Imagine by Jenna Greene

“A fierce wind and a blast of green light during a strange storm causes everything to change for Katharine Bowers and Becky Thatcher. The girls wake up in Oren, an entirely different realm than their earthly city. They meet Enalie, a fading magical presence who sets an incredible destiny before them... then simply disappears. Left alone to fend off creatures that hunt them in the night, they must relay a magical heritage that doesn't make sense, and - if possible - save a world that they know nothing about.”

The story begins with Becky and Kat being thrown into a world of magic together, without any information or guide book. They know nothing about this strange world filled with misery, bloodshed and magic, deadly as well as good. Far from their own world a world full of nightmares awaits them slowly opening up to them as they journey towards their final destiny. Filled with horrendous creatures, riddles, destructive magic, swamps with magical abilities, assassins, kingdoms, elves, dwarfs, slaves and warriors it is a unknown world which they could not have ever imagined in their wildest dreams.

A strong plot filled with an array of diverse characters each having their own stories and different personalities it is a very delicious treat for an young adult to chew on. Becky is a normal ten year old girl with nothing to show that screams that she is extraordinary except the fact that she lives in her head most of the times. Kat is a young teenager just like other teenagers with their own anger management issues and pessimistic attitude towards world as a whole. When these two contrasting characters are thrust together to another world to save it from utter destruction Becky will need to come out of her head and confront the real world and Kat will have to grow up fast because in this world where a 12 year old hold council in place of the King and a 21 year old is an able soldier with vast knowledge of almost every field Kat’s days of being an immature teenager is over.

What I loved about the plot is that it is pretty solid and realistic. There aren’t many loopholes. The author covers all of those and if she does not she promises to do those in the next books of this series. About characters, well I just loved every one of them except Kat, truth be told I found her to be very childish, even Becky, a ten year old acted more mature than her at times. And the way she always would hurt other and neglect their feeling and sentiments made me dislike her intensely. Becky is someone I think I loved almost too much, her sweet innocence and bravery in face of disaster made me admire her courage. All the other characters (I will not say their names because then it will be like giving spoilers) do justice to their respective role too.

Overall, It is a good way to start your reading this year with this fiction.

Author Bio 

Jenna Greene is a middle school teacher in Alberta, Canada.

She lives with her husband, daughter, and dog Thor: Dog of Thunder.