Blue Violet by Abigail Owen Published by Wild Rose Press Publication Date: October 5, 2015
Pages: 204
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2013 Bronze Medalist for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror eBook at the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs)
Book #1 of the Svatura Series
Ellie Aubrey is a centuries-old gypsy princess whose extraordinary abilities once inspired her Roma ancestors' fairytales (or nightmares). Along with her twin-brother, Griffin, Ellie has spent most of her life hiding from the Vyusher, a rival tribe who destroyed their entire powerful family. But after a mysterious dream, Ellie risks discovery in order to find and watch over the Jenners, another group of similarly gifted people. She refuses to let them suffer the same fate. Alex Jenner has come home to protect his family. His adopted mother can sense danger coming, but not who or when. Suspicious of the new girl in town, Alex challenges Ellie in ways that will spark one of two possible outcomes: they'll spontaneously combust, or she'll lose control of the one power she's fought so hard to contain. When the Vyusher once again threaten everything she holds dear, Ellie will have to face her worst fear, and Alex will have to face an impossible decision. In this fairytale, the dragon that the prince must slay is also the princess who holds his heart.
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This was a good YA paranormal romance. Though teen it still had mystery, thrill doused with horror and gore. One thing I found weird was she still acted like a teenager, the youngest of all the characters and yet in the beginning of the book I had the feel that she was quite old, over two centuries old. it felt like she was stuck in her teen years while her twin brother was an adult. That didn’t feel right.
A good story and the first of the series. Looking forward to reading the rest.
