Tinna's Promise
Miranda Myers
Reviewed by Jenny Salyers
Tinna, a
half-blood Thran from
the south, has been following a wanderlust brought on, she believes, by
the
Gypsy blood running through her veins. Her travels have taken her
through much
of the empire, from the great plain to many of the great cities and now
to the
forested regions that are home to the horse loving Arak. Tinna finds a home in
the village of Thamatock,
and a friend in its young Wiseman Taneth.
When Tinna makes a promise to
go get a new puppy for a young mistreated boy in the village, her
travels take
herself and Rhoa, a young woman she has befriended, from the small village of Thamatock
to the larger city surrounding Hildercross Academy.
There, they find a puppy and the next morning start their travels home.
On
their way, they witness the destruction of Hildercross by an attack of
dragons.
Tinna and Rhoa find themselves captured by those same dragons along
with a
Nimru, and the landlord of the destroyed town.
Tinna and Rhoa’s journey back
to Thamatock becomes complicated when they discover the reason behind
the
dragon’s attack. Rhoa pairs up with the tree dwelling Nimru, Draphen
and
continues the journey home while Tinna travels to the city of Alterat to seek help from
friends in finding the person
behind the dragons and stopping them before every major city aligned
with the
high throne is destroyed. Will Rhoa and
Draphen be able to safely navigate the tree paths of the Nimru and make
it
home? Can Tinna find the blackmailer that is causing all the mayhem and
destruction, and stop him before he uses his power over the dragons to
focus on
the smaller towns and villages left alone on the continent? Finally,
can Tinna
keep her promise, and get the puppy back to Thamatock and both the boy
who she
made her promise to, and the Wiseman that she has realized she has come
to love?
I was very surprised by this
story. The premise behind the plot is a very simple one; a promise has
been
made, can it be kept even in the upheaval and turmoil facing Tinna.
However,
the story itself is full of adventure, and action, and friendship as
Rhoa and
Tinna travel across a strange and turmoil filled land. I really enjoyed
being
introduced to the empire that the story is set in, and wished there was
a
little more information about the rule of the land. The setting of the
story
was in my opinion the best part of the story. The descriptions of the
cities
and places Tinna and Rhoa pass through capture the imagination and made
me feel
like I was right there with the women. I loved the complexity of the
world we
are introduced to as the women travel across the country to get back to
their
home.