For Fortune's grace!

[Cristina Chifane]

I loved those phrases! They added spice to the tale.

I do think she add more words and phrases in a sequel. I also liked the pans she used.

I also remember I found myself chuckling at some of the character's names such as Peter Patrick Peterson or Victor Valerian.

[djr6090]

It must be a prerequisite for a fantasy book to construct its own language. As a young adult book, this is kind of fun. Reading it as an adult, it kind of turned me off. I would rather have had a more understandable background on some of the characters. Like Alice's rabbit, some were down the rabbit hole.

[Helene_2008]

I enjoyed the Echo language. I think it added humor to the book and added to the creativity of Echoland. I would love to see more in a sequel!

[Nisha Ward]

Oh yes indeed. One of the things that makes a fantasy world come alive is the way language is used and the creativity in thid one was just delightful. If the sequel expands on Echoland I'd love to see more of this.

[Corina Elena]

This was such a playful way to immerse the readers in the creative world the author imagined! For sure this language should be developed further, with even some new words that make no sense to us at the moment. I am looking forward to seeing where these adventures take us!

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

One of the things I absolutely loved about this book was the Echo language the characters sometimes use. Although there are only a few phrases such as "Crystal my ears!", "Fortunerifically lucky!", or "For Fortune's grace/favor!", they add a lot of savory and humor to the story. Did you like the author's invention of Echo-speech? Do you think she could add more words and phrases in a sequel?

The book was well established in Echo culture and verbal cues and I do not think the author needs to emphasise this in any sequel. Should she choose to do so though, I could never complain.

[Aniza Butt]

Yeah i liked how she coined words and phrases. My fav was fortunerifically.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

Yeah i liked how she coined words and phrases. My fav was fortunerifically.

I also liked how she coined that phrase fortunerifically....it just roles off the tongue.

[Samy Lax]

The Echoland language and how pleasing and rhythmic it sounds to the ears when you read it aloud bears testament to the author's creativity. This adds so much to bringing this fictional world alive in our minds.

[evraealtana]

I thought they were cute when used singly, but they were repeated so often it did start to grate on my nerves. I'd have appreciated a larger variety of Echo phrases.

[Kro92813]

I thought they were cute when used singly, but they were repeated so often it did start to grate on my nerves. I'd have appreciated a larger variety of Echo phrases.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who found it slightly annoying

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

I loved those phrases! They added spice to the tale.

I do think she add more words and phrases in a sequel. I also liked the pans she used.

I also remember I found myself chuckling at some of the character's names such as Peter Patrick Peterson or Victor Valerian.

Yes, and a character named Victor Valorian has a daughter named Valerie Valorian.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

I thought they were cute when used singly, but they were repeated so often it did start to grate on my nerves. I'd have appreciated a larger variety of Echo phrases.

At first I explained it as a new world with new rules but soon it also started grating on my nerves. The dictionary-learned part of me wanted to scratch the worlds from the book.

[Nicole_Boyd]

I really liked this detail of the book. I think she could definitely add more of this in the sequel, but I find different languages fascinating so maybe that's just me. I really like it when a book has it's own language, like in Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia. I think this gives the world a whole deeper dimension and believability.

[Chelsey Coles]

I love it! It's so creative and proves that the book is its own unique world. It even makes me want to incorporporate them into my daily language!

Definitely gonna use, "Oh, by Fortune!"