The Forest God’s Favor by A.T. Lander
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“A Beautifully Mystical and Heartwarming Story”
The Forest God’s Favor, by A.T. Lander, is one of the most beautifully mystical, heartfelt, gripping, emotionally powerful inter-connected story that took this reader by surprise as it’s beauty and efficacy is absolutely staggering.
Wow. I am blown away and enamored with this story, and even though it could also be considered as a legend, it is never-the-less just as grand. It’s storyline and plot are emotionally powerful and glorious, it’s characters strong, admirable, brave and addicting. It’s world building is intriguing, imaginary, and, all-encompassing. Gah, I could not get enough of it’s characters and their plight for love, life, and companionship. I could not get enough of Anthos and Cleon.
Anthos, is a godling of Fertility and Forest, who is adorably sweet, kind, loving and intrinsically brave, has long been suffering, as a result of being bullied by his older brother Dryas, the god of Fertility and Forest, which has in turn, prevented him from doing what he was meant to do, help the farmers with their crop and ultimately their survival. The misery of such a beautiful god has had detrimental affects for all those who need him, including himself.
Cleon, is a humble and brave young man from a large and loving family of farmers, who believe in the guidance of the gods for their prosperity and overall existence. During a damaging dry spell of their crops, Cleon is put forth the sacrificial duty to appease the gods for the betterment of their crop. Instead of facing the most brutal of gods, he instead meets the new godling, Anthos, and together with love, faith, strength, and a whole lot of courage, they mend and create an absolutely majestic new world. And….wow.
This is a mythical yet wonderfully modern story…. It’s storyline and plot were emotionally gripping with strong, loving, and varied characters, all of which live and greatly love and follow their gods. The inclusion of gods with heartfelt emotions for loved ones and for the fulfillment of their purpose was tastefully done. With the added sizzling and adored sense of love between the characters, which was so heartwarming and plentiful, it’s overall sense of purpose was understandable.
The Forest God’s Favor, was unlike any story I have ever read, and its beauty, strength and forever kind of love is one that will remain as one of my most favorite reads. I really, really liked it….:)
*star rating: 5.00 ‘I really, really liked this story’ stars*
