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In this cheekily meta look at young adult fiction, Lindsay A. Franklin sincerely tackles themes of grief and insecurity while providing laugh-out-loud moments.
—Lorehaven review, 2025

The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

Emlyn’s life is upended when she is pulled through a portal into the fantasyland of her childhood imaginings—a magical library holding the storyworlds of every story ever published.
· February 2025 · for
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A shattered heart, a fate foretold.
The world undone by tales of old.

Emlyn DuLaine just wants to know what happened to her sister, Camille, seven years ago on the fateful day she vanished—literally. Emlyn witnessed Camille unravel and disappear, but no one believes her. Since they think she’s crazy, the least the cops could do is solve Camille’s case. Is a little closure too much to ask?

But Emlyn’s life is upended when she is pulled through a portal into the fantasyland of her childhood imaginings—a magical library holding the storyworlds of every story ever published. And trouble is brewing in the land of Rivenlea. Rogue characters threaten their plot lines, and broken classics are beginning to crumble, but Emlyn only wants to find Camille.

As she searches for her sister, Emlyn begins to learn the reality of Rivenlea and her own origins. A nefarious plot is afoot, and the line between fact and fiction is becoming hopelessly blurred. The truth threatens the storyworlds, Rivenlea, and Earth—the fabric of creation, itself.

Book 1 of The Rivenlea Sphere series.

 

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Review of Lindsay A. Franklin’s The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

In this cheekily meta look at young adult fiction, Lindsay A. Franklin sincerely tackles themes of grief and insecurity while providing laugh-out-loud moments.
· February 2025

No one believes that Emlyn DuLaine saw her sister, Camille, unravel like a ribbon and disappear. Now after seven years of therapy, Emlyn thinks she may be crazy after all. Then she is pulled through a portal, unraveling just like Camille, into a world she created as a child. There her search for her sister leads to a reality that is stranger than fiction and consequences that could unravel creation itself.

Lindsay A. Franklin’s The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine holds a unique adventure into storytelling that will keep the pages turning. In this cheekily meta look at young adult fiction, Franklin sincerely tackles themes of grief and insecurity while providing laugh-out-loud moments. A messy, yet relatable main character leads a uniquely diverse cast that will leave readers wishing for a portal into book two.

Best for: Teens and adult fans of portal fantasy with unique, relatable characters.

Discern: Themes of grief and loss. Mild violence in battle. Some creepy imagery.

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