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The Beginning
The Beginning - Book I
Clare had an ideal life. She lived in the perfect little town, had a great family and four of the best friends in the world. She also had nightmares, nightmares that plagued her for almost a decade. But these are not ordinary nightmares; they are premonitions, warnings of what is to come and what she will become.
She discovers that she isn't alone in these vile dreams; her friends are having them too. They are dreaming of their ancestors and their own future... The discovery of their destiny and the future they must embrace is shocking and terrifying.
The Four Series - They do exist and they always have. They live, love, and work amongst us and they are part of us. But they are different too, they are stronger and they live longer. They are the topic of many books, movies and myths, but their existence remains a secret, not everyone would accept them. And like us, they have those that are simply evil. Keeping these evil ones under control is the price they must pay to continue the lives they love. They must protect their human brethren from the Dark Ones, those that would rather kill than preserve.
Century after century the good battled the Dark Ones, always prevailing and preserving the lives of their beloved humans. In the 17th century, two powerful Dark leaders emerged, they organized their forces and a bitter war ensued. It was a fight to the death and the good thought they'd won. Four warriors led the battle, four warriors whose strength was beyond anything they knew, four warriors whose legacy had to be protected...
The good formed a consortium and with the help of a powerful sorcerer, a spell was cast; a spell that would follow the warriors' lineage in case their power was needed again. The warriors are long dead, but their heirs are not, and now they must fight. The Dark Ones have re-emerged, they are more powerful, more resourceful and they want to control mankind and the world.
Clare had an ideal life. She lived in the perfect little town, had a great family and four of the best friends in the world. She also had nightmares, nightmares that plagued her for almost a decade. But these are not ordinary nightmares; they are premonitions, warnings of what is to come and what she will become.
She discovers that she isn't alone in these vile dreams; her friends are having them too. They are dreaming of their ancestors and their own future... The discovery of their destiny and the future they must embrace is shocking and terrifying.
The Four Series - They do exist and they always have. They live, love, and work amongst us and they are part of us. But they are different too, they are stronger and they live longer. They are the topic of many books, movies and myths, but their existence remains a secret, not everyone would accept them. And like us, they have those that are simply evil. Keeping these evil ones under control is the price they must pay to continue the lives they love. They must protect their human brethren from the Dark Ones, those that would rather kill than preserve.
Century after century the good battled the Dark Ones, always prevailing and preserving the lives of their beloved humans. In the 17th century, two powerful Dark leaders emerged, they organized their forces and a bitter war ensued. It was a fight to the death and the good thought they'd won. Four warriors led the battle, four warriors whose strength was beyond anything they knew, four warriors whose legacy had to be protected...
The good formed a consortium and with the help of a powerful sorcerer, a spell was cast; a spell that would follow the warriors' lineage in case their power was needed again. The warriors are long dead, but their heirs are not, and now they must fight. The Dark Ones have re-emerged, they are more powerful, more resourceful and they want to control mankind and the world.
- GenresYoung AdultParanormal
190 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 5, 2012
47 people want to read
About the author
Margaret A. Millmore
10 books58 followersMargaret Millmore lives on a quaint island in the Puget Sound, Washington with her husband and two cantankerous alarm clocks (better known as cats, who are apparently starving to death at 5 a.m. every single darn morning…).
Her first published works were flash fiction, which were featured on Bay Area artist, Kenny Mencher’s blog, The Welcome Home and Untitled – Luke N. Goode.
In 2011 she published her first full length novel, since then she’s published a three book series, another novel and her current series (via Creativia Publishing) What Haunts Me (Ghost Killer Book 1) and The Edge of the Cemetery (Ghost Killer Book 2), which was awarded the August 2016 Book of the Month award by Long and Short Reviews. She’s currently working on book 3 in the series, which incorporates an epic journey taken by her grandfather in 1915, she hopes to have it published by early 2018. The majority of her books are set in San Francisco where she lived—previous to island life—for over 26 years.
Margaret’s preferred writing genre is supernatural fiction, with the exception of her time-travel novel, The Dragonfly Door.
All her books can be found on her website and her Amazon Author page:
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Her first published works were flash fiction, which were featured on Bay Area artist, Kenny Mencher’s blog, The Welcome Home and Untitled – Luke N. Goode.
