Wes Dyson

In a world where the heart's journey leads to either creative or destructive magic, a family is pulled apart...When their father became a Void, a monster of unspeakable horror, Lynd's heart broke and her brother, Gai, promised to fix it. Their fates were defined for them ever since.From their inner world comes a power to change the outer world - Myracles - magic that either bonds or breaks, creates or destroys. As the brother and sister set across Esa to bring their family back together, this power will either unite them or shatter all life to pieces.It will all come down that defining moment, and if they define themselves.Create or destroy?

Myracles in the Void

Paige Green

Disclaimer: I received this e-arc and arc from Smith Publicity. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: Myracles in the Void

Author: Wes Dyson

Book Series: Myraverse Book 1

Rating: 4/5

Recommended For...: young adult books, fantasy, dystopian, magic

Publication Date: April 12, 2022

Genre: YA Fantasy

Age Relevance: 13+ (starvation, abandonment, violence, gore)

Explanation of Above: The book mentioned starvation and abandonment by the children’s father. There is also violence and some slight gore (blood).

Publisher: Wonderlove

Pages: 370

Synopsis: "He used to say, 'a broken heart breaks all around it. Heal you, heal the world.'"

There once were two children,
a girl and a boy.
One could create,
the other, destroy.

Within every heart lies the power to bond or break.

On an isolated port of floating garbage called Hop, Gaiel Izz and his sister, Lynd, never imagined they’d be able to change anything…

Not their nasty neighbors, not their hungry bellies, and especially not their missing father.

That will change when they discover the power of myracles — magic that either creates or destroys.

As the brother and sister set across Esa to bring their family back together, this power will either unite them or shatter their entire world to pieces.

It will all come down to what truly lies within their hearts…

Create or destroy?

Review: For the most part I enjoyed this book. The book is very entertaining and I enjoyed it immensely. The flow of the book is easy to understand and I love the character building and dialogue. I think the best part of this book was the story, which was really well written and had a lot of great world building. The book is also a great read for younger YA audiences.

However, I did find the book pretty slow. Once the book hit a little past the middle part I felt it was a bit faster, but for the most part the slow pacing hurt the book a bit.

Verdict: It was good!


Hannah Wall

Because this is a netgalley book, meaning it hasn’t released yet, there will be a spoiler free review that sums up my thoughts. A second part will only be my thoughts as I read- it’s confusing. 
First off, thank you Netgalley and Wes Dyson for the privilege to read this book for an honest review. 
Myracles in the Void started out as a two star and rose to a four star. If you want to read this book, just keep in mind to finish. It’s confusing and weird UNTIL you get to the end. Then the book takes a whole new turn. The world building is immaculate and so complex- it sounds like it could be real. Mr. Dyson did an amazing job with this book. There are some problems with the book that I have and will mention in my spoiler part of this review. 


Spoiler part!!!!!






While I loved the book, I was confused most of the time. While the world building was amazing, I think it could be better introduced. One thing I thought was weird is how Gai and Lynd had their own chapters, but it really felt like they had their own stories. At the end of the book, you learn there was a ten year difference in timelines, so it makes perfect sense while it felt like they were in their own book! I would love another book in this world too. I think if the beginning of the book was better explained I would like it more. The book also glosses over many parts of the story- we don’t get to see much of Lynd and Kal and I would have loved to be able to have more of their love story. I think if it was turned into a duology, we could have more intricate details because the plot of the book is amazing, but so much is glossed over. The setting hops from place to place before you understand where you are. So many things didn’t make sense while reading and that truly hinders the enjoyment of Mryacles in the Void. I am really excited to see what else Mr. Dyson writes. 



My thoughts while reading 
Page 26-
It has a very fast paced intro which I really like. I can engage with the book and no be bogged down by too much world building and stuff. 

Page-42 
Found a small quote error. I’m liking it so far. Not normally what I read and I like that. There are a few errors and where quotes go, kind of disappointing. 

Page 70- 
So the errors in the book aren’t errors, but it isn’t made clear about that until chapter three. It would be better to make that clear at the beginning of the book. And the authors talks directly to the reader which I’m not a huge fan of. 
 
