Thursday, February 5, 2015

Reflection Pond (Reflection Pond, #1) by Kacey Vanderkarr @kacimari

 


Reflection Pond (Reflection Pond, #1)
Release Date: 04/01/14
Urban Fey Press
242 pages

Summary from Goodreads:

Sometimes you find home, sometimes it comes looking for you.

Callie knows a lot more about pain than she does about family. She’s never belonged, at least, not until she falls through a portal into her true home. The beautiful faerie city of Eirensae doesn’t come free. Callie must find her amulet and bind herself to the city, and most importantly, avoid the Fallen fae who seek her life. Seems like a small price to pay for the family she’s always wanted.

Then she meets cynical and gorgeous Rowan, who reads the darkness of her past in her eyes. He becomes Callie’s part-time protector and full-time pain in the ass. He has secrets of his own for Callie to unravel. What they don’t know is that the future of Eirensae lies with them, and the once peaceful city is about to become a battleground for power. 


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About the Author
Kacey Vanderkarr is a young adult author. She dabbles in fantasy, romance, and sci-fi, complete with faeries, alternate realities, and the occasional plasma gun. She’s known to be annoyingly optimistic and listen to music at the highest decibel. When she’s not writing, she coaches winterguard and works as a sonographer. Kacey lives in Michigan, with her husband, son, and crazy cats. Along with her novels, Reflection Pond and Antithesis, Kacey's short fiction can be found in Sucker Literary Vol 3, and the upcoming Spark Vol 7, Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things, and Out of the Green: Tales from Fairyland.

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{Giveaway}  
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{Details} ebook,  pages. Published April 1st 2014 by Urban Fey Press (first published March 29th 2014). Source: ebook provided in exchange for an honest review.

{Rating} 4/5 - I really liked it!

{Review}

A great start to a new fantasy series. Callie has never felt like she belonged, and when she  accidentally falls into a magical pond she finds out why. We follow Callie as she is dropped - literally - into a new world, new friends, new abilities. It's hard and scary and confusing but Callie does her best to meet the challenges she faces. While we learn quite a bit about Callie there is still a lot we don't know about her and her past.

Of course there are boys - brooding warrior Rowan and sweet teacher Ash. Rowan is definitely the more interesting character, he's an outsider who keeps his distance but there is something that draws him to Callie. I liked Callie and Rowan together, they're both stubborn, determined, searching for a place to belong.

And there's action, Callie attracts trouble like a magnet. There are people who want to use her and people who want to kill her but Callie has Rowan and some awesome abilities so it isn't easy.

Reflection Pond ends with a lot of destinies still up in the air and many unanswered questions, making me eager to find out what happens next.


 
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