Amber Stone, once a child prodigy, has just become curator of a special collection of Macedonian artifacts for the Seattle Museum of Natural History. Chloe, a prodigy of a different sort, holds a position at the museum focusing on tribal art. The two become fast friends, united by Amber’s unsettling dreams and Chloe’s unorthodox ways of dealing with them. Two strangers arrive in town, bringing … with them a prophecy recorded more than three-thousand years ago, a prophecy that places Amber directly in the midst of a battle that has spanned a millennia.
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This book is the beginning of a story. It’s not an action packed book, but it does have a steady pace. It felt slightly drawn out, but I could see by the end that there was a reason for all of the detail. It goes back and forth between the past and present showing the reader the history of the prophecy and what happened leading up to the moment where all the details and players of the prophecy are revealed. The characters are interesting , but I didn’t feel a deep emotional attachment which I think might be due to the constant back and forth. I wish I could give a 4.5 because it only felt slightly less than excellent. There is sexual content and violence, so mature audiences only.
This fast paced thriller has it all, an obscure prophecy, vampires, witches and werewolves. This story switches between characters and time periods to keep the story moving and give the history of the prophecy and the search for the Queen. Can’t wait to read the second book in this series to see what happens next.
3.5 out of 5 stars
Amber Stone has just become the curator of a collection of Macedonian artifacts , for the Seattle Museum of Natural History becomes friends with Chloe a curator of tribal art. When two strangers come to town and tell them aboup a three thousand year old prophecy that throw Amber right in the middle of a battle that has spanned millennia.
This story has quite a few characters involved . Amber is the main character and she is feisty but sometimes a little naive . There is more to her then meets the eye . She is also a vampire if she turns and a queen . So there is a lot on her plate and she is trying to deal with it all . Chloe is her best friend and a witch who is like all best friends trying to help Amber pick up the pieces and fit everything together . There are so many characters including witches , werewolves vampires and so many more .
This is a story where you have to concentrate on what is going on . you really have to work on figuring out what is happening . We do jump from past to present in this book and you kind of get lost on the way. But oh boy when you get sucked in you get sucked in good . The story has everything witches , werewolves and vampires all together thrown into a prophecy. Overall i loved the story and the characters I just felt that it was a bit confusing at times , Like I said that you have to work for it but man it is worth the journey in the end . So if you want a story that is interesting and will have you on the edge of your seat check it out
This book includes all the paranormal creatures I like to read about (witches,vampires, and wolves). It did take me a bit to get into and the book shifts back and forth from past to present. I pushed myself to power through as I loved the concept of the prophecy about the queen uniting all of the paranormal beings. Of all the characters I enjoyed chloe and amber the most and cant wait to read the next book.
I absolutely loved this book!
Starting out, it was a bit slow going. But I figure that’s bound to happen in any kind of book like this where the author has set up backstories for 3 separate characters, then add in tying it Amber’s destiny and it’s bound to feel like you’re reading a lot of boring stuff.
However, once you get past the first 20% of the book and things start to come together to set up everyone’s role in this adventure it’s pretty fast paced.
I can’t wait to read the next one to see and hopefully hear more about the actual prophecy and how Amber’s role as queen is going to help unite witches, vampires, and wolves even with those that would refuse to see the unity fighting against her.