What do you think?
Rate this book
The Apollo Saga #1
Apollo Rising
Allison Graves just wanted a simple life – a decent job, a nice apartment, and the occasional refuge from Apollo City, a harbor city on the eastern seaboard whose secrets are as dark as its impending winter storm. Allie’s weekend retreat to the Adirondacks should’ve have been relaxing. But when an accident on a treacherous mountain road results in caring for a strange man while snowed in at her grandmother’s cabin, her life takes an unexpected turn.
Miles from civilization, Allie and her new guest, Tyler, must learn to trust one another as she tries to unravel the mystery of his past, and he makes a startling confession—he’s a werewolf. Until now, Tyler had never met anyone who accepted him for what he was, and the undeniable attraction growing between them only makes dealing with his condition more challenging. Will his uncontrollable nature rip them apart before the storm passes, or will this new relationship lead them down a road that Allie has been resisting for years?
Apollo Rising is the first book in The Apollo Saga – a deeply suspenseful, contemporary story set in the fantasy world of Apollo City, filled with romance, real life and werewolves.
Miles from civilization, Allie and her new guest, Tyler, must learn to trust one another as she tries to unravel the mystery of his past, and he makes a startling confession—he’s a werewolf. Until now, Tyler had never met anyone who accepted him for what he was, and the undeniable attraction growing between them only makes dealing with his condition more challenging. Will his uncontrollable nature rip them apart before the storm passes, or will this new relationship lead them down a road that Allie has been resisting for years?
Apollo Rising is the first book in The Apollo Saga – a deeply suspenseful, contemporary story set in the fantasy world of Apollo City, filled with romance, real life and werewolves.
206 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 14, 2012
8 people are currently reading
100 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
December 15, 2012
A nice, quick read about shifters. Allie and Trey were likable characters. I wish there was more interaction between them before the instant love affair but alas, everything happens super fast nowadays.
August 26, 2018
Book Review- Apollo Rising by Sage Arroway
Allie decides to get away and stay at her family’s cabin in the mountains. She tries to make it before the snow hits. She has to stop along the way when she hits something with her jeep. The author creates this situation where she hits a man and she can’t leave him there. She must get him in her jeep and take him to the cabin with her. The plot thickens as she realizes his injuries are not all from the car, but he had been shot first. Even more shocking is how fast he heals.
Turns out Tyler is a werewolf and reveals his secret to her as the full moon causes him to change. Surprisingly Allie handles things like a champ which shocks Tyler. In fact, the author creates a shocking situation which begins the book where Tyler has been captured and held against his will until he escapes. After he spends time with Allie at the cabin, the people after Tyler find them both.
The beginning is shocking enough to draw you in and keep you reading. The way they meet is an interesting turn of events. The poor guy is definitely having a bad day. Of course, she is a godsend as she takes care of him. I even like how she feeds the crow that shows up on her doorstep. It reveals the big heart she has.
The secrets the author reveals later are pretty shocking. I didn’t see those coming. The twists that are weaved throughout the storyline keep you reading. The issues that are arising for the characters to deal with weren’t something they would have expected on either side. Their shock is obvious as is the reader’s. I wonder how the author will rectify these issues as time goes on. New avenues the story could possibly go are sprinkled in and the last lines of the story leave the reader hanging. It was an interesting read and I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
Allie decides to get away and stay at her family’s cabin in the mountains. She tries to make it before the snow hits. She has to stop along the way when she hits something with her jeep. The author creates this situation where she hits a man and she can’t leave him there. She must get him in her jeep and take him to the cabin with her. The plot thickens as she realizes his injuries are not all from the car, but he had been shot first. Even more shocking is how fast he heals.
Turns out Tyler is a werewolf and reveals his secret to her as the full moon causes him to change. Surprisingly Allie handles things like a champ which shocks Tyler. In fact, the author creates a shocking situation which begins the book where Tyler has been captured and held against his will until he escapes. After he spends time with Allie at the cabin, the people after Tyler find them both.
The beginning is shocking enough to draw you in and keep you reading. The way they meet is an interesting turn of events. The poor guy is definitely having a bad day. Of course, she is a godsend as she takes care of him. I even like how she feeds the crow that shows up on her doorstep. It reveals the big heart she has.
