Title: Moonstone
(Unbidden Magic #1)
Author: Marilee Brothers
Rating: 4/5
Summary: Allie lives in Peakcock Flats, Washington with her mom. Every day life has the typical filler of every fifteen-year-old’s life: high school bullies, snarky drama queens, bad-guy dudes with charming smiles. Oh, Allie also has this prophecy to live up to about saving the world from evil. Her psychic abilities are jump started by an electrical jolt from a TV antenna which brings forth a hippy-dippy guardian angel and the gift of an incredible moonstone pendant from the town “witch,” who just happens to be Allie Emerson’s next door neighbor.
Review: The story starts off a touch strange, but it quickly becomes exciting and more suspenseful as you progress. Kudos to Marilee Brothers on her first attempt, and as a self published book there are a few flaws, but that is to be expected, and they did not bother me too much, except for the failure to set the ‘rules” so to speak for the many magical talents Allie is now in possession of by the end of the book.
Author: Marilee Brothers
Rating: 4/5
Summary: Allie lives in Peakcock Flats, Washington with her mom. Every day life has the typical filler of every fifteen-year-old’s life: high school bullies, snarky drama queens, bad-guy dudes with charming smiles. Oh, Allie also has this prophecy to live up to about saving the world from evil. Her psychic abilities are jump started by an electrical jolt from a TV antenna which brings forth a hippy-dippy guardian angel and the gift of an incredible moonstone pendant from the town “witch,” who just happens to be Allie Emerson’s next door neighbor.
Review: The story starts off a touch strange, but it quickly becomes exciting and more suspenseful as you progress. Kudos to Marilee Brothers on her first attempt, and as a self published book there are a few flaws, but that is to be expected, and they did not bother me too much, except for the failure to set the ‘rules” so to speak for the many magical talents Allie is now in possession of by the end of the book.
Allie’s powers are telekinetic and they are amplified by the
moonstone pendant that she is given by her eccentric neighbor, however, there
are others that want the pendant as well, and now Allie’s world is filled with
quite a bit more than your average high school drama, she has now started her
part in the age old battle between good and evil, however she isn’t sure who
she can trust.
The characters are pretty well developed, and they are the
type you can either love or hate. Allie
just wants a normal life, and actually wants her powers to go away when they
first manifest themselves. She is also
more grown up than her mother Faye, who you just want to shake and smack some sense
into. Junior is the local bad boy,
former gang member and now trying to right his wrongs and keep himself out of
trouble. I love the interaction between
Allie and Junior and the potential for a budding relationship is so strong, I
can’t wait to see what the future holds for them.
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