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Artemis Rising Kindle Edition

by Cheri Lasota (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Award-winning Historical Fantasy! A compelling tale weaving myth, history, and romance as a shipwrecked young woman discovers her destiny... Rejected by her father and yet determined to be her mother’s daughter, Eva takes on the tragic destiny of her namesake: the mythological Arethusa. Shipwrecked on foreign shores, Eva finds herself torn between the dark and dangerous shipowner's son and the kind-hearted orphan boy who rescues her. Faced with an impossible choice, Eva must heed the troubling warnings of her goddess-touched visions before her fated destiny destroys them all. Set against the lush backdrop of 1890s Azores Islands, this Historical Fantasy Romance won First Place in the Chanticleer Cygnus Awards and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. **** "Wish I could give it 10 stars. Love it. The story grabs you and puts you in such suspense and over the edge until the end." - Lunanima "Left me breathless and spellbound. I wanted to live inside its pages." - Karen Hooper, Author of Tangled Tides

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"I absolutely loved Artemis Rising, from start to finish." --Nancy Kelley, Author of His Good Opinion
"This is one of my top five favorite reads of 2011." --Rebecca Lochlann, Author of The Year-God's Daughter

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I hope this story touches your life as much as it has touched mine. ~Cheri

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CKE1ISM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ever-Sea Press (September 13, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 13, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3601 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 301 pages

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USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Cheri Lasota is a freelance author, designer and editor. Her bestselling debut novel, Artemis Rising, is a 2013 Cygnus Awards First Place Winner and a 2012 finalist in the Next Generation Indie Books Awards. Cheri also helped found the Paradisi Chronicles, a massive open-source sci-fi universe set on the fictional planet, New Eden. Her Paradisi Exodus series focuses on the early years of the human exodus from Earth to the new planet. Cheri’s most recent project is her ambitious Historical Fantasy series, Immortal Codex, which explores the lives of immortals throughout history.

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Nancy Kelley

What's in a name?

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2012

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Eva, Arethusa, Isolde: If you believed your name controlled your destiny, who would you choose to be?

I love YA fantasy-esque books that break the current "paranormal creature" mold, and I'm a particular fan of novels that use elements from mythology. Artemis Rising is a blend of two myths: Arethusa and Alpheus from Greek mythology, and Tristan and Isolde from the Arthurian legends.

I absolutely loved Artemis Rising, from start to finish. Lasota took the typical teen identity crisis and turned it into something mysterious and magical. The struggles of Arethusa and Tristan were real and relatable, and the way their relationship grew in the process was utterly delightful.

I loved all the characters in Artemis Rising, from our two protagonists down to the most minor of minor characters. Lasota introduces a nice range of supporting characters--enough to add depth to the novel, but not so many that you can't keep track of who's who. The roles they play in the two myths are sometimes surprising and always satisfying.

Setting is of highest importance in a fantasy novel, and Artemis Rising knocks this out of the park. The book is set in the Azores at the turn of the twenthieth century, and every page is seeped in the culture and pathos of the islands. It's clearly a place that is dear to the author's heart, and the amount of detail she gives does justice to this beautiful location.

Over all, Artemis Rising is simply a fabulous book on every count. I can't wait to read Cheri Lasota's next book!

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Ruth Jackson

Brilliantly written retelling of familiar mythologies, not as much action as my usual favorites

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018

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This story took me longer to read than some others have recently, which is a really good thing. It held my interest well, the characters were great and well-developed. The villains were really villains, the good guys were really good guys. The folks who were fooled by the villains were the ones you'd expect to be fooled by them for the reasons you'd expect because of social conventions. What makes this version of a familiar tale stand out is the mixture of the different mythologies brought together in one place in the same set of characters. It is a clever and well-crafted blending of three different tales into one story that ends up making sense in a way you might not expect, especially given the original tales' nature. A very fresh take on all of them that was an enjoyable read for me, though it is not my favorite action-packed type of story (that's why the four instead of five stars- personal preference comes into play- if I could give her 4.5 stars to indicate that I give her 5 for technical prowess, I would! She is a stylistically brilliant writer!) All in all I'd recommend it to almost anyone except those most completely against anything that involves anything romantic. This wasn't at all what I call unrealistic after the mode of today's popular "romance" novels, thus I could actually read it as it was not the entire reason for the book's story!

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Sheri A. Wilkinson

A complex and compelling story.

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2015

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Artemis Rising by Cheri Lasota

Young Eva is on her way home to the Azores Islands. While on her trip she accepts the Pagan name Arethusa, not knowing exactly what this holds for her. While her Mother wants her to be with Diogo, the shipowners son, Eva has feelings for Tristan. She will have to decide between the two of them while she learns her fate will be that of the Greek Goddess whose name she just took.

I did like the plot of the story, although at times it could be a bit confusing. The story is complex. Eva/Arethusa is likable and you could feel her inner turmoil and emotions. I also liked the (plot) twists and the references to The Greek Gods. At the end of the story there were translations of the foreign words (which could be helpful to those reading the story). Overall it was an interesting read, enough to keep me wanting to see the outcome.

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To Myth Or Not To Myth

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016

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•••I listened to the Audible Audio Edition of this book•••

This is a stand alone novel. I wish there were more!

Listening to this book was an amazing experience! The narrator has an incredibly expressive voice and is extremely talented at voice acting. I felt like I WAS Eva and not just witness to her trials and tribations. I would definitely both listen to more work by this amazing narrator and read or listen to more books by this inventive and talented author! I hope they work together again in the future as they do so well together :)

Eva has been raised to dedicate herself to Artemis as Arethusa just as her mother did before her. To become the myth personified in service to the Moon. The Goddess sends her a warning though her mother received a different vision. Which is the true vision? Should she continue on the path her mother laid before her or follow her instincts and find her own way? Is the way of the Goddess the right way? Does she even have a choice anymore?

Diogo is rich and spoiled and used to getting everything he wants. Except from his cruel and forbidding father. Eva intrigues him and he wants her for his own. At first he is merely trying to protect her. To woo her. But after he is maimed in her defense by his father something overtakes him. She becomes his obsession. Will he win? Will he own her in the end? Or will his twisted drives destroy them both?

Tristao has never know a father's love or a mother's kindness. He sees something in Arethusa that he has been waiting for his whole life... Hope. Finding her and rescuing her seems to be Fate. Is she the answer to his prayers? The girl who will share his life and give him the love he missed as a child? Will she help him get rid of his anger at his father's disinterest and abandonment? At the mysterious absence of his mother. Will she make him into something other than the favored oldest orphan?

***This book is suitable for mature young adult through adult readers who enjoy stories of the Old Gods filled with mystery, intrigue, Myth, action, adventure, supernatural forces, magic, mayhem and horror but, most of all, romance and the search for truth and true love despite Destiny or Fate :)

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