The Into the Mists Trilogy

Into the Mists #1-3

by Serene Conneeley

This Omnibus includes all three books in the Into the Mists Book One – Into the Mists Book Two – Into the Dark Book Three – Into the Light In Into the Mists , a split-second tragedy shatters Carlie’s perfect life, and she’s sent across the world to live with a stranger. In a mist-drenched new land, she is faced with a mystery that will make her question everything she’s ever known about her parents, her life and her very self. A dark secret that made her mother run away from home as a teenager. An old family friend who is not what he seems. A woman in blue who she’s not convinced is real. A shadowy black cat that she’d swear is reading her mind. A deserted old cottage she can’t always find. And a circle of wild-haired witches who want her to join their ranks. Will she have the courage to journey into the mists, and into her own heart, to discover the shocking truth? And can she somehow weave together a life that she’ll want to live – or will she give up and allow despair to sweep her away from the world forever? In Into the Dark, Carlie battled her way through the mists and emerged transformed. She was even starting to think she’d survive the death of her parents. But now an old diary, which promises to reveal the mystery of her mother, threatens to tear her world apart. How will the words she reads affect her? Will she wish the truth had died with her mum? And what is the connection to her own life hidden within the pages? In the gripping second book of the Into the Mists Trilogy, a new relationship with her grandmother is opening Carlie’s soul to the energy of the earth. A new friend is opening her mind to the magic within her. And a new love is opening her heart to the sweetest enchantment of all. Yet betrayal hovers around her, and she will face an ultimatum, a sacrifice and a cruel choice. Will she find the courage to go into the darkness of her own heart to seek the wisdom and strength she needs to survive, or will the tragedies and pain of her life break her into a million little pieces? After a harrowing journey through the enchanted mists, Carlie finally found peace with her grandmother, magic with her new friend, and first love with her druidic soul mate. But then she was plunged back into the darkness. Now, haunted by loss and betrayal, she must decide whether she has it within her to find her way back into the light. In the final book of the gripping Into the Mists Trilogy, the wheel of the year turns from the bleakness of midwinter to the new hope of spring. Can Carlie break a decades-long curse and save the person she’s closest to? Which of the shadowy Otherworldly beings can she trust? Who is the man with the raven tattoo? And how far is she willing to go to forgive and be forgiven? For a chance at happiness, she must challenge the wise priestess and embrace her darkest fears. But is she already fated to echo the lonely life of her grandmother, or can she find the courage to open her heart again?

Genres: Fantasy

868 pages, Hardcover

Published May 20, 2016

Reviews

[L.L. Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the Mists is a mystical, magical tale about forgiveness and love of others and for Carlie, she has to learn to love herself before she can love others. I found myself unable to stop reading once I started. I had to know what would happen to Carlie next. I recommend this trilogy to anyone.

[Kylie · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are several things that struck me while reading the “Into the Mists Trilogy” by Serene Conneeley. One just how incredibly detailed and intricate the web of relationships Serene was crafting across the three books, and how beautifully she wrote impactful scenes – some seemingly mundane like a dinner or a breakfast – and yet imparted into that scene was dialogue that revealed a characters inner-self.
The story itself – from my perspective – is very much one about grief and healing. The story follows Carlie, having suffered devastating loss, and being forced to move to another country, to live with a relative she does not know, nor does she feel she’ll even like. Serene does an incredible job building up this new, uncomfortable world that is thrust upon Carlie. You really feel her sense of disconnection, but it is that disconnection that gradually begins reconnection as people come into her life. Carlie is like this gradually unfolding flower that blooms.
As someone who journals, it was very much when the journals came into the story that I found myself really connecting to Carlie. I won’t say much else about them, as I don’t want to give away anything, but I appreciated the interesting use of the format.
I was really touched by the ending. To be honest, I think it was something I needed reading at the moment, due to just how my life has panned out. So, I appreciated it. Thanks Serene, keep up the wonderful writing!!