Onine Is The Only Kyprian Who Knows His Species Ultimate Truth, And He Fears For El From The Moment He Sees Her, A Slave At The Bathing Temple, He Wants To Save Her But The Only Way For Him To Do So Is To Give Up His Beauty, Forego His Fire, And Become Clay Like Her An Easy Task If It Were As Simple As Him Changing His Form Unfortunately, She Is The One Who Must Be Transformed And Become Kyprian Like Him
Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss Joseph CampbellI find my bliss in writing I feel compelled to write, mostly It s not so much that I enjoy it, which I do, but I believe I wouldn t be me without it I don t know that I m any good at it I certainly strive to be, and that desire keeps me writing Although traditional publishi
- El and Onine
- K.P. Ambroziak
- 16 July 2017 K.P. Ambroziak
Kind of nice to find a book where everyone isn t running from Earth s final breaths or coming to Earth to intentionally blow it to bits The planet Venus has its own problems, a civil war has sent Kyprians to Earth and with that move comes acclimating to a new planet and what better way to get to know the new neighbors than to have an inter species union Sounds pretty straight forward, but is it or could there be inherent risks that could bring both species down in a flaming death One species is made of fire, the other from clay, two souls will test the waters of change to discover if they can survive the heat of their emotions and the burning flames of their touch Only one man knows the truths hidden from their world.K.P Ambroziak s VENUS FALL made me feel I was part of a dreamlike tale, a little shrouded in both dark and light mist, as she brings her fantasy world to life in a carefully choreographed tale of life, love and the differences between not only other species, but each other.Her characters are spiritual, in their beliefs and their form, to go to Earth requires them to take a physical form that seems to sound rather cumbersome Imagine needing to constantly tend to a form just to maintain it, far beyond what we earthlings do Yep, no 7 day diets, no gym membership, that we may or may not use, we are talking constant, do NOT miss your appointment detail.What K.P Ambroziak does is mesmeri...
I m not sure how to state this both simply and without alienating potential readers, but if you re not interested in a story that is going to stretch your mind and make you think, research, ponder, compare, and quite possibly struggle with your own beliefs, don t bother with this one In fact, don t bother with anything Ambroziak writes What you will find with El and Onine, and with her other works as well, is complexity, beauty, challenge, and a remarkable wholeness.El and Onine is a creation myth, and a love story It takes inspiration from Ovid s, Metamorphoses, and if that doesn t tell you a little something about what you re walking into, it should In the same way that Deborah Harkness s All Souls Trilogy is suffused with depth and detail that only a professor of history could write, so is El and Onine enmeshed in the mythos of western literature in a way that only a professor of comparative literature could weave When you begin the story, you begin in the center Ambroziak doesn t build worlds as much as she invites you into a world fully built, and has ultimate faith that you, the reader, will discover all you need to know to inhabit this world along with the characters and live out their adventure I personally, being a fan of creation stories who doesn t love a cosmic turtle or a spider woman thought I was in a good place to run with the story, and then boom Suddenly we re dea...
K.P Ambroziak is unique among authors I m familiar with Traditionally even the most obtuse fantastical works will ease a reader into an unfamiliar world, gradually revealing facts as they become necessary think of Tolkien s hobbits leaving the pastoral Shire or Martin focusing almost exclusively on the Stark family before expanding to the complicated characters, politically speaking Ambroziak eschews or perhaps is incapable of such worldbuilding Her worlds seem to pop into existence fully formed, with deep wells of politics, biology, and tradition that the characters are all well aware of, and the reader simply intuits as time goes by or doesn t It s a dizzying talent, one I m not sure I would even know how to go about replicating Perhaps I shouldn t even worry about it, because it s what makes Ambroziak s work so unusual With EL AND ONINE, she revisits some of the themes touched upon in A PERPETUAL MIMICRY, about spiritual beings taking on flesh and the seemingly casual cruelty that such hybridization breeds.Rather than the angels of A PERPETUAL MIMICRY, the transcendent creatures of EL AND ONINE are Venusians, often described as beings of fire Who else could survive on the surface of Venus, after all A civil war amongst the Venusians has led to one of their religious cults taking a sort of a spiritual Stargate to a prehistor...
