Worlds Unseen (Seventh World Trilogy, #1)

by Rachel Starr Thomson

Beauty and terror await beyond the veil in this classic Christian fantasy.

The Council for Exploration Into Worlds Unseen believed there was more to reality than the Empire had taught them—but when they came a little too close to the truth, tragedy ended their work, leaving the terrifying and beautiful world behind their own still hidden.

Forty years later, one of the last Council members entrusts an ancient relic to the orphaned young woman Maggie Sheffield: a scroll that reveals the truth at last. Along with Nicolas Fisher, a Gypsy who hears things no one else can, Maggie sets out on a journey across the Seventh World to deliver the scroll to those who can use it.

But the price of truth may be too high: for Maggie and Nicolas are tearing at the Veil between the seen and the unseen, between good and evil, between forgotten past and treacherous future.

Monstrous forces are already on their trail.

And when the Veil grows thin enough, it’s anyone’s guess what may come through.

WORLDS UNSEEN is the first book in The Seventh World Trilogy, a Christian fantasy adventure with hints of steampunk and depths of spiritual truth. If you love page-turning action, memorable characters, and inspirational fiction that confronts darkness, reveals breathtaking beauty, and moves your heart to connect more deeply with God, this series is for you.

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• ISBN10: 1519357001
• ISBN13: 9781519357007
• Publish Date: 17 November 2015 (first published 1 November 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 17 December 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Createspace
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 266
• Language: English

Reviews

[ladygrey]

This is a difficult book to review because on the surface everything is good. The plot is filled with events that link together well and are interesting enough. The characters are good. Technically, it's a fine book.

But there's nothing underneath that technical sufficiency so I never sank down into the story and really connected to it.

There is no narrative tension in the plot to draw me through the story and make me want to keep reading. And I'm totally a hypocrite for critiquing that because I love when a story gives me all the answers quick and easy. But just because its what I want doesn't mean that makes it a good story.

The other part is that the story is told very matter-of-factly. It's descriptive enough but not emotional at all so I never really engaged with the characters. Which is why it's the worst instance of insta-love I've ever seen. Normally insta-love doesn't bother me because there's enough of a base of infatuation that the story is still fun. But an emotionless story where the girl knows she loved him after knowing him for one day where they share two short conversations without even a hint of "he's so hot I can't think straight" was just so out of blue and unfounded that it felt ridiculous.

And I don't want to be mean because, again, if you just examine all the pieces from a narrative standpoint it almost all works. But all the right technical pieces weren't enough to engage with the story and care about the characters and, for me, that's what matters most.