The secrets the author reveals later are pretty shocking. I didn’t see those coming. The twists that are weaved throughout the storyline keep you reading. The issues that are arising for the characters to deal with weren’t something they would have expected on either side. Their shock is obvious as is the reader’s. I wonder how the author will rectify these issues as time goes on. New avenues the story could possibly go are sprinkled in and the last lines of the story leave the reader hanging. It was an interesting read and I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
May 7, 2016
1.5, slightly spoilerish
This took what could have been an interesting idea and wasted it with complete lack of development and rushed...well, everything else. The two characters meet and within a day or so are madly, irrevocably in love. And those romantic feelings come out of nowhere. There is no slow growth or development. They have sex and they are in love. Period. What's worse, one character uses sex to magically cure another. (Though I have to admit it's a bit of a twist on the trope to have a magic vagina instead of a magic penis.)
Annoyingly, the author seems to pretend a character not knowing something is the same thing as a character choosing not mentioning something. Because we're in both characters' heads and [spolier] if you are yourself a werewolf and you run into a naked man in the middle of a snowy forest on the night of a full moon it's going to occur to you that the man might be a werewolf and this does not occur to Allison. We are told what she thinks and that's not among her thoughts then or at any other point. You can't write 80% of the books AS IF she doesn't know something and then suddenly tell the reader she does and expect it to fly. That is not the same as adding a twist to a plot, it's falsifying your story and expecting the reader to just roll with it. Ummm, no.
The baddy is a cliche scorned woman with no depth or development what so ever. And the book basically ends where I would expect the real story to begin.
The writing and editing is fine, other than a few missing words. Maybe I'll give Arroway another shot, but this book was not a winner for me.
This took what could have been an interesting idea and wasted it with complete lack of development and rushed...well, everything else. The two characters meet and within a day or so are madly, irrevocably in love. And those romantic feelings come out of nowhere. There is no slow growth or development. They have sex and they are in love. Period. What's worse, one character uses sex to magically cure another. (Though I have to admit it's a bit of a twist on the trope to have a magic vagina instead of a magic penis.)
Annoyingly, the author seems to pretend a character not knowing something is the same thing as a character choosing not mentioning something. Because we're in both characters' heads and [spolier] if you are yourself a werewolf and you run into a naked man in the middle of a snowy forest on the night of a full moon it's going to occur to you that the man might be a werewolf and this does not occur to Allison. We are told what she thinks and that's not among her thoughts then or at any other point. You can't write 80% of the books AS IF she doesn't know something and then suddenly tell the reader she does and expect it to fly. That is not the same as adding a twist to a plot, it's falsifying your story and expecting the reader to just roll with it. Ummm, no.
The baddy is a cliche scorned woman with no depth or development what so ever. And the book basically ends where I would expect the real story to begin.
The writing and editing is fine, other than a few missing words. Maybe I'll give Arroway another shot, but this book was not a winner for me.
October 9, 2013
An interesting beginning and 2 strong characters reunited by fate.
However, I found that everything moved to fast, their relationship, their feelings and how they wanted to go on with their life. And i got the feeling that Tyler was always running, be it in the beginning or in the end. Not very manly and even less sexy. Allie was doing the whole job, even hunting. Come on...
The cliffanger in the end was definitely not expected at all and i was very pleasantly surprised. But I don't feel like readying the sequel :(
However, I found that everything moved to fast, their relationship, their feelings and how they wanted to go on with their life. And i got the feeling that Tyler was always running, be it in the beginning or in the end. Not very manly and even less sexy. Allie was doing the whole job, even hunting. Come on...
The cliffanger in the end was definitely not expected at all and i was very pleasantly surprised. But I don't feel like readying the sequel :(
September 29, 2013
This is one of those books that has a totally eye-pooping reveal. I love that! It is also one of those books where the couple falls in love and you have question marks all over wondering how that happened since they seem to go from strangers or whatever to being in love in no time.
February 21, 2013
It could have been better it had potential and well, we'll see in book two..
April 24, 2016
DO NOT ALLOW THIS REVIEW TO INFLUENCE YOU
I admit I don't like giving up on books but when it still doesn't hold my attention at chapter 6 then I need to give up.
I admit I don't like giving up on books but when it still doesn't hold my attention at chapter 6 then I need to give up.
May 25, 2016
It sucked. Started out okay, but quickly went downhill.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews