Jolene

Name: Jolene
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mercedes Lackey
ISBN: 9798350842463

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Series: Elemental Masters #15

Narrator: Zura Johnson

Unabridged: 13 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/27/2024

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary

Synopsis

Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner, but a sickly constitution has kept her confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter's health—and lessen the burden on their family—Anna's mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny, a witchy-woman and an Elemental Master, in a holler outside of Ducktown.

As she settles into her new life, Anna learns new skills at Aunt Jinny's side and discovers that she, too, has a gift for Elemental magic that Jinny calls "the Glory." She also receives lessons from a mysterious and bewitching woman named Jolene, who assures her that, with time, Anna could become even more powerful than her aunt.

But with Anna's increasing power comes increasing notice. Billie McDaran, the foreman of the Ducktown mine, begins to take an interest in Anna and her abilities—even though Anna has already fallen in love with a young man with a talent for stonecarving.

If she wants to preserve the life she has come to love, Anna must use her newfound powers to oppose the foreman and protect those around her.

About Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the bestselling Heralds Of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz (Quirky Cat)

I received a copy of Jolene in exchange for a fair and honest review. Jolene is the fifteenth novel in Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series, only, there's a pretty major twist this time around. This novel is set in America. Anna May Jones has never exactly been healthy. The daughter of a coa......more

Goodreads review by Elley

For sure the book isn't perfect. The entire book is written in an Appalachian sort of dialect, with the dialogue being much heavier but the text itself having that same twang. It was not my favorite, but I got used to it pretty quickly and it fit the feel of the book. Also, basically the entire conf......more

Goodreads review by M.M. Strawberry

So I will admit that I skipped the last few books in this series because I, quite frankly, wasn't interested in Sherlock Holmes, or the psychic investigators Nan and Sarah. I got into this series because of the combination of urban fantasy and fairy-tale elements. The last book I actually read was b......more

Goodreads review by Scratch

Standard disclosure for a Mercedes Lackey book these days: She has been phoning it in for about 15-20 years, so the quality of her novels has gone way down. That being said, this particular installment to the Elemental Masters was a little better than most. The obvious worst part about this novel was......more