If I Should Wake

Kassandra Drake #1

by Krys Janae

"Take the gift you’ve been given, and use it well…”
That was the last thing he ever said to me before he passed, and now he’s gone.
I can’t stay in Gillespie now. I’m going back to Blackwolf.

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After several years away in the big city across the bay, Kassandra Drake rejoins her hometown of Blackwolf and tries to slip back into her old small-town life. Although things seem to be mostly where she left them when she made her departure years ago, she has to quickly make some decisions about her personal life. From her old friends, to an old flame, she reconciles with some and pushes away others.

Then, she meets the mysterious Caine Michaels at Archer Manor. Kassandra starts to experience things she never had before—strange occurrences—ranging from being starstruck, having flashes of déjà vu, debilitating headaches, and haunting dreams she hoped to leave behind in the city.

Kassandra soon finds herself in the company of the wealthy big-shot, Marcellus Ambrose. Try as she might, she cannot resist his requests for long. Mostly because his lackeys are a little out of the ordinary. With their help, she starts to piece together the true fortune inherited from her grandfather, the late Franklin Drake. Kassandra rapidly and eagerly grows into her role as she's introduced to this new underground world. While battling her own inner demons, Kassandra is forced to come face-to-face with the real evil stalking her steps.

593 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2016

About the author

Krys Janae is an American-Filipina author, musician, voice-over artist, actress, gamer and geek from central California. At just 10 years old, she found a major passion for storytelling, and has been writing ever since. When she's not losing herself in another realm (via Video Games, TV, Comics, Movies, and the like), binge-watching Netflix or scouring the net for more geeky t-shirts, Krys enjoys reading a variety of genres. Her first published work came out in March of 2015. She is a proud pet mom of her cats Lucy, Nova and Clementine.

Reviews

[Amanda Carr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastically awesome read. If fantasy mixed with a good mystery is your jam then look no further. The novel itself starts of a tad on the slow side but it picks up steam like a freight train and before you know you'll be devouring pages like they were nothing. Good characterization of the mains and the plot is solid when it comes grabbing the readers attention and keeping it and the author works hard at giving us people to care about and get invested.

All in all it was quite the enjoyable read and I'd definitely recommend to anyone who is a fan of the fantasy genre.