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The Sorcery Trial: A Fae Adventure Romance (The Faerie Race Book 1) Kindle Edition

by J.A. Armitage (Author), Claire Luana (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Welcome to The Faerie Race—an epic adventure through a realm as compelling as it is deadly…

Fame. Fortune. Your most extravagant wish granted. These are the prizes promised to the team that wins The Faerie Race, the first and only reality television show to venture into the dangerous realm of the fae. But that’s not why Jacqueline Cunningham wants in. She’s after any sign of her sister—who vanished without a trace into the faerie world two years ago. Jacq thought getting into the race would be the hard part. But she didn’t count on the other competitors—who will stop at nothing to finish first.

Or her distractingly-handsome jerk of a partner, who seems to be hiding secrets of his own. Plunged into a world where everything wants to kill her, what starts as a hunt for the truth turns into a desperate contest for survival. Now that Jacq’s in the race, it will take all her wits to make it to the finish line alive.

The Sorcery Trial is Book One in The Faerie Race, a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride through a realm unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

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★★★★★ Blessed Fairy Dust....That was incredible! I was totally sucked into this story! Amazon reviewer

★★★★★ The story line is is downright magical and amazing. I couldn't help reading it from start to finish once I started reading it!
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★★★★★ A fantastic read that grabs you from the first page, and keeps you enthralled and at the edge of your seat.
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★★★★★ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!!!
Freaking unbelievable! This dynamic duo broke the mold, hid the pieces, then remade it in titanium. If you're looking for one non-stop, action packed, fast paced, hard hitting, pulse racing, page flipping bombshell that grips you so tightly on a razors edge catapulting this baby to life spectacularly. Congratulations my friends you've struck the motherload. One totally engaging, mesmerizing, enthralling wonder that captures your attention from start to finish. Sparks fly as perilous drama, contrived mishaps, inadvertent events with nerve racking danger and electrifying suspense blow this baby wide open. The characters are authentic, approachable and realistic with such depth and individuality it flows along fluidly without a glitch. The secondary characters are animated and relatable and blend smoothly with the primary. The scenes are so vividly detailed and descriptive it gives the illusion you were along for the ride. Goodreads reviewer

About the Author

Claire Luana grew up reading everything she could get her hands on and writing every chance she could. Eventually, adulthood won out, and she turned her writing talents to more scholarly pursuits, going to work as a commercial litigation attorney at a mid-sized law firm. While continuing to practice law, Claire decided to return to her roots and try her hand once again at creative writing. She has written and published the Moonburner Cycle and the Confectioner Chronicles and is currently co-writing the Knights of Caelreon series with Jesikah Sundin. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and two dogs. In her (little) remaining spare time, she loves to hike, travel, binge-watch CW shows, and of course, fall into a good book. J. A. Armitage lives in a total fantasy world (because reality is boring, right?). She's traveled the world, working as everything from a banana picker in Australia to a Pantomime clown, has climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and once gave birth to a surrogate baby for a friend of hers. She is coauthor, with J. A. Culican, of the Dragon Tamer series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07SFZWGP4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Live Edge Publishing (July 1, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4748 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
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    J.A lives in a total fantasy world (because reality is boring right?) When she’s not writing all the crazy fun in her head, she can be found eating cake, designing pretty pictures and hanging upside down from the tallest climbing frame in the local playground while her children look on in embarrassment. She’s travelled the world working as everything from a banana picker in Australia to a Pantomime clown, has climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and the bottom of the Grand Canyon and once gave birth to a surrogate baby for a friend of hers.

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    Somehow she finds time to write.

    Reviews for J.A.Armitage's work.

    Endless Winter is a unique story that takes place in a beautiful world. J.A. Armitage's writing is lyrical and almost poetic. Janelle Fila for Readers' Favorite

    I devoured this book like a rich box of chocolates. Sara C Roethle

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    USA Today Bestselling author Claire Luana grew up reading everything she could get her hands on and writing every chance she could. Eventually, adulthood won out, and she turned her writing talents to more scholarly pursuits, going to work as a commercial litigation attorney at a mid-sized law firm.

    While continuing to practice law, Claire decided to return to her roots and try her hand once again at creative writing. She has written and published the Moonburner Cycle and the Confectioner Chronicles and is currently writing a new fantasy series. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and two dogs. In her (little) remaining spare time, she loves to hike, travel, binge-watch CW shows, and of course, fall into a good book.

