Mortal

Mortal #1

by Bella Lore

MORTAL is book #1 in a new paranormal romance series by bestselling author Bella Lore, whose series MY TRUE MATE and THE ALPHA’S MATE have over 500 five-star reviews..

When her father suddenly dies, Winter Grace, 17, is forced to fly across the country and attend a mysterious prep school, an ancient castle in a fog-covered island on the coast of Maine. Nothing here is what it seems, and it isn’t long before Winter, feeling a surging power for the first time, realizes that she is not who—or what—she thinks she is.

But when Winter feels an inexplicable crush for an elusive and dangerous boy at the school, she realizes a greater destiny is at play. She knows the relationship might destroy them both—yet she also knows that they can never be apart.

Will Winter sacrifice it all to be with the one she loves?

Creating an unforgettable world of vampires, werewolves, shifters and magic of all sorts, a world of fantasy, love and sacrifice, MORTAL will take you to another place, rife with shocking twists and turns. Fans of books such as Vampire Academy and Twilight and Crush are sure to fall in love!

Future books in the series are also available.

Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Ebooks, Vampires

199 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 7, 2023

About the author

Debut author Bella Lore is the paranormal romance author of the MY TRUE MATE series, comprising four books; THE ALPHA’S MATE series, comprising four books; and the MORTAL series, comprising five books (and counting).

Bella loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit bellaloreauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

Reviews

[Liv · Rating 1 out of 5]

I liked the the idea and premise of the story but didn’t like the execution of it

[Karen Wolf-McMillin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The plot was decent, but I’m only giving this book 2 stars because this author was all over the place with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person tenses. Honestly, I just hope she puts my $2.99 to good use and furthers her education with it. I’ve been looking all over for info on this author, but cannot find anything. If it’s a kid using a pseudonym, I’ll change my rating, but NO adult should be allowed to publish with this skill set.

[Aerryn Gorrebeeck · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not great writing and it’s definitely a twilight rip off. But I’m hooked

[Emily Ann · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm sorry to whoever likes this book but this was probably the worst thing I've read in a long time lol. But no hate to the author, I'm sure she worked really hard and it's always impressive even having a book published ♥️ maybe it's just cause I've grown out of Y/A

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok so.. This book starts off almost exactly like “Crave” by Tracy Wolf. So it’s a story we have all read before. Super natural human has powers she is unaware of and has to suddenly get shipped off to a “magic” boarding school to find this out. It’s full of supernatural people and of course we have a vampire. But we don’t get the cool bad ass vampires in this book. No we get one that gets knocked out in first round of fights. Like umm ok 🤔. Definitely not no Damon Salvatore or Vega brothers. And this one can only be powerful if it’s dark. What kind true blood 🩸stuff is she bringing back with night time vamps. No one likes that anymore. I just couldn’t get behind a wimpy vampire having to be rescued by a human who just learned she powers less than two seconds ago and all of a sudden she miraculously knows how to to control them in a blink of a eye. It was all over the place and too much stuff was unexplained. I personally listen to the audio version. Do yourself a favor do not listen to this book.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great ending to this book. One that I think about often and need to know how the clif hanger ended up!

[Wonda · Rating 2 out of 5]

The characters were too immature for me, and no different than the cast of EVERY YA novel series...was so put off by the characters and storyline similarities to EVERY YA novel series, I threw in at 50%...just not enough unique qualities to perk my interest!

[Jennifer Barczak · Rating 2 out of 5]

Writing is pretty bad. Typical vampire story line and suddenly the girl becomes a hero. Too cliche.

[Alexandria Whitley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it, definitely has Harry Potter and Twilight vibes.

[Jeannessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't hate anything at all, and don't adore anything either. It's a Harry Potter-esque story but without the dynamic and awe-inspiring world building

[Emilija · Rating 1 out of 5]

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This is literally a knock off poorly written Harry Potter. An orphan goes to a boarding school, and that's pretty much where the thin plot ends because the rest of the book reads more like a plot summary of what the author wanted to write than an actual book.

[Alyssa J · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was a great opener for the series. It’s different but Intriguing. You have hawthorn, which is the school that houses students who may be werewolf’s or witches… some form of power or magic. Your FMC doesn’t know it yet. It’s super exciting. Very YA but gives off HP or Wednesday vibes. For not being a big fantasy reader , I enjoyed it.

[Lizzie McNally · Rating 4 out of 5]

good easy read,

[Lötyi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amatőr volt az írás. A plot-ra azt hittem, hogy egy mellékfordulat és nem a nagy cucc. Meglepően könnyen és gyorsan tudtam azért olvasni.

