{"id":8662,"date":"2021-11-21T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8662"},"modified":"2021-11-21T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:40:10","slug":"willbreaker-the-beasthunter-of-ashbourn-by-c-a-lende","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8662","title":{"rendered":"The Beast Hunters (The Beasthunter of Ashbourn ) by Christer Lende"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A promising start to an intriguing series\u2026        <\/strong>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lende\u2019s debut fantasy gets his The Beasthunter of Ashbourn series off to an impressive start. 17-year-old Ara is living a life of abuse and neglect until a vicious attack by a terrifying monster leaves her parents dead. Rescued by Khendric and Toppers, the beasthunter duo, Ara dives head first into the unknown world of beasthunting with a mission to save the innocents. The mystery of bodies piling up in the village of Cornstead gets the trio involved in a sinister plot. Khendric’s resilience and Topper\u2019s wit give the story the nostalgic air of a traditional roguish flair. Ara\u2019s coming-of-age journey from a timid, apprehensive young girl to a resilient woman capable of making difficult decisions is sketched with expertise. Lende skillfully imbues the plot with complex themes of childhood and adolescent abuse, and identity issues; his worldbuilding is vivid; and the prose enthralls. Fantasy fans won\u2019t want to miss this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: This review was done for an unpublished manuscript and published first in April of 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beast Hunters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The Beasthunter of Ashbourn )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Christer<\/strong> Lende<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A promising start to an intriguing series\u2026              Lende\u2019s debut fantasy gets his The Beasthunter of Ashbourn series off to an impressive start. 17-year-old Ara is living a life of abuse and neglect until a vicious attack by a terrifying monster leaves her parents dead. Rescued by Khendric and Toppers, the beasthunter duo, Ara dives head first into the unknown world of beasthunting with a mission to save the innocents. The mystery of bodies piling up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":10946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","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":[56739],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,103272229,7215,3328,178,7224,1136176,54306025,1473,1008073,856121,309,349,669166],"class_list":["post-8662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-authors-reviews","tag-book-review","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fantasy","tag-indie-books","tag-indieauthor","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing","tag-ya-fantasy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/beasthunter.jpg?fit=1445%2C2200&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-2fI","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8662","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=8662"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11527,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8662\/revisions\/11527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}