Book Reviews and More: A Mom with Blue Feathers - Corinna Turner

Saturday, 26 April 2025

A Mom with Blue Feathers - Corinna Turner - An unSPARKed Story

A Mom with Blue Feathers

unSPARKed Prequel Story

Corinna Turner

Unseen Books

ISBN 9781910806951

eISBN 9781910806968

ASIN B0F46NKBG6

A Mom with Blue Feathers - Corinna Turner - An unSPARKed Story

That was a long awaited story from the masterful pen of Corinna Turner. For a long time now other volume in this and other series have announce this one as ‘coming soon’. I am not certain Turner knows what that means, but the story was well worth the wait. What an AMAZing story!

I keep saying it, because it is so true, this series keeps getting better and better, this is a wonderful addition to the series. This is another masterfully crafted piece! As soon as I finished it I out it back on my to be read pile to read it again, this time with my son. This story was AWEsome it is a great read in a FANtastic series. I have read stories in this series over 40 times now. And my son has read all of them more than once as well. We have also been ordering them for my nephew his cousin, as he finished each we order him the next. We also pick up a copy for his former school library, as they have the whole series, and it is very popular there. That shows how highly we regard these stories and Turner’s writings.

I first read a story by Turner in 2015, and read the first in this series in 2017. Since then, I have read books by her a total of 76 times, and unSPARKed stories 40 of them. I have also read a number of the unSPARKed stores in Anthologies. This story is the twelfth novel in the series and is available as an eBook and in print format. This book and series are excellent for teens, young adults and adults. The series keeps getting better and better! It has real staying power. My son and I have read most volumes at least three times each.

When I am recommending this series, which happens often, I frequently describe it as a mashup of Mad Max, Lost World, and Jurassic Park, and I have recommended it to many, all who have enjoyed them. In many ways it is like 50 years after Jurassic World Dominion. We have even bought a full set for my son’s school library and know from the Librarian that they are very popular.

unSPARKed is a series set in a not-too-distant future. Dinosaurs once again roam the earth. Just because a scientist could do something, did not mean they should have done it. Most people live SPARKed, in cities with walls and electrified fences. There are two groups of people who live unSPARKed, farmers who have electric fences around their farms and live in community with their close neighbours. The other are Hunters who live most of the time out on the road or off road in HabVI’s Habitat Vehicles.

The description of this volume is:

“CAN JOSH SURVIVE HIS BIRTHDAY?

An unSPARKed prequel set 7 years before the main series.

When Joshua is separated from his family on the eve of his eleventh birthday his dad, Isaiah, and his Uncle Z know they may never see him again alive.

With the Habitat Vehicle out of action, Isaiah soon faces the most difficult decision of his life. Should he leave his brother Zechariah to work on the stranded vehicle alone while he sets off on foot in a desperate search for his son?

Meanwhile, alone in the dinosaur-infested wilderness, young Joshua is putting into practice all the survival skills his dad has taught him—until an unexpected encounter with a deadly predator sets the stage for the most unlikely alliance imaginable.”

About the series we are informed:

“CAN HUMANS AND DINOSAURS CO-EXIST?

In a Jurassic future, humans no longer have dominion over the earth. Most people live in cities, behind high electric fences, but some choose the freedom of life unSPARKed, close to nature. If you like Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, and Mad Max, you’ll love this pulse-pounding, futuristic, dino-dystopian series with a western twist. Since 2017, award-winning author Corinna Turner has been writing the unSPARKed series. Check it out today!”

Often the chapters in these books are the narrators name. This time there are numerous sections per chapter each a first person narrative. And each chapter counts up the number of days. Starting with a significant incident. The narrators are:

Joshua

Isaiah

It is not new to the series having part of the story in Isaiah’s voice, but this is only the second time we have had it. And the other time, was just as dangerous for Joshua. And the title of the story, and the story we are given in this volume is mentioned often throughout the series.

This story takes place over fifteen days; fifteen very long and intense days for Joshua, his father and his uncle. The story starts on the eve of Joshua’s eleventh birthday. There is a huge twist right near the beginning. After Joshua is separate in the wild, and the HabVI is stuck. All three; Joshua, his father Isaiah, and his uncle Zachariah are each dealing with their own stress, and frustration with the situation they find themselves in. They are each trying to live by the Hunter code, and rules that have been hammered into them since they were young. But Josh is lost and unSPARKed and all three are desperate. There are a lot of prayers thrown up to Saint Desmond the hermit to intercede for the family, and this terrible situation.

Wow what a story! The next story in the series is A Nest of Piranha’saurs and I can freely admit we are both desperate for Corinna to write and release it. From the ending of Weigh the Odds it can go a few ways and it is hard to wait. We can only hope the next volume A Nest of Piranha’saurs drop sooner rather than later. We are so thanklful this story was released to hold us over. I am already planning to go back and reread this excellent tail, er I mean tale. I believe Turner has 2 or 3 more novels planned for the main series.

This is another AWEsome read in a MASTERfully written series. It is a great read by a gifted and talented author, and one of our favourite contemporary YA and Catholic authors at that! A volume we can easily recommend for fans of the series, fans of science fiction or really anyone who just loves a very well-crafted story. We can highly recommend this book and series!

Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2025 Catholic Reading Plan!