The Agapéd Bearer: Wishing Stars

By: Hannah Taylor Lindsey

Narrated by: Emily Turtle, Sebastian Brown

"The most powerful force in the universe falls out of the sky and into the hands of a magicless thirteen-year-old girl."

Lisa Robbie, a freckled, soon-to-be-eighth-grade girl from Keyport, New Jersey, happens upon a shooting star that isn’t merely space debris but is magic—the Agapéd Magic. This leads her to a whole new way of life where she learns she has the most powerful magic in all four galaxies, a power that the Guardians have waited 120 years for... and they are not too thrilled about it.

The only person who sees her worthy enough to wield this magic is the 700-year-old brutish Wishing Star gardener, Gaius. Still, even he won't tell her the Agapéd’s true purpose—the purpose for Lisa’s life. Curiosity takes Lisa’s new life down a path of nightmares as the Agapéd Magic begins to take a toll on her heart, and she must decide if this new way of life is worth all the pain and sorrow tagged along with it.

The Agapéd Bearer: Wishing Stars begins the epic light-versus-darkness saga, a fantasy adventure perfect for those who enjoy constant tugging at their heartstrings and plenty of magical encounters.

©2023 Hannah Taylor Lindsey (P)2024 Hannah Taylor Lindsey

Emily Turtle is a gem!

This is one of my favorite book series of all time and Emily really brought Lisa to life, the story is great as always

Fantastic

I saw this on a instagram post saying it would explain the book in like 30 seconds, and it worked! This book was absolutely fantastic and exactly the type of story I enjoy reading. Also very relatable characters with in my opinion a very unique plot and storyline from others in the same genre! And it didn’t hurt that the author is also an artist who creates her own cover, I’m an artist myself so I was beyond excited when I realized such a talented author was also an artist. I fell like it’s really something special when the author draws there own characters and covers because you’re getting the exact picture of what the author wanted to portray with there characters.

Adorable start to a series!

This story has to be the most perfectly summarized book out there. It is literally exactly as described and if the summary captures your attention I say go for it. Emily Turtle did an excellent job narrating this massive story. And the narrator for Gaius was so perfect. There are some notes on the story itself but I believe this is a debut author so I'm sure with time any problems will be ironed out. Sentence flow could be awkward and redundantly wordy. But writing is an endless process of learning what works and doesn't. A little editing could have tightened it up. The story picked up for me in part 2. Lisa has the adorable innocence of a studio ghibli character. Felt like an issekai in the best possible way.
Oh my god the cover art is absolutely beautiful. I'm in love with the style!!! Can't wait to continue the series and see how this author and story grows.

Emily brought Lisa to life 🩷

This was the perfect voice for Lisa!!!!! I adore the accents and the attention to detail with the dialogue. And my gosh, I got teary. Sebastian did Gaius’ chapter, and can I just say I was sobbing from the emotion🥲 They brought Lindsey’s story to life!

A fun emotional ride

a good start to what I'm sure will be an amazing series, rich lore, interesting characters and some heart breaking scenes, the author thrives when it comes to writing characters and they're emotions, both narrators did a solid job