In 2011 she published her first full length novel, since then she’s published a three book series, another novel and her current series (via Creativia Publishing) What Haunts Me (Ghost Killer Book 1) and The Edge of the Cemetery (Ghost Killer Book 2), which was awarded the August 2016 Book of the Month award by Long and Short Reviews. She’s currently working on book 3 in the series, which incorporates an epic journey taken by her grandfather in 1915, she hopes to have it published by early 2018. The majority of her books are set in San Francisco where she lived—previous to island life—for over 26 years.
Margaret’s preferred writing genre is supernatural fiction, with the exception of her time-travel novel, The Dragonfly Door.
All her books can be found on her website and her Amazon Author page:
http://www.margaretmillmore.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Millmo...
Additional links to follow:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author...
https://twitter.com/MMillmore
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
I am also a reviewer for the GR group Book Explosions, please check us out for what we're reading, what we like to read and our reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
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November 6, 2012
THE BEGINNING by Margaret Millmore
The last time I turned to a vampire for entertainment, Bella Lugosi was a young man. But this book, THE FOUR, number one in THE BEGINNING series sounded intriguing so, I sharpened my fangs and began reading.
The subtitle refers to four young people—carriers of the recessive gene that will someday turn them into vampires or werewolves. By happenstance, they all meet as children and grow into adulthood together. Then, one by one, they begin to feel the glitch. Each one experiences troubling and foreboding dreams—the same dreams.
Thrown for a loop by these inexplicable and similar dreams, they soon learn their future when contacted by their “watcher,” Charlie, a vampire himself employed by “The Consortium” or our version of the governing body of vampire and werewolf elders, who explains in fascinating detail, their family histories, inherited characteristics, and what they can expect in the future.
Ms. Millmore does a fine job presenting the historical background of her take on vampires and werewolves. Everything sounds interesting and plausible—in a Shock Theater sort of way. And who doesn’t enjoy a really good, scary legend or two spanning the ages and continents?
With Charlie’s history lesson, comes the hook to these characters. We will all like them because they’re members of the benign group, led through immortality by The Consortium of vamps and werewolves who, over the centuries, have altered their way of life to peacefully coexist with their human neighbors. The monkey wrench thrown at THE FOUR is that for eternity, their lot in life is to monitor and combat “The Dark Ones”—the miscreants and destructive critters in the ranks of vampires and lycanthropes who give guys like Lugosi and Lon Cheney Jr. bad names.
The book ends with THE FOUR contemplating their future and how their lives will soon be forever altered.
I liked it. Margaret Millmore’s imagination far exceeds my own. I applaud her for building a solid foundation for future adventures of THE FOUR.
The last time I turned to a vampire for entertainment, Bella Lugosi was a young man. But this book, THE FOUR, number one in THE BEGINNING series sounded intriguing so, I sharpened my fangs and began reading.
The subtitle refers to four young people—carriers of the recessive gene that will someday turn them into vampires or werewolves. By happenstance, they all meet as children and grow into adulthood together. Then, one by one, they begin to feel the glitch. Each one experiences troubling and foreboding dreams—the same dreams.
Thrown for a loop by these inexplicable and similar dreams, they soon learn their future when contacted by their “watcher,” Charlie, a vampire himself employed by “The Consortium” or our version of the governing body of vampire and werewolf elders, who explains in fascinating detail, their family histories, inherited characteristics, and what they can expect in the future.
Ms. Millmore does a fine job presenting the historical background of her take on vampires and werewolves. Everything sounds interesting and plausible—in a Shock Theater sort of way. And who doesn’t enjoy a really good, scary legend or two spanning the ages and continents?
With Charlie’s history lesson, comes the hook to these characters. We will all like them because they’re members of the benign group, led through immortality by The Consortium of vamps and werewolves who, over the centuries, have altered their way of life to peacefully coexist with their human neighbors. The monkey wrench thrown at THE FOUR is that for eternity, their lot in life is to monitor and combat “The Dark Ones”—the miscreants and destructive critters in the ranks of vampires and lycanthropes who give guys like Lugosi and Lon Cheney Jr. bad names.
The book ends with THE FOUR contemplating their future and how their lives will soon be forever altered.
I liked it. Margaret Millmore’s imagination far exceeds my own. I applaud her for building a solid foundation for future adventures of THE FOUR.
