Genre: Fantasy | Urban Fantasy | Paranormal | Young Adult
Published: July 20, 2021
Series: The Witches of Thyana
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Audiobook: Yes
Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited
Blurb
Six months ago, Ava Black fell from her Queen Bee status. Once she ruled the halls of her high school without mercy, crushing her enemies and stepping on anyone who dared stand in her way. Now, amongst the peasants, she does everything she can to avoid her former friends, mainly Frankie the new reigning Queen, who now bullies her relentlessly.
Ava has accepted her fate, sticking to the shadows, knowing that karma has come to call. Plagued by debilitating migraines that steal her strength and sometimes her sanity, Ava does all she can to just survive. She knows that having a normal high school experience, friends, and fun is something of the past. That is until Keira Richards, their new exchange student, comes in and shows Ava she’s still worthy of friendship.
The two girls form a quick bond and Keira forces Ava to get out, experience life, forget about the nightmares of robed figures, ancient battles, and whispers of Thyana. She did so well for a while. But then Gabriel Matthews, the handsome loner, brings it all back to the surface. He seems to know a lot about her migraines, her dreams, and her past.
With dark and terrible things seeming to befall those around Ava, she’s desperate for answers. Can she and Gabriel move past their differences to figure out why she’s seeing these robed beasts roaming through their school and the streets of town?
Review
The first half of the book is about character creation and is a slow build to the impending trials that Ava is going to face. Readers will learn more about Ava and the minor characters who will play pivotal roles in Ava's fate. Ava as a character is well-rounded and fleshed out in great detail, and readers are also allowed to see Ava from Gabriel's point of view.
I'm a fan of character creation, but the amount of time and detail that was involved in setting the tone for the second half of the book was almost more than I could handle. However, I persevered and my patience was rewarded during the second half of the book in which it became clear why the first half of the book was dedicated to character creation. There is a fair amount of mythos in the book, which I loved. It unfolds slowly and most of it revolves around Ava and Gabriel, and I realized that the mythos wouldn't have made any sense without the focus on character creation.
As the end of the book drew near, the tone of the book became darker. There were a couple of unexpected developments; I expected twists, but I was wrong about what those twists were. The ending of the book was a tough sell, I don't know if I could've read the next book; however, the epilogue convinced me to borrow the next book in the series as I'm anxious to learn more about the mythos and how it applies to Ava.
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