Virtual Blog Tour: The Key of Kilenya by Andrea Pearson

The Key to Kilenya – Andrea Pearson


When Jacob through some strange magical force suddenly finds himself in a strange land surrounded by strange people and given the quest to obtain the magic key of Kilenya, his first reaction is to head home because he's got a basketball tryout which according to him he's been training for years for and how is he going to become a basketball hero if he doesn't even make the high school team?

As it turns out he's expected to be an even bigger hero, so reluctantly he embarks on his journey to get the key back. He sets out with a Makalo, and two Minyas and meets along the way Lorkans, Dusts and a crazed cloud guy.

I enjoyed the book. Pearson has created a world full of monsters and magic and she doesn't make it particularily easy for our protagonist. There's also a double story in here that I enjoyed and intrigued me. We get to follow a little bit of Prince Dmitri journeys while we go along the journey with Jacob.

This story is well written and it shows what a good editor can do to help a talented writer. There were a couple of puzzling places that I think could have been fixed, but they were minor.

The one problem I had with the book was the plot part where the Minyas could journey back and forth with messages and at one point Jacob is shrunk and brought back. Why couldn't they have just shrunken Jacob or that matter any one of the Makalos at the beginning of the journey and sent them with the Minyas? Why have Jacob have to walk the whole way? I'm sure there's an answer that I may have missed.

The story in this book doesn't really have an ending. There are too many ends to tie up and it's obviously the first in a series. There's too many things that Jacob has to still do and too many mysteries still to be solved to leave us there. So I'm hoping that Pearson is able to complete the series. Some things at the end when there's a lot of explanation I think could have waited for the next book since there's undoubtedly a next book. It was like the author was trying to wrap things up all at once even knowing that she couldn't. For instance, any explanation about Jacobs magical powers could have been left out and just allow us to discover them with Jacob.

Overall a nice read for any age and I'm looking forward to reading the next book from this series. Not only am I hoping for more of Jacob, but I would love to read a prequel of Prince Dmitri.

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And to read more about this book and the author go to Andrea Pearsons blog. Not only will you find information about the book but you can read other reviews there.