

While reading the first installment of the duology, A River Enchanted, I was enthralled by Jack and Adaira of the Tamerlaines, childhood enemies turned reluctant partners in order to call upon the spirits of the island to help find missing girls in the East.


The Elements of Cadence duology is centered around the residents of Cadence, an island entrenched in Scottish-inspired folk magic and split by an ages-old feud between the Tamerlaines in the East and the Breccans in the West. These tendencies didn’t stick with me as an adult, but reading Rebecca Ross’ debut adult fantasy series felt like a personal homecoming to the genre. If there was magic involved, I was reading it. As a teenager, I was a voracious fantasy reader: Harry Potter, Eragon, Lord of the Rings, Artemis Fowl.
