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Forsaken (Daughters Of The Sea #1)
Author: Kristen Day
Publisher: Self Published
Pages: 268 

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Official Blurb: 

Once you’ve been touched by darkness, it never leaves you… 

Abandoned by her parents as an infant; seventeen year old Hannah spent her childhood wading through countless foster families until being adopted by the Whitmans three years ago. Unfortunately, Atlanta’s high society wasn’t quite ready for Hannah…or the strange events that plague her. 

Chilling visions of murder, unexplained hallucinations, and a dark, mysterious guy who haunts her nightmares all culminate to set in motion a journey of self-discovery that will challenge everything she’s ever believed; not to mention her sanity. 

Sent to live at The House of Lorelei on Bald Head Island, NC for ‘kids like her’, Hannah quickly realizes things are not what they seem. Her fellow ‘disturbed’ teens are actually the descendents of mythical Sea Gods and Goddesses. And so is she. 

But when Finn, the ghost from her dreams, appears in the flesh; her nightmares become reality and her dark visions begin coming true. 

Inexplicably drawn to him, she can’t deny the dangerous hold he has on her heart. The deadly secrets he harbors will ultimately test her courage and push the boundaries of her love. 

She must decide if she is ready to embrace the ancient legend she is prophesized to be a part of. The fate of all the descendents will forever depend upon it. 


Review:

Forsaken is the first book in the Daughters of the Sea series - one that brings mythological sea creatures to life. The story focuses on Hannah, who was abandoned by her parents as an infant and raised in foster homes around Georgia until she was adopted at age 14. The past couple of years, things in Hannah's life have been getting stranger. She's been experiencing nightmares, visions of murders, and hallucinations. What Hannah doesn't know is that she is very different from those around her - as she is actually a descendant of mythical Sea Gods and Goddesses. Now nothing in her life will ever be the same, and she must come to realize her fate and if she is willing to fulfill it.


I found this book to be fast-paced and fun with lots of fantasy, magic and adventure. I haven't read much mermaid fiction before, so I found it interesting how the author wrote about the culture and the intricate history of these mythical Sea people. I also love how she incorporated other mythological sea creatures into the narratives of all three books. I think that they brought an interesting and fresh feel to the mermaid genre in young adult fiction.

This novel was a bit predictable, but it also had great themes and twists that I didn't see coming. I easily reconnected to Hannah and identified with her early in the story. The ending was a good fit for a first book in a series - it didn't leave the ending too final and it didn't leave too many questions unanswered either. Overall, Forsaken is a great start to a wonderful and intriguing series.

About the Author:

Kristen Day is a southern belle at heart with a crazy streak that desperately tries to escape at every opportunity. She loves all things nostalgic, rustic, and quirky. She’s been told she sees the world through rose-colored glasses, but she prefers to think of them as kaleidoscope glasses - swirling and morphing reality into something she can digest (who hasn't pretended those pasty lima beans were really kiwi strawberry jelly beans?).
She is the author of the DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA trilogy, which includes FORSAKEN, AWAKEN (Oct 2012), and CHOSEN (Winter 2012). She loves all books, but really enjoys writing young adult, paranormal romances. She’s loved to write for as long as she can remember. Her first published work was her poem RED in second grade (you guessed it - it was a poem about the color red - life altering, right?) that won her 5 gold stars and a spot in her elementary school's poetry book. That's when her addiction to the written word officially began. She was the only kid in fifth grade that actually enjoyed diagramming sentences. Go ahead and laugh - its okay.
When she’s not writing she’s making jewelry, painting, feeding her addiction to sweet tea, watching the Discovery Channel, or going on random adventures in the mountains of North Carolina with her amazing husband. She was born in Boone, NC and graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Marketing in 2001.

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