Book Blurb
A convenient omnibus edition of the three main works of the Souls of the Stones series.Contains: Cornerstone, Second Stone, Broken Stone.
Souls of the Stones follows Emariya Warren as she navigates the three divided lands of her world, as well as the three families striving for control. The series incorporates traditional fantasy elements such as prophecy and magic with a love story that transcends genre and time. Books 1-3 are included.
Cornerstone - When Emariya Warren learns enemy forces have captured her father, she'll do anything to save him. Anything. Even marry a mysterious prince she knows nothing about in order to rally the strength to arrange a rescue. During her journey to Torian's foreign castle, Emariya comes face to face with her mother's killers--and a deadly secret.
Not only does Emariya possess a powerful but unexpected magical gift. So does the prince she's promised to marry, and an ominous prophecy has warned their gifts must never be combined.
If she breaks her promise to marry Torian, she won't be able to save her father and if she keeps it, she may bring a curse upon everything she holds dear. Determining which choice is best won't be easy, but when she meets the gorgeous prince who may desire more than just her heart, she realizes she will have to fight just to have a choice at all.
Her heart wants him desperately. Her head begs her to run. If she doesn't want to share her mother's fate, she'll have to find a way to untangle the truth from the lies in time to save herself.
Second Stone - In the second installment in Souls of the Stones, the stakes are higher, the romance is hotter, and Emariya's power as a Cornerstone is growing.
Determined to make sense of the betrayals, lies, and her undeniable attraction to Torian, Emariya and her prince begin the journey to Sheas to confront her uncle and bring her father home.
Broken Stone - Unable to avoid her destiny any longer, Emariya has become the leader her mother always envisioned. Before she can focus on embracing her gifts to unify her three lands, she must first stop her own land from dissolving into civil war.
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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
This collection holds the three books in the series. In the first book Cornerstone, the reader meets Emariya Warren. Her father has been missing for the past three years and her brother Reeve has stepped in and assumed his missing father’s roles. Their mother was murdered when Emariya was an infant and her father has protected them completely as they grew up. Her mother’s people in Sheas by the sea are threatening to attack at the river fjord. Reeve has decided to entertain the request for Emariya’s hand in marriage by Torian, the Prince of Thalmas. Their alliance would help Eltar’s people against the attack from Sheas. Emariya turns down the proposal which goes against Reeve’s wishes. However, Reeve works her tender heart and subtly guilts her into changing her mind. Little does Emariya know that more is at play then she realizes. She is being used. She has the blood of the family lines that contains two of the three stones. Someone wants to use the power that accompanies them and his own to possess one with all three combined. That power possessed by the individual which has the blood of all three would control everything. The power to unite all three lands under their rule.
Others want the bloodlines to stay separated. They were the real cause behind the death of Emariya’s mother. Emariya has no idea of the power she possesses or of the stones. She has no idea what danger she is in as she travels to Thalmas to marry her prince. The trip is full of intrigue, lies, and betrayal.
In book two called the Second Stone, Emariya and Torian are headed to Sheas to try and free her father. Someone has to try and stop Reeve. Their father is the best choice. Reeve decides to use a different approach to his goal and kidnaps Torian’s sister, Terin, soon after the party leaves for Sheas. He will bind the stones on his own.
Torian and Emariya are shocked at who they have to battle along the way and what they find when they reach Sheas. Emariya has to come up with a grand plan and learn to use her gifts if she is going to save her people.
And finally in book three, the Broken Stone, Torian and Emariya know that they have to stop her brother. She has a plan to bring the council together and get their support. Her brother, on the other hand, has different plans and refuses to let her plan come to fruitation. He sets a trap forcing her to flee and seek out the help of The Three at The Cradle. In order to save Terin, the pull has to go and Emariya has to convince The Three to remove it, even if she loses Torian as a result. She is preparing for war against her brother to reunite the three lands together.
These three novels started and continued on a fascinating story. I liked the storyline and the path that Emariya had to travel in order to do what she must. She realizes she has to allow the ones around her to do their part if they are to succeed.
The love story between Torian and Emariya was sweet and strong. I liked how the author developed the romance and threw in doubts and problems along the way. Neither main character always did the right thing. The reader watched as they both make mistakes and have to move on and do their best. I give each book a 4 out of 5. The storyline was creative and action packed.
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