Beach of Bones

Empath #1

by Dawn Peers

Quinn is an empath-but if anyone finds out she will be killed. Her father Baron Sammah has used her abilities to fortify his position in the court at the royal city of Everfell. As Quinn starts to question Sammah's motives the young Lord Eden arrives at the court, and Quinn's life is turned upside down. As Sammah begins to make his move on the crown he has coveted for so long he threatens to expose Quinn for the outsider she is. Can Quinn stop Sammah before he closes his fist around the Everfell crown, without losing her love - or her life?

Genres: Fantasy, Romance

284 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2015

About the author

Dawn was born in Warwickshire and currently lives in West Sussex. She works full time in the IT Services industry and writes whenever she finds the time.

Her fantasy fiction influences are Tolkien, Katharine Kerr, Terry Goodkind and Terry Pratchett, with the latter two being enjoyed in multiple languages. She loves football, cycling, writing, reading, anime and all things computer.

If you enjoy her work, she would love to connect with you via her website www.beyondapocalypse.com or via Twitter @dawnpeersauthor

Reviews

[Karekon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Quinn was supposed to be this sensitive empath devoted to Sammah but it kept mentioning how Sammah touched her and she didnt like it. I see no point in doing this unless author wanted to establish her as both trusting AND not trusting of her adoptive father which is just weird since we get no background story to why shes suspicious of him, its all just thought of as "Oh shes becoming an adult" even though shes less likely than most to suspect him considering hes her ADOPTIVE FATHER WHO IS THE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE SHE CAN TRUST. Then at one point in the story her personality just switches to her being more confident I dont care that she had this "almost died" episode where she then woke up and found out she could control how to use her powers, you just dont suddenly turn into this brave girl that can do anything. The story sounded interesting but I cant continue reading when its flipflopping like this.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book it took me a few days to get through it, I didn't mind putting it down to do other things but I found the story enchanting and I liked the portrayal of Quinn though I found the instant feelings between her and Eden out of place I would have liked to see more struggle there that aside I'm curious about the next installment.

[Marsha Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a brilliant new YA series that is written beautifully and captivates your imagination. All the characters are rich in description and compel you to read more. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series!