[Kelly Forbes · Rating 5 out of 5]

page turner!

I read this so fast I lost track of time. Great read and looking forward to the next book in the series!

[Dana Kilian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm intrigued enough by the cliff hanger ending that I might get the next book in the series. Ultimately, this book left so many open questions. Maybe that was intentional, to get you to buy more in the series, but it was more unsatisfying. Still, I did enjoy the story line and it held my attention as I was waiting for answers to be revealed.
I've read other reviews that refer to this book as Harry Potter meets Twilight, and I can agree on the similarities. However, this book lacked the detailed scene description I would have loved in order to be close to Harry Potter. The stage was not set well, so I had a hard time immersing myself in a world where I don't know where the pool house is in relation to the school or the distance between them.
The book starts with a long dark journey to the school through the woods. But later, the kids walk into town and then can hear screams coming from the school and are close enough to run back? There were some other issues with the writing switching from first to third person, and a few annoying instances of the main character making observations in her head, repeating the same thought a few sentences later and/or then saying the thought out loud.

[Lenka Sajdlova · Rating 2 out of 5]

The writing itself wasn’t as bad but my god was everything super over the top and the characters were extremely immature and over emotional, plus the main character was just straight up annoying.
The romance plot had absolutely no chemistry, instant love (cause what do you mean you couldn’t exist without him when you literally JUST met him???).
Typical cliche book where the main character has no idea who she is and suddenly is the hero with superpowers, while also falling in love with the bad boy.
I’m sure the author put a lot of work into it, but I’m so glad I got this during Stuff your kindle day for free. Hopefully it gets better during the other books, but I won’t be finding out.

[Markita_Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating : 3.5🌟
This book | series has been on my TBR for at least a year now. I see why not. Also, it's a quick, easy read.
I like the IDEA 💡 of the story | plot and twist the author is trying to give, but it reads very elementary kinda. Only because the story is semi everywhere, and it doesn't give you the full idea in the first book and confusing. But i will definitely give book 2 a chance and let thT determine if I will continue on with the series.

[Sarah D · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, this book came across as juvenile.

The writing, the characters, the “plot.”

I use the term “plot” loosely, because there is only the vaguest outline of a plot in this book.

A girl is sent to a secret special school because she is secretly special. There’s a mean girl bully. There’s a vampire. There are mysterious enemies. There’s a lot of mystery that serves no purpose.

What this book lacks is any kind of depth.

[Mayda Moncrief · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one sounded interesting when I first listened to the introduction.
It is actually a young adult fiction novel but it kind of reminded me a bit of some of the tv shows about wolves and vampires so I gave it a try.
It was ok. I f I want to find out more about the story I need to go on and get number 2 in the series. I won’t be doing it any time soon.

[Sarah Keune · Rating 1 out of 5]

So disppointing, had a promising start but there was literally no point to this book and so far to this story. Author hides behind and uses secrets as an excuse not to have a proper agenda or world building and passes it off as a mystery like it’s actually dumb at this point.

[Nancy Montero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very but very fast and twist twilight and vampire academy and you get this!
I’m going to read the next book because I always had such a love for paranormal books 😋

[Emily Riley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book 3 stars because for a younger YA reader, it would be great.

[Alicia Parker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Crave, Divergent, and Twilight combined only a whole lot slower. I waited and waited for it to pick up and it finally did the last two chapters and ended on a cliffhanger. Uggggghhhhh

[Etrecia van der Merwe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book! Started last night and completed it today! Absolute page turner!

[Brianna Citino · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good story ending in a cliffhanger. I went in blind for this story and quickly became interested in the characters who are attending a magical school. Definitely interested in seeing where the story picks up with book two.

[Andrea Salazar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mortal was an interesting read, I felt like it was a little bit slow and confusing at times. The main character Winter Grace's father had died and in his will she was to attend Hawthorne School for the last 8 months of her Senior year. Everything is eerie and confusing for her as she is finding out different things about the school and almost everyone is secretive and wont tell her anything because she is supposed to find out by herself.

[Melissa Bajka · Rating 1 out of 5]

not my cup of tea

Extremely predictable. Main character is obnoxious. She becomes obsessed with the bad boy the second she sees him. It had a lot of potential but just fell flat.

[Hailey Hogan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is basically just a cheap mix of Twilight and Crave. Literally the same things happen from both series and in this one. Ridiculous.

[Christianna Franklin · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I like that it was a quick read, and the flow of the pace, but I wish there was a little bit more development to the plot. If there was a little more information given toward the storyline, I would wonder less about the details and more so about the cliffhanger ending!