At the Sharp End of Lightning by N R Bates is a fantasy with a touch of realism. What happens when one world leaks into another? The world building was fascinating and will lead us to the answer.

Yalara is a Sea Sprite from Oceanlight and has a mission. She must find the disappeared. Yalara and Einion of Earth will join forces to accomplish the mission.

I have a love of the world of oceans and other bodies of water, so when an author puts the real with fantasy, sending us a subtle message about our part of the polluting and ecological damage we are adding to our environment, it adds that special element that keeps me reading, wanting to know how our worlds collide and the end result.

As I read along, their world became my world.

At the Sharp End of Lightning is Book I of the series and lays a great foundation for more, with lovable characters and a villain that is able to make me wonder if he is all bad. What comes next? I am eager to find out.

I loved the special touches, like Sea Sprites having slime fights. Adds that little something extra that makes me love the characters more.

Politics abound in the fantasy world too.

The story does not end here and I am eager to continue the journey and look forward to reading the next book.

I received a copy of At the End of Lightning by N R Bates in return for an honest review.

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The boundary between the realms of Oceanlight and Earth has dropped. In Oceanlight, the Sea Sprites are experiencing catastrophe as a blue haze changes their climate and wipes out their population. On Earth, a teen in North Wales, Einion Alban faces challenges with his diagnosis of hemophilia. Einion has enough struggles in his life, but one day while visiting his favorite spot he is given a mysterious gift and a cryptic message. Right after receiving the strange gift, Einion is attacked and almost killed. After a long hospital stay, Einion discovers a “Thinness” between worlds that he can pass through and begins to explore. Now the Sprites and Einion must discover the connection between their two worlds.

This story weaves together environmental change, fantasy and Celtic lore. There is a lot going on in this book and it took me a while to get into the story. Two distinct story lines are introduces with the Sea Sprites in Oceanlight and Einion in North Wales. I definitely connected with Eionion’s story a little easier as he was a fairly normal boy living in the world as I know it. The Sea Sprite world was a little more difficult to get into and is introduced with a lot of explanation of their culture and customs. Once the two story lines were combined a bit, I felt better connected. It probably would have helped me if Einion’s story was introduced first. I was really intrigued by the” Thinness” and the other world that Einion was transported to and I wanted Einion to explore there more. I also empathized with the Sea Sprites as their world was destroyed. The book ended a bit abruptly for, but this is a first book in a series.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review. ( )