Four Nails by G.J. Berger Review

Four Nails

By G. J. Berger

4/5 stars

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review through Voracious Readers Only.

Four Nails is the captivating story of a young elephant trainer forced into slavery to help his family. Set in Ancient India, it is a beautiful story about Ashoka, Four Nails and the bond between them. Ashoka is a young elephant trainer, only 11 years old. Four Nails is the largest elephant the people have ever seen. In the beginning of the story Ashoka is very naive due to his young age. It isn't until an old woman is beheaded as a lesson and her head use as a deterrence that Ashoka begins to understand the changes he is about to face in his young life. With Four Nails marked for death and Ashoka trying to make himself worthy of a master, the two develop an unlikely bond of trust. During Ashoka's enslavement he finds himself training elephants, including Four Nails, for Hannibal's army only to end up marching the elephants with the army to war against the Romans. We watch Ashoka grow a lot as his journey with Four Nails and Hannibal's army unfolds.

The characters in this book are well thought out and written. The story itself was amazing. I really enjoyed this book and found it to be engaging from the beginning. It pulls at your heart strings evoking lots of emotions. This book made me happy at times and broke my heart during others. I loved this book and am glad to have gotten to read it. Overall, I do recommend reading this book, especially for elephant lovers.