BOOK REVIEW (A Creature of Heroic Blood)

A Creature of Heroic Blood (Cover)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Akbar Ameen Memon is a 15-year-old boy from Sukkur, Sindh. He is a genius boy and an avid reader too. It's his second book that is published, the first one was 'Mirat Ul Hayat'. He read a total of 75 books in 2020 and his next year (2021) goal is 100 books. He is also in the process of writing an Urdu fantasy book.

 
Akbar Ameen Memon

GENRE: Children Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

PAGE COUNT: 274 pages

MY MOST FAVOURITE LINE FROM THE BOOK: "Needs don't bend their knees in front of anything. They snatch desires from the person"

MAIN CHARACTERS: There are many characters in this book but I'll only mention those ones who really played some major roles.

1) Liana Brassley: A seven-year-old girl with blonde hair and almond eyes. She lived with her parents in Bejing (China) and spent his summer vacations with her Grandman (Hong Len) in Houdo, China. She was invited by Snowald, a planet ruled by animals for an amazing journey.

Liana Brassley with her goats

2) Hong Len: Grandma of Liana Brassley. She didn't believe in fantastical creatures. She worked as a collector of Tea Leaves with her neighbour in Houdo Village.

Hong Len with Lian Brassley

3) Hindanias: A white unicorn who flew Liana and her Grandma, Hong Len towards the first stage (Clouds) for reaching Snowald Star.

Hindianas

4) Queen Fauna: The Queen of the Hive present on the cloud.

Queen Fauna welcoming Liana Brassley and Hong Len in her palace.

5) Manshin Ofaris: A weird creature with long ears and noodles like hands who took Liana towards the second stage (Snowald Bubble) for reaching Snowald Star.
Manshin Ofaris with Liana Brassley in Snowald Bubble


6) Mr Pom: A speaking Pomegranate tree who warned Liana not to break any rule or she will be punished by Snowald Government. 

Liana Brassley sitting in front of Mr. Pom

7) Herculues: The Owl King of the Dark Palace where Liana was sent because of breaking rules and regulations.

The Dark Palace of Herculues

The other characters who played major roles include Tom, Madam Zen, Zumar, Martin, Professor X, Professor Z, Queen Snowmy, and King Aldian.

SUMMARY: This is a story of a seven-year-old girl, Liana Brassley who came to spent her summer vacations with her Grandma, Hong Len in a Chinese village named 'Houdo'. On her birthday she went to feed goats on the two mountains behind her house where a unicorn named 'Hindianas' gave her a letter of invitation to Snowald. After few days, she and her grandma went to the first stage (The clouds). After enjoying it a lot, they came back home. For the second stage, her grandma refuses to go due to the burden of selling in her Bakery (gifted by Queen Fauna). Liana goes to the second stage (The Snowald Bubble) with a Manshin named 'Ofaris'. There she broke a rule and got punished and was turned into an owl by the Owl King 'Herculues'. After that she was again converted into a human and taken to the final stage 'Snowald Star (Actually Planet)' where a race called Puraabs attack Snowald in which Liana's two friends are killed. After the war, Liana is given the title of 'A Creature of Heroic Blood'. Last chapter shows Liana telling her story to her children after thirty years.

REVIEW: I found this book an interesting read. Everything was balanced. Sometimes the future in the book didn't turn out to be the one that you were thinking. There were too things that I learned from this book.
1) Greed is Curse.
2) Enthusiasm is the key to success.

WHAT I FOUND MOST INTERESTING IN THIS BOOK?
The most interesting part was when in the end they went to the rainforest to defrost frozen men to build an army against Puraabs.

WHAT I FOUND MOST DISAPPOINTING IN THE BOOK?
The first half of the book was simple and straight. There were no plot twists. The story became interesting after Liana being punished. The other thing that I found disappointing that after the mid the story went fast-paced. Like, much information wasn't given. The left-sided page told something and the right-sided something different.

RATING: 4/5

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