    Connect with Claire online!

    Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Goodreads - Amazon - BookBub

    Full List of Publications (in recommended reading order)

    Moonburner Cycle:

    Moonburner

    Burning Fate

    Sunburner

    Starburner

    Confectioner Chronicles:

    The Confectioner's Guild

    The Confectioner's Exile

    The Confectioner's Coup

    The Confectioner's Truth

    The Knights of Caerleon (with Jesikah Sundin)

    The Fifth Knight

    The Third Curse

    The First Gwenevere

    The Faerie Race trilogy (with J.A. Armitage)

    The Sorcery Trial

    The Elemental Trial

    The Doomsday Trial

    Orion's Kiss

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The Sorcery Trial. What the networks will do for ratings! Make a deal with the Fae king, to set up a race in his kingdom. Of course the danger is real, the competition is cut throat, and the stakes are high as our heroine sees winning as her only chance to find out what happened to her sisters.A believable world, a good story, with plenty of action!
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Evelyn
5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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Lots of magic, treachery, and action. I couldn’t believe how treacherous the prince was. Orion seems like the only real one there. And his teammate is original.
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Cathy P
4.0 out of 5 stars Book one of three
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2019
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Fantastic start to a series. This is a single POV paranormal version of the great race. It's interesting, great characters, and 'love to hate them' bad guys. The female LC Jacq is strong, but not infallible and super endearing. Their team will have you cheering them on. She is trying to win a chance to get into faerwild to try to find her sister Cass that disappeared two years prior. Now she is fighting for her life. The contestants are ruthless and will literally stop at nothing to win.
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Janine
5.0 out of 5 stars A great start to an intriguing saga of a reality TV show
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2019
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The second I heard this was “The Amazing Race” (one of my favorite reality shows) with fae, magic, and everything trying to kill you, I was sold on the Faerie Race saga. And the Sorcery Trial does not disappoint, with intrigue, surprises, danger, great characters and motivations, all at a nice brisk pace. As a disclaimer, I read a beta version of the entire saga in early 2019 before reading this final version.

Jacq Cunningham is an aspiring stuntwoman in Hollywood, weary of magic ever since her sister Cass disappeared two years ago. And after going so long with no leads, she sees the race as her way to get her back home, safe and sound. But there’s a lot she wasn’t expecting. I like Jacq; she’s determined, to the point of being reckless (you have to in order to be a stuntwoman), yet snarky at the same time. She’s wiling to help others and has a sense of right and wrong as the story continues. I love the interactions she has with the other characters, all varied and got me a sense of who each of them were. I really like the interactions she has with Ben and Orin the most. Without giving away too much, some of the characters and interactions really surprised me, and at the same time, were exactly as I expected, and each has some depth, but it’s clear that we haven’t seen the full depths of these characters quite yet, but it’s good for the first installment.

The plot is very fast paced, going from concept of the show, to auditions and then the race itself, covering the first of three ‘Trials’. The setting of both Earth and Faerwild is vivid, and the magic has some defined rules set to it, which I like. You get the feeling that you’re witnessing a deadly TV competition (much like The Hunger Games, Battle Royale, etc) in a magical land, and there’s plenty of twists that keep you on your toes. And the race isn’t the only thing going on in terms of the plot. There’s one twist that really got me good the first time I read it, and still was a gut punch. As a bit of a warning, there is a bit of a cliffhanger ending to this one.

Another great read from Luana and Armitage and I highly recommend it for those into deadly reality TV in a fantasy setting!
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C Mc
5.0 out of 5 stars Intrigue, adventure, and sass
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021
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Jacq is struggling to make it in Hollywood, with dreams of success, but what she really wants above all else is to solve the mystery of her sister’s disappearance with a Fae man. When her boss announces a tv show that allows a few humans to enter the land of the fae, she jumps at the chance despite the danger…and the fact that she can’t do magic AT ALL. With no experience in either tv or the fae world, can she figure out how to track down her sister while avoiding death traps and learning to work with an antagonistic fae partner?

