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A.L. Meinhold lives in Indiana with her wife and their two children. She started the adventure of Ryhan, Evangeline, Lillian, Victoria and Alexandra when she was just sixteen. Throughout the years the characters changed and developed, becoming the daughters of the sapphire star. She is hard at work on the next installment of The Sapphire Star Saga and can't wait to share it with the world. When she's not busy writing about the world of Watreon, she spends her days building her photography business, pursuing a degree, and enjoying the fact that life has tasked her with taking care of two wonderful (and challenging) special needs boys.
Reviewed by Ray Simmons for Readers' Favorite
Fated Volition: The Sapphire Star Saga has all the elements of a classic sword and sorcery novel. There is a prophecy meant to help save the kingdom from the darkest magic. There are wizards, witches, sorcerers, and magical creatures aplenty. All of the classics are here, even dragons, but what I like most about Fated Volition is the symmetry. Five sisters from five mothers ... all born on the same night, all beautiful, and all blessed with a different raw elemental power. They are fated to go their separate ways but will come together on that dark day they are needed. A.L. Meinhold gives us more than enough tantalizing threads, then weaves them all together into a beautiful tapestry that I think will become a classic one day.
If you like quest tales and dire prophecies, and all the traditional elements that accompany them, then A.L. Meinhold has written the book for you. The writing is spot on, as is the portrait of medieval life and politics. Fated Volition takes nothing for granted. The Sapphire Star Saga is carefully and artistically laid out character by character, scene by scene, situation by situation, driving you to read just a few more pages tonight, until you suddenly realize it's time to go to work. Do yourself a favor and start it on a Friday night. This tale of five fated sisters is just too exciting to begin when you don’t have enough time to enjoy it. Both older readers and young adults alike will enjoy The Sapphire Star Saga.
