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USA Today Bestselling and International Literary Classics Award-winning author, Astrid V.J. writes transformation fiction: exploring the human capacity to transform and achieve success in the face of adversity. You are permitted to request an e-book review copy of one of Astrid's existing books in exchange for an honest review. I am grateful for all reviews. Negative reviews, which explain what aspects of the book didn't work for you as well as something you did like are acceptable. Please remain kind, even if you didn't like the book. Thank you for taking the time and being willing to read and review one of these books. Below are the options, followed by an opportunity to select the book of your choice.

The books available as review copies are:
Aspiring, Part 1 of the Siblings' Tale, Astrid's award-winning debut novel (please note, the e-book version of Becoming, Part 2 of the Siblings' Tale is available commercially)

Gisela's Passion, a NA retelling of the tragic French ballet, Giselle

The Last Warrior, a fairytale for modern sensibilities and one of the stories in The Wordmage's Tales series. This is a tale about the transformational power of self-belief.

Silvana's Trial, a fairytale for modern sensibilities and one of the stories in The Wordmage's Tales series. This is a tale about the transformational power of forgiveness.

It's a Bear's Life: That's No Picnic, a YA urban fantasy novella set in modern-day Sweden but with bear shifters.

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Aspiring, Part 1 of the Siblings' Tale, a retelling of the lesser-known Grimm fairytale, Brother and Sister and winner of two 2019 International Literary Classics Awards: gold for fairytales and silver for YA fantasy.

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A coven of witches plots to overthrow a kingdom. One brave woman stands in their way.

At her mother’s death-bed, Elisabeth learns her mother’s illness is no accident and that her own life is in danger. Evil witches are plotting to take over the kingdom of Vendale. All alone, naïve, and untrained, Elisabeth’s determination is all she has to confront her mother’s murderers as she discovers love at the same time. While Richard’s behaviour sends distracting mixed messages, Elisabeth finds herself stuck in limbo: she is treated like a child but is forced to make adult decisions. Meanwhile, the witches’ plot spins a fateful web around her. 

Can Elisabeth succeed in the face of insurmountable odds?
Gisela's Passion, a retelling of the tragic French ballet, Giselle

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Ever since she can remember, 18-year-old Gisela Winry has wanted to dance. Her strict father sees dancing as the path to immorality, licentiousness and debauchery. Devastated at his wrath after she secretly auditions and wins the title Harvest Queen of Ylvaton, Gisela turns to her best friend, Hilarion, who proposes a path she cannot take. With their friendship broken, Hilarion retreats to the solace of the forest where he lets his hatred and jealousy fester. Meanwhile, Gisela meets Vincent, a young nobleman seeking to escape his dead brother’s shadow. 

Will Gisela be able to uphold her family honour and get to do the one thing she’s always been passionate about? Will Vincent’s chance encounter with the lovely harvest queen from a tiny village become more meaningful than earning his father’s approval? And will Hilarion fight for the love of his life or give in to the darkness within him?
The Last Warrior, a fairytale for modern sensibilities with a focus on self-worth and the transformational power of self-belief.

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Cynthia has struggled for years against the powers guiding her life. She wants to take back control. She wants the freedom to marry a man she loves and, more than anything, she wants to live up to the expectation she's been saddled with. In her own mind she is far from worthy of being the head healer of her people.

Can she overcome her self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy? Can she expand her awareness and become kinder to herself? Or will she allow everything that ever brought her happiness to slip through her grasp and turn to ashes?


Silvana's Trial, a fairytale for modern sensibilities and one of the stories in The Wordmage's Tales series. This is a tale about the transformational power of forgiveness.

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Silvana, crown princess of Oruna, is faced with a task that most would fail. She is ordered to accompany her mortal enemy, the man who tried to murder her father when she was seven years old. The imperial prince wants to tour her nation and Silvana is the only person of high enough station to do perform this task. Can she do this impossible task to keep her people safe?

On a journey that brings painful memories with every step, Silvana must maintain appearances and keep her secrets safe from the imperial prince. Can she overcome her hate? Or will she succumb to the festering desire for vengeance that is threatening to make her as evil as the imperial prince she despises?


  It's a Bear's Life: That's No Picnic, a YA urban fantasy novella set in modern-day Sweden but with bear shifters.

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There’s nothing much more life-changing than a bullet to the neck...

While he contemplates death and the consequences his will bring for his family, Bashir is offered a chance at a new life by the Swedish police officer who finds him in a dark alley of Gothenburg’s infamous north-eastern suburb. Bashir’s new life comes with the surprise that nothing is as he previously believed: magical creatures exist, and preying on the weak are forces far more sinister than the drug dealers he’d contended with before.

But if becoming a part of Sweden’s hidden underworld of shifters weren’t enough, Bashir’s discoveries are upended when he meets Milena: the last Vasa.

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