October 30, 2012
I had mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I loved the idea of having nightmares for years and then finding out you are destined to become a vampire or a werewolf. On the other hand, I didn't really enjoy the way it was written. I found that the first few chapters mostly summarized a lot of useless information, and that a lot of this book was unnecessary to the story. The information that was important from the chapters that summarized what had happened in clare's life, up to present day, could easily have been incorporated as flashbacks or memories instead of spending half of the book going over it. While I was reading, I kept thinking that the actual story would start, only for it to again skim over an event and move on to the next. This was increasingly frustrating.
Once the actual story began, I was able to get into the book, but I found that the characters were some what under developed, and the book ended before anything really happened. I'm hoping that the next book will get more into the actual events and spend less time summarizing. I have given this book three stars, because although there many thing I didn't enjoy, there was still something that drew me to this book, and i did enjoy it in the end.
Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Once the actual story began, I was able to get into the book, but I found that the characters were some what under developed, and the book ended before anything really happened. I'm hoping that the next book will get more into the actual events and spend less time summarizing. I have given this book three stars, because although there many thing I didn't enjoy, there was still something that drew me to this book, and i did enjoy it in the end.
Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 30, 2012
I really enjoyed this book! It is a new, unique plot about vampires and werewolves. The story centers around five friends that meet when they are about 11 or 12 and follows their lives as they get older. They find out that four of them have a very intriguing destiny. The fifth has a part to play in their destiny as well, even though it's in a very different role than the other four. Their lives have
become intertwined throughout the years and as a result, their destinies are going to be intertwined as well. It is a story about courage, friendship, and family that was an absolute joy to read! I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. I do have to say, that this is not the first time I have read a
vampire book that referred to "The Consortium" ... It makes me wonder if there might be some truth to that reference! :)
DISCLAIMER: This book was gifted to me by the author (through the Goodreads) website in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own, and no money or other compensation was provided for this review.
become intertwined throughout the years and as a result, their destinies are going to be intertwined as well. It is a story about courage, friendship, and family that was an absolute joy to read! I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. I do have to say, that this is not the first time I have read a
vampire book that referred to "The Consortium" ... It makes me wonder if there might be some truth to that reference! :)
DISCLAIMER: This book was gifted to me by the author (through the Goodreads) website in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own, and no money or other compensation was provided for this review.
May 15, 2013
A little slow to start but well written. It was a little hard at first to distinguish between which character was which but by the end I think I got it. Still have to remind myself who is who while reading the second one but a good story. The only thing I did not like was that all back ground information and explanations are told through a
Character relating it to another character- somewhat annoying at times. Still an enjoyable read though.
Character relating it to another character- somewhat annoying at times. Still an enjoyable read though.
August 16, 2014
1.5/5.0
Overall, this looks like a promising series. The basis is definitely a good one.
Full review in a href="http://www.indtale.com/reviews/parano... 2013 issue of InD'tale Magazine.
Overall, this looks like a promising series. The basis is definitely a good one.
Full review in a href="http://www.indtale.com/reviews/parano... 2013 issue of InD'tale Magazine.
October 31, 2012
I got this book for free to read and honest review. I'ts a good book. The chatarers were great. I definallly reccomend this to everyone i know
October 26, 2012
Actual Rating: 2.5 stars
Four friends grow up together having the same dreams. With the help of a close, mutual friend, they set to find out what it means—only to learn about their destinies they have absolute no control over. They will change into paranormal beings whether they want to or not, and each of their roles are paramount to the races.
While it's not a new concept, I did find the story and ancestry aspects intriguing. The Peruvian, English, and Irish heritages of the characters certainly added flavor. The symbols and their origins, though not unique, were also interesting with the family history timelines.
But the beginning of the book, with its fast-pace timeline going over 13 years in a span of eight chapters (sometimes with no more than a paragraph) read more like a detailed outline in prose. The recounting of the characters' childhoods, their relationships, and the dreams came off as telling rather than showing—not evoking (or even invoking) but mundane, like the lives they're supposedly living.
I also didn't connect with or know the characters at all. I couldn't say if one was more caring than the other or who was more apt to do this or that. I found them one-dimensional—if that—except maybe for Kate, the only friend in the group who doesn't have the dreams—and she barely toes the deep end.
