I was given a copy of Escapement to review as part of Ciara Knight's blog tour and I am very glad I signed up to host this leg of her tour! Escapement is a well written, fast paced story. I found myself gripped from the beginning and found the range of characters interesting and well rounded. I found myself routing for the heroine, Semara, early on - her mother, the 'baddy' of the piece makes you want to boo and hiss every time she comes in to a scene. I would most definitely recommend this to any one who likes futuristic, dystopian fantasy stories. "Ten years after the great war of 2185 the queen's reign is threatened by uprisings and fear. In celebration of my sixteenth birthday it is my duty as princess to sacrifice a slave to be initiated in to the ruling council, solidifying my mother's empire. When my own erratic powers surface I'm capturer and tried for treason. Slaves hate me, my mother wants me executed, and my only chance of survival rests in the hands of a young man, Ryder Arteres, whose sister I sentenced to death." |