Riven: Young Adult Fantasy Novel (My Myth Trilogy Book 1) / Harris, Jane Alvey

Which Reality Would YOU Choose?

The inner world of most seventeen year old girls is one of secrets and fantasies, and one of hope, past traumas and battered egos. Emily, however, is no ordinary seventeen year old girl, and the scars on her psyche run far deeper than most. When her carefully-constructed semblance of normality is challenged by the upcoming return of a buried threat, she has to re-open old wounds, and delve back into the secrets of her hidden, inner existence. Prepare to step into the world of the My Myth trilogy - the first part of which is a stunning psychological thriller and young adult fantasy that you’ll simply never forget.


Riven is the first book of the compelling and deeply immersive My Myth trilogy, and introduces us to Emily, a young woman who is struggling to cope with the challenges that life has dealt her. Emily’s father has been incarcerated and is due for release, her mother is strung out on meds and barely present in her life, and her younger brothers and sisters rely on Emily for help and guidance. However, Emily’s world is starting to crumble - voices are whispering in her head, her arms are bleeding and marked by strange symbols which appeared from nowhere, and the fairytale characters and shadowy nightmares of her childhood have reappeared in her waking life… and this time, they’re calling out for help.



Emily may be fighting against the demons of childhood abuse in her real life, but this young adult fantasy opens a door to another world - that of Emily’s escapism, and her source of strength. As reality becomes too much for her to bear, and the threat of abuse looms heavily on the horizon, she slips back into an elaborate world of her own creation. This is the First Realm; a landscape of magic and myth, in which she has powers unimaginable in the real world. She assisted by The Fae, beautiful, magical creatures with whom she shares so much, and the world she created in the depths of her mind is a place which calls to her, which tempts her, and which she might not be able to resist staying in forever.



Except, the First Realm isn’t quite the place she remembered it being. As she immerses herself further in fantasy, it seems as though the horrors of her waking life have infiltrated her utopia, and the demons she’s been running from have found her there, too. She must gather The Fae, unite her forces, and seek out the weapons she’ll need to defend herself and return to the real world with her senses intact. But time is running out, and the horrors she had endured as a child are threatening to wreak their damage on her beloved younger siblings. In a frantic race against time, Emily must come to terms with the balancing act between her hidden life, and the life she is hiding from. There’s only so long you can run for… and some battles are seemingly never truly over.

Riven is an adventure story, a painful journey through abuse, adolescence and survival, and a riveting fantasy all rolled into one. This astonishing YA fantasy novel by Jane Alvey Harris (a “fresh, youthful voice” for a new generation of young adult novel readers, according to Reader Views) takes you on a spiralling, kaleidoscopic ride into a world where fantasy and reality clash, where sanity remains forever fragile, and where light and darkness are easily confused… and even more easily manipulated. Jane Alvey Harris has successfully found a powerful and effective way to communicate the realities of abuse, and the human need for escapism and safety, and has done so with a deft hand, a clear writer’s voice, and via the creation of worlds which we - somehow - are able able to relate to.

Riven is an astonishing novel, and one which has the power to transport the reader into the deepest parts of the mind. Readers of YA fiction and fantasy will adore this story!
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