When Charlie, the stalker and man with the answers, steps into the picture, the plot picks up a tad, gaining speed during a trip to England with Sam, the oldest boy in the group. Yet, again, I felt most of it was telling—a "he said, she said" (more like he just keeps saying) with very little interaction and personality reveals. The book was also extremely short for my tastes—83 pages in .pdf format.
I think The Beginning was just that: The beginning, a foundation, to what could be a great series. The story has potential. I'd like to know what happens, but I'm hoping the storytelling—showing—improves.
* Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Review also posted on The LUV'NV blog.
Four friends grow up together having the same dreams. With the help of a close, mutual friend, they set to find out what it means—only to learn about their destinies they have absolute no control over. They will change into paranormal beings whether they want to or not, and each of their roles are paramount to the races.
While it's not a new concept, I did find the story and ancestry aspects intriguing. The Peruvian, English, and Irish heritages of the characters certainly added flavor. The symbols and their origins, though not unique, were also interesting with the family history timelines.
But the beginning of the book, with its fast-pace timeline going over 13 years in a span of eight chapters (sometimes with no more than a paragraph) read more like a detailed outline in prose. The recounting of the characters' childhoods, their relationships, and the dreams came off as telling rather than showing—not evoking (or even invoking) but mundane, like the lives they're supposedly living.
I also didn't connect with or know the characters at all. I couldn't say if one was more caring than the other or who was more apt to do this or that. I found them one-dimensional—if that—except maybe for Kate, the only friend in the group who doesn't have the dreams—and she barely toes the deep end.
When Charlie, the stalker and man with the answers, steps into the picture, the plot picks up a tad, gaining speed during a trip to England with Sam, the oldest boy in the group. Yet, again, I felt most of it was telling—a "he said, she said" (more like he just keeps saying) with very little interaction and personality reveals. The book was also extremely short for my tastes—83 pages in .pdf format.
I think The Beginning was just that: The beginning, a foundation, to what could be a great series. The story has potential. I'd like to know what happens, but I'm hoping the storytelling—showing—improves.
* Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Review also posted on The LUV'NV blog.
January 1, 2013
A group of friends experience significant and unexpected transformation during their adolescence and early adulthood in Margaret Millmore's The Beginning.
With numerous books, movies and TV shows featuring vampires and werewolves, it takes a particularly unique take and method of storytelling to make a splash in the market. Unfortunately, though interesting in its own right, it was difficult for me to get into The Beginning, because it took too long to grab my attention.
The story begins when Clare, the main narrator of the story, and her friends are in middle school. Though the first third to half of the book creates a foundation for the story, it is almost entirely background, which could have more effectively been woven into other elements of the story allowing for more action.
At one point, the narrator changes to one of her friends. While I can understand the reasoning for doing this, because it allowed us to go overseas to learn more of the history, it did not work well for me, just like switching to Jacob Black's point of view did not work for me in Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn.
While giving this background, the book featured too much and too obvious foreshadowing. With statements similar to, "little did we know" included often, it was too apparent what would come ahead, which took some of the mystique and intrigue from the story. Several cliche phrases also appeared regularly in this book. I typically do not mind these in moderation, but there seemed to be enough that I noticed them.
Despite these issues, Millmore does create an interesting world, one I would be intrigued in learning more about as the series progresses. This story would have been a stronger read if it would have started as late as halfway through the story.
Originally posted at www.change-the-word.blogspot.com.
With numerous books, movies and TV shows featuring vampires and werewolves, it takes a particularly unique take and method of storytelling to make a splash in the market. Unfortunately, though interesting in its own right, it was difficult for me to get into The Beginning, because it took too long to grab my attention.
The story begins when Clare, the main narrator of the story, and her friends are in middle school. Though the first third to half of the book creates a foundation for the story, it is almost entirely background, which could have more effectively been woven into other elements of the story allowing for more action.
At one point, the narrator changes to one of her friends. While I can understand the reasoning for doing this, because it allowed us to go overseas to learn more of the history, it did not work well for me, just like switching to Jacob Black's point of view did not work for me in Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn.
While giving this background, the book featured too much and too obvious foreshadowing. With statements similar to, "little did we know" included often, it was too apparent what would come ahead, which took some of the mystique and intrigue from the story. Several cliche phrases also appeared regularly in this book. I typically do not mind these in moderation, but there seemed to be enough that I noticed them.