Page 157- it’s very interesting, but I’m highly confused at what’s going on and what everything means. But I’m liking it so far. 

Chapter 9-
My paging is all messed up because I’m reading from NetGalley on my phone, but from there I’m on page 170. I’m very confused and this book. Some many things are fully explained and don’t make sense. And some of the choice words are questionable to me. The word “peeper” to describe eyes does not seem professional. It sounds childlike. 

The world building is interesting. It is very complex and I really like it, but it is not explained well. We need more to fully get
Into the story. There need to be descriptive words- like what is a Watermoss ball? What’s it made out of? The town was described, but not too an easy extent where it can be remembered. 

Page 216-
Why does no one think a giant turtle is frightening? Like no one has mentioned how weird it is? Maybe it’s normal, I don’t know. But if it’s not normal, that’s something that needs an explanation. So much of the story relies on stuff the readers is not told. Like what happened in the first Mryacite War and what is the social structure of the world? Hop was decently described, but I’m so confused about the rest of the world. I’d like to make a comment- my first section of notes, I said I liked how fast paced it was and wasn’t bogged with by world building. Yea, I kinda wish I was bogged down. 

Page- 222
So new chapter in Lynd’s perspective and I like her. I will say even though both characters grew up in the same house, Lynd does have a more grownup or refind point of view. Gai’s POV is choppy and basic sounding where are Lynd’s is just kind of more of a normal view. It’s hard to explain. This might be done on purpose- I can’t tell, but I thought I should mention it. 

Page- 241
I love Lynd’s POV. And the Akademy is really cool. I do think the double POVs might be stretched out, but I’m very excited to keep reading now about the Akademy. There are characters now we can really get to know HOPEfully😜.

295- 
Ok, I’m really liking Lynd and everyone at class. It’s getting really good! I’m at 38%. She has some enemies and maybe and love interest! 

Page- 350
I really like Kabbage- he’s cute. I want to like Kal, but I kinda think he’s suspicious. Idk yet. We’ll see. I do like how both of them are kinda in the wrong place. Lynd is harassed for being with the Elix people and Gai is stuck with people who don’t understand his power. I’m liking the book more and more.

Page- 422
The more I get into the book the better I like it! I’m 55% in and I think it’s a solid 4 stars. The story over is enjoyable. It’s fun watching Gai getting stronger and able to do more. I do have to make a note- there are quite a few characters and new one keep coming. I do enjoy Mac, but I’m curious if these new people will stay with Gai or if he moves on. It’s hard to get attached to characters if new ones keep getting introduced. Also is Ballette and Astel related? 

Page 480-
I’m really confused now. The book has a great concept, but there is so much history that’s it’s all confusing. This would be a great second book if the first was closer to the Last Myracle War. The history is so 
confusing I’m spending more time trying to understand what already happened. That seems to be the largest problem with this book. 

Page- 560
I really want this book to be good! I enjoy it, but there is so much wrong with the plot. There are too many stories and so much going on. So many characters and sub-plots that my mind’s spinning. Kal is fighting his father and the dialogue is ok, but now Lynd is suppose to save them and Gai is trying to find his sister and they both are learning about everything in the world, but going back and forth is too much. There needs to be two different books. The world building is incredible and very well done, but it’s also not presented in a good way. Both MCs move from scene to scene and you can’t get ahold of anything. 
Also how did a little girl stop an entire war. That nothing truly happened, but they WON the war?? It wasn’t climatic enough. How the frick did this girl just become leader of an entire country? Like what the heck just happened???? 

Page 571-
Ok so Tessa was married to Mac, but she was the father of Kal? I’m confused now? Ok, but Mac is also General Bend? Because Kal killed his father, General Bend. But Tessa was married to General Bend aka Mac. Is this like when Gai is in the future and Lynd went back in time? Ohhhh so it is like that. Gai is in time ten years after Lynd. 

Page- 593
This is getting really good! I’m a little lost, but everything is starting to fit together. Is Lynd pregnant- it sounds weird, but she is also in her early twenty’s soo…. I’m also so happy Pa came back! I don’t understand why he came back, but I’m all for it! And Poor Kal is dead but he loved Lynd so much! I wish there was more of his and her story.

Myracles in the Void

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