Saratoga

My third indie book was also written by M. R. Pritchard, although not part of The Phoenix Project series. (My next posts switch to different authors for a while before returning to the third installment of Phoenix.)

Saratoga is a young adult paranormal romance. Although I like the books of The Phoenix Project, Pritchard's novels outside of the series are my favorites of hers so far.

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THE BLURB:

Demi has it all figured out. She is going to be a ballerina just like her mother wants. Since the dance studio is the only place she feels like she fits in, it’s the perfect plan. All she wants is a normal life, one where she and her parents aren’t moving to a new place after another one of her accidents.

Demi knows she is far from normal. She can feel it every time she walks near a park, or a tree, or a flower. She has a gift-or a curse; green things call to her. They tug at her soul and she has no idea how to control it. That is, until she meets Dylan, a boy with a similar gift. Dylan shows Demi the path to discovering who she is and what fate holds for each of them.

MY THOUGHTS:

This was a fun read. It draws on Greek mythology and ties it together neatly with young adult paranormal romance. The last quarter or so of the book ramps the excitement level up to crazy heights, bringing us through hell and back, literally. It also works in some pressing truths about humankind that prove this to be more than your average "coming of age with a supernatural twist" story. 

This is Pritchard's book that I could most easily see turning into a major motion picture some day.

MY RATING:

4 booksies

Author website: http://mrpritchard.com/

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