Despite these issues, Millmore does create an interesting world, one I would be intrigued in learning more about as the series progresses. This story would have been a stronger read if it would have started as late as halfway through the story.
Originally posted at www.change-the-word.blogspot.com.
October 26, 2012
Interesting beginning of a story. Awkward start, in fact I would cut off everything before Charlie showed up and work it into the rest of the story as flashbacks or condense it somehow to a chapter or forward. The story really doesn't pick up until about the 1/3 of the way in and was a struggle to get into before that. If this was not a book I received for review I would not have continued I would have put it down and deleted it from my Nook, which would have been a shame because I ended up intrigued by the story at the end and curious about the world the author was developing. This story tells you a lot and it would have been nice to have been shown more of the action. I guess I'm not used to my stories written in the past tense. The chapters are very short for most of the book although they get a little meatier towards the end. I wish the text would not have been so teeny tiny on my Nook and it shows up in different sizes and boldness, it took a little bit to get used to. I'm glad the story was short I might have gone blind or needed a magnifying glass to read a longer story. It wasn't bad definitely not the worst story I have read, not sure yet if I want to read more, will have to think on it a little bit. Like I have stated the beginning of this short story is the main problem I had with it. In my opinion it needs to start where the action starts, but over all a nice short story and world you have created. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read and review your book.
September 26, 2012
Having the same nightmare over and over for years can be a little disturbing but when you discover three of your friends are having the same dream, well that’s just weird! But that is exactly what happened to Clare, Colin, Sam and Sal, so their mutual friend Kate decides to find out what this all means.
This story is quite interesting, though not an entirely unique concept. It is the story of destiny and having no choice but to take the path given, just because of birth rights. The book is very character and dialogue driven which gives us the chance to gain a good insight into their personalities.
I did find it a little slow going, in the first half of the book; most of the story concentrates on the dreams that the group have been having on and off at various times throughout their lives, and it felt a little repetitive. Things started to get more interesting and the pace picked up after Charlie comes on the scene.
The Beginning, is just that, the beginning of what I’m sure will turn out to be an exciting series. What I hope for future instalments is that we will be shown more and told less. I don’t quite know how to explain what I mean by that, but there is something missing in the writing here that I see when I read the work of some other novelists. I have read previous work by this author and know she has some great stories to tell, it will be interesting to watch her grow as she gains experience in her writing.
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November 3, 2012
Note: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
The world overall was set up pretty well. I did not like the time shift parts in the beginning of the story it just seemed like one chapter jumped into the next. The couple of chapters from Sam’s point of view also seemed weird when everything else was from Clare's perspective.
Although Charlie did say that the vampires and werewolves were confused about the spell and why Kate was involved going throughout the whole book we did not find even a slight answer to that. I know there are going to be sequels and this book set everything up nicely but didn't really explain a lot except just the basics.
The character development was a little flat too; in actuality the reader did not learn that much about the characters themselves. They were kind of just there. I really liked Charlie and all the mystery surrounding him, he was also the most well explained and developed character out of everyone. The reader can get the sense that he was flawed but also had redeeming qualities to his personality and I hope there are a lot more interactions with him and Clare. I'm interested to see how this story is going to progress.
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The world overall was set up pretty well. I did not like the time shift parts in the beginning of the story it just seemed like one chapter jumped into the next. The couple of chapters from Sam’s point of view also seemed weird when everything else was from Clare's perspective.
Although Charlie did say that the vampires and werewolves were confused about the spell and why Kate was involved going throughout the whole book we did not find even a slight answer to that. I know there are going to be sequels and this book set everything up nicely but didn't really explain a lot except just the basics.
The character development was a little flat too; in actuality the reader did not learn that much about the characters themselves. They were kind of just there. I really liked Charlie and all the mystery surrounding him, he was also the most well explained and developed character out of everyone. The reader can get the sense that he was flawed but also had redeeming qualities to his personality and I hope there are a lot more interactions with him and Clare. I'm interested to see how this story is going to progress.
Also on: http://lrjohnson13.blogspot.com/2012/...
November 9, 2012
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. First of all, allow me to express my gratitude. That said, I will begin my review.
