The Lost Tide Warriors is book two of the series entitled Storm Keeper and is full of adventure. At times the story felt unclear so it is probably best that you start with book one, Storm Keeper’s Island. Even with a few things being a little fuzzy, it was still an enjoyable book and most things were understandable in the end. Author Catherine Doyle paints life-like pictures with her sensory language and imagery, plunging you into the adventure. Her imagination also shows us a unique way of time traveling. The characters and plot feel authentic as they not only experience successes but also difficulties in their abilities and their relationships. This is a bit of a dark story and quite suspenseful in some parts so even though it is about younger children, I recommend it for older teens who aren’t easily scared and enjoy fantasy novels, If you enjoy The Lost Tide Warriors, you’ll be excited to know that Catherine Doyle set things up for another novel in this series.
Review of an Advance Reader’s Copy
This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Content Analysis:
Profanity/Language: 2 religious exclamations.
Violence/Gore: Many (69) brief incidents including characters have dreams about getting hurt; characters joke and exaggerate about wanting to hurt someone; character worried about death; verbal threats; characters plan an attack; characters have injuries; references to killing and characters dying; second-hand reports of animals dying; reference to house burning; characters fighting and receiving minor injuries; young character getting kidnapped; fantasy character thrown; fantasy character dislocates jaw and evil spirits leave her body and enter young human body; character passes out; properties destroyed and damaged; characters fighting and dying. One extended incident of characters fighting and receiving minor injuries.
Sex/Nudity: A few (3) brief incidents including adults fell in love; teen boy kisses teen girl’s forehead; teen says she loves a teen boy.
Mature Subject Matter:
Death; murder; kidnapping; evil spirits entering a child’s body.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
A reference to adults drinking; adults want to drink whiskey.