El and Onine El and Onine is a complex story that does not fit neatly into any box It is a creation story, an epic saga, a paranormal fiction, a fantasy, and a romance I took my time putting this review together because I wanted to do justice to the deft way Ambroziak deals with the complexities of a theme which appears in many forms throughout our human history.Those of us familiar with Ovid s Metamorphoses will recognize the origins or theme behind the masterful way in which Ambroziak makes this recurring subject in literature new and fresh As someone not familiar with Ovid s version I found that my lack did not deter me from enjoying this one Even those not accustomed to creation myths will find this book a joy to read Yet, its complexity will challenge the reader in a good way Ambroziak creates characters that reveal themselves slowly and patiently She does so with such a clever hand that we are drawn to them, wonder about them, want to know them better from the outset, even become impatient to solve the riddle of who they are in their depths While this is especially true of both El and Onine, our two main characters, even some secondary characters, such as the Venutian goddess, do not appear full blown, but become known to us bit by bit The worlds Ambroziak builds, both on Venus and on Earth, are b...
What s It About When the Venusians leave their planet in search of freedom and renewal, they realize the benefit of a union between fire, Venusians , and clay, Sapients Creating a new race presents its challenges though, as it is dangerous for those of separate races to touch one another, without being badly burned or even killed We must become the fire and clay El and Onine is a romantic fantasy about a Sapient and a Venusian who, despite the dangers of a inter species relationship, are in love.My ThoughtsI really enjoy Author K.P Ambroziak s story telling abilities because she transports me to a different world with her words She has such an incredible talent for world building, and the fantasy genre is certainly her niche.The author created an atmosphere like no other, and yet there were things familiar such as a wheat field, and a cabbage patch on this fantasy planet I enjoyed the unique setti...
Just finished reading El Onine , by K P Ambroziak I had this book in my Kindle Library for a few months, but one day along with a few other books it arrived in my mailbox, signed by the author Not for a honest review or any other reason, but because as she indicated in her signing that it was Something a little different And that it wasthis book went beyond your imagination to a world outside reality It was a melody of words, singing off the pageintellectually and poetically written, and a most fantastical piece of metamorphic fantasyanother fabulous read from a brilliant author.Synopsis A civil war on Venus has driven the Venusians to Earth for refuge, where they must adapt to their new surroundings and adopt the planet as their own The Kyprian council has selected El, a sapient and earth dweller, to be the other half of an interspecies union But contact between the species may very well mean a fiery death to both, and El is terrified.Onine, a Venusian leader, doesn t know El, but from the moment he sees her he knows he has to save her Sapients are slaves, soiled and dirty beings that inhabit the earth, and no Venusian would ever demean itself to take the crude form of the sapient But the only way for Onine to save El is to forgo his beauty and fire, and become c...
A captivating and intriguing interstellar love story with a twist Ambroziak s writing style is hauntingly smooth, melodic, and slightly sensual as she touches upon themes of master and slave, innocence and knowledge, as well as trans...
Weird and hard to follOw
Strange book, not a bad book, just, strange.
I received a copy of El and Onine by the author in exchange for a honest review This in no way swayed my opinion of the book.In a world where the earth has been taken over by aliens , El is a sapient and Onine is a Venusian Bound by the physicality of their bodies and the universe that they come from, any form of physical contact means a fiery death to both of them Yet something draws them closer together and when El is selected as the other half in an interspecies union, Onine must save her before it s too late.First off, let me just say that I am completely, completely in love with the setting of El and Onine Ambroziak drew a very intricate, very detailed picture of the landscape, and it s really quite wonderful to re imagine society if it were to be broken down and then created again, this time by a species that s not exactly human and doesn t possess human logic She also used different, alien sounding words to describe human concepts, which helps me immerse myself deep into the setting and imagine it like I m there That s not something every author can do, and it s wonderful to see a fantasy...