There are several reviews here that offer information about the story itself, so I will skip that part to avoid redunancy.
The idea for the story was a very interesting one, and the world in which the story exists is also intriguing. I found the characters likable and believable too. The challenges for me were that there seemed to be a lot of meaningless filler story that lost my attention from time to time and the story overall was very wordy even though the sentences themselves were short enough that it was almost written like an english professor requires of an essay assignment. I don't mean to be harsh, the story was a good one, but the mechanics of it need to be fine tuned in order to reach a broader audience. Of course, this is all just my perception, but I believe, if the author were to rework this peice a bit, pull out some of the unnecessary chatter, and perhaps add some extra drama earlier on in the story, then string some of the sentences together for a more complex read, this could really be a hit!
That said, I'm sure those who enjoy a decent paranormal story with a slow build up and an easy read will find this story likable enough.
There are several reviews here that offer information about the story itself, so I will skip that part to avoid redunancy.
The idea for the story was a very interesting one, and the world in which the story exists is also intriguing. I found the characters likable and believable too. The challenges for me were that there seemed to be a lot of meaningless filler story that lost my attention from time to time and the story overall was very wordy even though the sentences themselves were short enough that it was almost written like an english professor requires of an essay assignment. I don't mean to be harsh, the story was a good one, but the mechanics of it need to be fine tuned in order to reach a broader audience. Of course, this is all just my perception, but I believe, if the author were to rework this peice a bit, pull out some of the unnecessary chatter, and perhaps add some extra drama earlier on in the story, then string some of the sentences together for a more complex read, this could really be a hit!
That said, I'm sure those who enjoy a decent paranormal story with a slow build up and an easy read will find this story likable enough.
January 22, 2013
R2R: The Beginning - Book One - The Four
(I received a free copy, in exchange for a review.)
A group of five friends is how this story begins. Four of them all have the same dreams, at the same points, in their lives. No really talks about it, until one day. That is when the mystery begins. How can these five people be so connected to each other, that their lives intertwine for one goal, to help defeat the Dark Ones, whoever they may be.
'I couldn't pretend that we all had our lives mapped out. We didn't. But we all had the same basic ideas. Go to college, get jobs, work for awhile, settle down and have kids. Preferably near each other, and ideally in Lakeville. Now, as we drove down the highway and I watched the hills and valleys of the North Bay roll by, I knew that whatever future I's envisioned was no longer an option. Our destiny, as Charlie put it, was now unfolding. It was unfathomable, and to most unbelievable. But to me it was simply frightening. Because whatever our destiny was, I was positive that it was dangerous, and I prayed that we would all make it through.'
So ends the first book. Such a great, fun read. For such a story story, it had great character development and felt like a much longer book! I cannot wait for the next one, to continue this adventure!
(I received a free copy, in exchange for a review.)
A group of five friends is how this story begins. Four of them all have the same dreams, at the same points, in their lives. No really talks about it, until one day. That is when the mystery begins. How can these five people be so connected to each other, that their lives intertwine for one goal, to help defeat the Dark Ones, whoever they may be.
'I couldn't pretend that we all had our lives mapped out. We didn't. But we all had the same basic ideas. Go to college, get jobs, work for awhile, settle down and have kids. Preferably near each other, and ideally in Lakeville. Now, as we drove down the highway and I watched the hills and valleys of the North Bay roll by, I knew that whatever future I's envisioned was no longer an option. Our destiny, as Charlie put it, was now unfolding. It was unfathomable, and to most unbelievable. But to me it was simply frightening. Because whatever our destiny was, I was positive that it was dangerous, and I prayed that we would all make it through.'
So ends the first book. Such a great, fun read. For such a story story, it had great character development and felt like a much longer book! I cannot wait for the next one, to continue this adventure!
November 5, 2012
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review via Lovers of Paranormal program R2R.
The story introduces five main characters (Sam, Collin, Kate, Clare and Sal). Four out of five of them have something that just makes them different. The story walks us through the lives of these characters from childhood to adulthood, and the realization, that they might have more in common than just their friendship.
The background story of how they came to be what they are, is very intriguing and I enjoyed that part of the story. I did miss having a bit of action though. A lot of this first book is background, world building material, which seemed a bit slow at times. The story of how this world will work, was fascinating. I understand this is just the introduction of the series, so I'm expecting more action from the sequels. I am curious as to where the author will take these series, so I hope I get the chance to read the sequel.
