air.
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This is a solid book. It uses an old trope (normal person ends up in a different world) but works it well. The world is interesting and varied enough to not simply be a cookie cutter of other universes. The main character is understandable, logical, and is a strong female lead. I've pre-purchased the second in the series.
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I enjoy a strong female lead, who doesn't run around in high heels being stunningly beautiful in her quest to save the world. Nightblade is more about characters than world building, and I found the characters interesting and empathetic.
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I loved this book. Filled with strong women characters and men who had to be strong combined with those who were of flawed character.
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I enjoyed how strong the female was in this story.  She didn't let the fear of the monster keep her from protecting others.  So It is only fitting that she has a super strong general as her love interest.
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This book was lots of fun. It's great to see a strong female character who is her own person. I can't wait for the next book in this series!
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The main female character grew into a much stronger person.
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I liked the strong female characters. Their relationships very complex. A tale of a spiritual journey meets the mystical bonds that surround lives quest.
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I enjoyed seeing Grisham with a female protagonist--a strong character whom readers can admire.  This book has my enthusiastic recommendation.

Sharon Lasseter