{"id":2161,"date":"2019-10-20T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T19:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2019-10-20T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T19:04:15","slug":"the-masterpiece-the-shadow-i-cast-book-1-by-chiemeka-nicely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=2161","title":{"rendered":"The Masterpiece (The Shadow I Cast Book 1) by Chiemeka Nicely"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A brilliant debut to a promising series\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicely blends fantasy with the contemporary in this intriguing first book in The Shadow I Cast series. 17-year-old Calista, the Supreme Warrior and princess of the First Dynasty, arrives in Kimarr to fulfill a dangerous assignment and gets kidnapped by a Custodian who believes she is the one to awaken the Legend of Bluka: the epitome of true power. When Calista tries to resist the temptations of this new world, she is pulled even deeper into the intrigues of the last Civil war, trying to unravel the lies that could reveal the truth behind the disappearance of the Sixth Dynasty and change her own destiny. Readers who have read Nicely\u2019s Innocence Tainted will glimpse shades of Oralia in Princess Calista (the latter is equally intriguing character with her occasional shades of darkness). Nicely writes effortlessly and passionately about both human emotions and fantasy elements, and her characters remain highly intriguing and humane. Nicely\u2019s worldbuilding is excellent and her prose moving as she creates a deeply immersive story of twisted fate, treachery, secrets, lies, and shifting loyalties. Though narrative shift abruptly from reality to a dreamlike state at times, causing confusion in readers\u2019 minds, Nicely\u2019s skill at depicting profound emotions and her ability to portray the dark and the twisted make up for any inconsistencies. The surprising finale will leave the reader eagerly wait for the next installment. Fascinating, imaginative, and intriguing, the book will appeal greatly to fans of dark urbane fantasy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Masterpiece <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

(The shadow I cast Book 1) <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

by Chiemeka Nicely<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Nicely Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Buy now<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Pub date July 5, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

ISBN 9781999608118<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Price $10.54 (USD)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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  A brilliant debut to a promising series\u2026 Nicely blends fantasy with the contemporary in this intriguing first book in The Shadow I Cast series. 17-year-old Calista, the Supreme Warrior and princess of the First Dynasty, arrives in Kimarr to fulfill a dangerous assignment and gets kidnapped by a Custodian who believes she is the one to awaken the Legend of Bluka: the epitome of true power. When Calista tries to resist the temptations of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An Editorial Book Review Website\n\nBook review: The Masterpiece (The Shadow I Cast Book 1) by Chiemeka Nicely #SelfPub #bookreview #WritersLife #IndieAuthor #authors #Kindle #writingcommunity #writers #chiemekanicely #themasterpiece","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[91,460,3328,178,7224,20906217,1008073,856121,309],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fantasy","tag-fantasy-book-reviews","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-yR","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2161"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2165,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions\/2165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}