• Jolene

  • Elemental Masters, Book 15
  • By: Mercedes Lackey
  • Narrated by: Zura Johnson
  • Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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Jolene

By: Mercedes Lackey
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
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Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner, but a sickly constitution has kept her confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter's health—and lessen the burden on their family—Anna's mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny, a witchy-woman and an Elemental Master, in a holler outside of Ducktown.

As she settles into her new life, Anna learns new skills at Aunt Jinny's side and discovers that she, too, has a gift for Elemental magic that Jinny calls "the Glory." She also receives lessons from a mysterious and bewitching woman named Jolene, who assures her that, with time, Anna could become even more powerful than her aunt.

But with Anna's increasing power comes increasing notice. Billie McDaran, the foreman of the Ducktown mine, begins to take an interest in Anna and her abilities—even though Anna has already fallen in love with a young man with a talent for stonecarving.

If she wants to preserve the life she has come to love, Anna must use her newfound powers to oppose the foreman and protect those around her.

©2020 Mercedes Lackey (P)2024 Tantor

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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene….

If you like the elemental masters series, this one will surprise you, move you and simply delight you.
The narrators performs is a delight of accents and emotions. And it made me miss the Appalachian trails. The modern idioms might vary slightly but if you ever been in a Holler… Well yall know…

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a story crafted from a song

I loved this story crafted around the song Jolene. The food they prepared reminded me of being at my great grandmother'sbhouse sitting in her kitchen. The accents made me smile and the story was fantasruc!

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Another creative elemental novel

The elemental novels are my favorite of Mercedes Lackey novels. Her first were in Europe, Jolene is in the Tennessee mountains, the perfect setting for an earth elemental. You can easily picture all of the tiny elementals pulled to the earth elementals in the Tennessee forests. The terrible effect the mining has on the environment and on the earth elementals living near the mines. That a sickly child is sent to her Aunt who is an elemental and healer who lives in an area that has not been destroyed by the mines. We see her grow and thrive with her aunt as she also learns new skills as she is a strong elemental. Of course there is an evil 😈 elemental who works for a nearby mine. There is also a diary from her great grandfather who was sent to America by Russian and European Elementals to help in the new lands. All over a great read. Narration adds to the tale

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Jolene

As always Ms Lackey captures the imagination and the heart of the reader. Though the beginning seems like the story may be a tragedy, it ends in a victory that brings tears to the eyes.!
I would recommend this book for all readers from preteen up. 😇

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Spoiler alert!

I do hope Ms. Lackey spoke to Dolly Parton about the last chapter of this story before publishing it. I enjoyed the song and the book as fairytale fodder.

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