"A 'can't put it down' love story."
Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted September 17, 2015
Romance Paranormal
Ellie Aubrey, a woman with extraordinary abilities, has
spent centuries in hiding along with her twin brother,
Griffin. They are hiding from the Vyusher, a rival tribe
that had destroyed her entire powerful family. Until the
day this woman with BLUE VIOLET eyes has a mysterious
dream, then Ellie must risk 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 her
family had. 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 will spontaneously combust or she will lose control of
the one power she has fought the hardest to contain. When the Vyusher once again threatens everything she holds
dear, Ellie will have to face her worst fear and Alex will
face an impossible decision. In this fairytale, the dragon
that the prince must slay is also the princess who holds
his heart. BLUE VIOLET is an amazing, don't-you-dare-put-it-down,
read. Ellie looks like a typical teen but you have to add a
few hundred years to get her real age. She thinks she and
her brother are the last remaining Svatura until a dream
sends her rushing to check out another family. Alex is at
first wary of the "new" girl in their midst but then his
heart kicks into action. This is a different type of
paranormal and I understand it is a re-release of author
Abigail Owen's "Svatura" stories, with new and beautiful
covers. Having not had the opportunity to read the
originals I found this book fresh, inventive and just darn
good. I am not into teen, young adult stories but the fact
that these young people are really centuries old made them
intriguing to me. You will have to read BLUE VIOLET to find
out just what Ellie's hardest to contain power is and what
it really takes for her to control it. The romance is sweet
and the overall vibe is love, acceptance and family, something that Ellie was
searching for and something she
gets. I cannot wait to get my hands on the next Svatura
story.
SUMMARY
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.
ExcerptAlex gave her an adorable lopsided grin, and her
heartbeat picked up in response. “I also just finished a
run.”“In this weather?” Ellie teased. She was rewarded with a
deep chuckle that danced up and down her spine. “Hey, maybe we could run together some time,” he
suggested. Ellie gave silent thanks that he hadn’t
noticed her reaction to him. “Maybe….” Ellie nodded and smiled to take the sting out
of what could’ve been perceived as a rejection. Suddenly he leaned forward and touched her arm lightly.
“You do that a lot, you know.” Trying not to pull away from his touch, it was Ellie’s
turn to raise her eyebrows in surprise. “Do what?” “Answer with something vague.” He sat back, letting her
breathe normally again. “Do I?” Ellie feigned surprise. Impressive. Most people
don’t even notice when I’m giving vague answers. “There you go again!” “Huh.” Ellie grimaced and tried a different approach. “I
don’t even notice I’m doing it. I guess I don’t talk
about myself much in general.” Especially to hot guys who
have no clue who I really am. “Fair enough.” Alex let her off the hook with good-
natured grace. “So back to that run?” Ellie laughed. Clearly she wasn’t going to get away with
keeping her distance. Not that she wanted to. She was
just trying to avoid further complication. And Alex
Jenner had the potential to be a rather major
complication.
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Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: A 'can't put it down' love story.
So glad you loved it Annetta! :) *Doing a little happy
dance.* - Abigail
(Abigail Owen 1:44pm September 18, 2015)
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