Some of the story chapters were too short, which gave me the impression of just being fill-in excerpts or snippets, and some didn't really add much to the story, so I think they could have been incorporated to other chapters or left out.
The story introduces five main characters (Sam, Collin, Kate, Clare and Sal). Four out of five of them have something that just makes them different. The story walks us through the lives of these characters from childhood to adulthood, and the realization, that they might have more in common than just their friendship.
The background story of how they came to be what they are, is very intriguing and I enjoyed that part of the story. I did miss having a bit of action though. A lot of this first book is background, world building material, which seemed a bit slow at times. The story of how this world will work, was fascinating. I understand this is just the introduction of the series, so I'm expecting more action from the sequels. I am curious as to where the author will take these series, so I hope I get the chance to read the sequel.
Some of the story chapters were too short, which gave me the impression of just being fill-in excerpts or snippets, and some didn't really add much to the story, so I think they could have been incorporated to other chapters or left out.
March 3, 2013
I received this book as part of an exchange for an honest review. Let's start by saying that this review will be posted in more detail on my blog. Here is the link http://chillreviews.blogspot.com/2013...
The story start really jumbled and quick. This is the only reason I gave this four stars. It took almost half of the book to get into the meat of the story. We have four adults that are the descendants of ancient vampire and warewolf warriors. THey started having dreams as children and as they grew, the dreams became more lucid and confusing. They soon realize that the four of them were having the same dreams.
They meet a vampire, Charlie that is their guide in the whole series. They are told that they have to prepare for the transition that will morph them into these ancient warriors.
I cannot wait to read the second of this series. :)
Jay
The story start really jumbled and quick. This is the only reason I gave this four stars. It took almost half of the book to get into the meat of the story. We have four adults that are the descendants of ancient vampire and warewolf warriors. THey started having dreams as children and as they grew, the dreams became more lucid and confusing. They soon realize that the four of them were having the same dreams.
They meet a vampire, Charlie that is their guide in the whole series. They are told that they have to prepare for the transition that will morph them into these ancient warriors.
I cannot wait to read the second of this series. :)
Jay
March 10, 2013
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
That being said, I think overall it was a good book. It was a short read and seems to be more of a novella than a book. I had a hard time getting into the book because the story was slow to build and develop. Once the story line was clear and had a direction, I enjoyed the book very much and was eager to pick up book 2, "The Change". In my opinion, the author should combine book 1 and 2 into a single book.
That being said, I think overall it was a good book. It was a short read and seems to be more of a novella than a book. I had a hard time getting into the book because the story was slow to build and develop. Once the story line was clear and had a direction, I enjoyed the book very much and was eager to pick up book 2, "The Change". In my opinion, the author should combine book 1 and 2 into a single book.
March 14, 2013
This book is great I love the time shifts and the battle scene is awesome. The story is about 5 friends Sam, Collin, Kate, Clare and Sal who are connected in a weird way. They are decendents of warriors who are need to distroy the dark ones who wants to distroy man kind. They go through so much together but can they stop the dark ones before humanity is distroyed. This is a very book but its still a great book . Cant wait to read book 2 of this series.
February 28, 2013
This book follows four young people as they grow up and discover their destiny. It is full of surprises and makes us want to know what will happen next. We are drawn into the suspense as clues are revealed and eventually we find out what that destiny is. The characters are likable and the story is easy to follow. I can't wait to read the next book and find out what happens next.
March 3, 2013
4.5 stars
This story was true to it name the Beginning, a great start !!!
It was told from Clare's point of view, about the lives of five kids and how they grews up, knowing something was wrong.
The nightmares along was enought to make me keep reading, but vampires and werewovles old my !!!
Great little it me want to know more about this story.
This story was true to it name the Beginning, a great start !!!
It was told from Clare's point of view, about the lives of five kids and how they grews up, knowing something was wrong.
The nightmares along was enought to make me keep reading, but vampires and werewovles old my !!!
Great little it me want to know more about this story.
April 25, 2013
This was fast read, the pacing kept me going. However it did feel like each chapter was building to something that never came. I like the idea of the story and the writing was very good. Well worth the read and to keep going to next in the series.
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