Mark of the Raven (The Ravenwood Saga, #1)

by Morgan L. Busse

Lady Selene is the heir to the Great House of Ravenwood and the secret family gift of dreamwalking. As a dreamwalker, she can enter a person's dreams and manipulate their greatest fears or desires. For the last hundred years, the Ravenwood women have used their gift of dreaming for hire to gather information or to assassinate.

As she discovers her family's dark secret, Selene is torn between upholding her family's legacy--a legacy that supports her people--or seeking the true reason behind her family's gift.

Her dilemma comes to a head when she is tasked with assassinating the one man who can bring peace to the nations, but who will also bring about the downfall of her own house.

One path holds glory and power, and will solidify her position as Lady of Ravenwood. The other path holds shame and execution. Which will she choose? And is she willing to pay the price for the path chosen?

• ISBN10: 0764232223
• ISBN13: 9780764232220
• Publish Date: 6 November 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Imprint: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Annie Jackson]

I was in the mood for some Christian fantasy and this sufficed well. I enjoyed it quite well, though I think I would have enjoyed it a bit more if it was more YA. There is certainly nothing wrong with this novel (or the trilogy), I simply prefer the pacing and vibrancy of the YA genre. That being said, the characters are well constructed, the world is intriguing and it pulls you in and keeps the story going even without being YA.

[ladygrey]

Stylistically, I’d like for this to have been a bit more YA—a bit more dynamic, a somewhat faster plot and a bit more visceral emotionally. There’s a lot of thinking and not enough doing it talking through the first two acts. Also the whole story is kind of distant with a good deal of summary description rather than diving into scenes.

But the world and the characters are interesting. The intrigue is good enough that I’d like to have more of it. And the third act is exciting and satisfying and it feels like the story really gets going in a fun way.

Which leads into the sequel quite nicely I suppose...