I loved this story…it was fresh, funny, tense, and exciting. Rather than the typical human-meets-fae story that centers on sexual tension and brooding introspection, this is a completely new take that is both light and heavy, humorous and serious. It is excellently well done and includes several surprise twists. Excited to see what happens next!
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Kreela
5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Race with magic
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2019
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I accidentally chose Buy with One Click instead of Download a Sample. There was a moment of reflection, then I shrugged and started reading. Boy am I glad I decided to just go with it.

I still don't know whether I like the main character. She is a midwestern girl who wants to be, not the star, but the action stand-in. My only surprise was that Jacq is not a true survivalist; she cannot hunt. No biggie, Jacq is a scrappy can-do person who noses her way into a Race in Fae in order to save her sister, assuming she can find her.

What I really like is that the supporting characters are all well-developed and interesting in their own rights, that the back-biting is true to the genre, and that the obstacle course itself is wildly creative. The romance partner is not immediately thrust in my face on page 1, so I was pleased that I was kept guessing.

Maybe I need to "accidentally click" on the next book?
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Crystal Hemming
3.0 out of 5 stars So so book
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2021
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The premise of the book was good however it seemed like every chapter the reader had to be told about Cas and how she disappeared. It was nice to know one of the main characters motivation but not over and over and over again.

Seems like there are other things going on besides the race but this book just teased with what those could be would definitely need to read more to find out.
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Teri Hicks
4.0 out of 5 stars good start to series
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020
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I love females in stories that aren't afraid to get down and dirty and this story has that in Jacq. She s ready to help when needed even at the expense of winning the race. Okay she's a little impulsive and runs headfirst into danger without thought to the consequences. Her hearts in the right place and yet she is all over the place. It may have started a little slow but it's definitely not missing action. I can't wait to see what happens next. Love this author's style and never know what to expect next.
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Kinesias
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy als TV-Show
Reviewed in Germany on October 7, 2020
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Seit ihre Schwester vor zwei Jahren verschwunden ist, sucht die Heldin einen Weg in das Land der Fae (Elfen). Da kommt ihr Chef auf die Idee, eine TV-Show zu produzieren über ein Wettrennen durch eben dieses Land. Durch Glück und Zufall wird sie eine der Teilnehmerinnen.
Fantasy mit einer TV-Game-Show zu verknüpfen, das ist neu, wenigstens für mich. Es ist eine gelungene Kombination, von witzig bis dramatisch. Ein Rennen durch das Land der Fae unter Zeitdruck ist kein Witz, sondern lebensgefährlich. Es wird Tote geben.
Mir hat das Buch gefallen und ich habe auch die zwei anderen Bände der Trilogie gekauft.

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Bee
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2020
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Loves this !!! Totally not what I was expecting but really excited about this series ! I love all the twists and turns and how action packed it is with an actual story guys ! I love the ironic banter throughout and the easy glow of the story. I really like the MCs, not annoying and whiny, but believable, funny and quirky.
I'm deffo going straight onto the next book, can't wait to see what else happens as they love to keep me guessing 😁👍
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JayCee
5.0 out of 5 stars Hunger Games but with magic.
Reviewed in Australia on January 12, 2020
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I have to say that I did like this book, but I totally disagree with Jacq on one important point. If I believed that someone capable of magic had taken someone I loved then the last thing I would do would be to reject it. If it had killed them, then yes, but otherwise I'd have learned everything I could and then some. Anything that could have gotten them back. Kudos on the panther though. Ready for book 2.
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Tony
4.0 out of 5 stars Gets better the deeper into it you get.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2023
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I liked the premise that all humans knew that Fae existed and vice versa. The book started a little slow and took me a while to get into, but once the race started it picked up and flowed along nicely. I love Jacq’s character and spunky attitude.
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K. Wray
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2019
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It was a good read and kept my attention. At first, the main character was a bit annoying because she complained about everything but was supposed to be strong and in the race to save her sister, so she came off a bit irritating and hard to believe. However, the story definitely improves (as does the main character) and the book is worth the read. The character development was enjoyable and there's definitely lots of plot threads and tantalizing questions leaving the reader wanting to learn more. At times it felt like the authors could have spent time showing when they rushed a few scenes by telling information. It certainly would have added to the story and reader enjoyment if some parts had been more developed (shown).

NOTE: it isn't really a cliff hanger ending, but it isn't a completed ending either. Thankfully the series is complete after the third book.
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