When seventeen year old Odette Sinclair and her family move across the country to be closer to the specialized medical care she needs, she has to give up everything she knew including pursuing her passion for dance. The atrial septal defect she has keeps her isolated and, for the most part, sidelined from life as she attempts to avoid the triggers that cause her problems. As a stranger in a new … new town, isolated and alone, Odette dreads her monotonous daily routine and struggles to balance what she can’t do with what she wants to do.
But then she meets the wealthy neighbors, the famous magical Mages Twins, Greer and Grayson, who instantly befriend her, and she is caught up in a world she could not have imagined. Their talent is so real that some say the twins are pure magic; others say they are cursed.
The handsome and somewhat socially awkward Grayson takes a personal interest in protecting Odette, and she is enamored by the attention of someone so famous. Greer is welcoming and seeks to include Odette, but she is very protective of her brother.
Everything seems to be improving more than she expected but something isn’t quite right. Since their arrival in this new place, Odette’s dreams begin to reveal something extra, something gives her cause for concern. She discovers the dreams are revealing truths, and what she fears may be true.
Nothing good lasts forever. As Odette begins to settle into her new life things start to spiral out of control, and she needs to come to terms her life has become a waking nightmare that she can’t escape. She must reach deep to find a way to pull through this, and, just when it seems to get better it’s not, and she has to make a deal for her life.
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Violent Delights is the first book by Hannah Boggs. It tells the story of a seventeen year old girl named Odette Sinclair who due to a heart condition, moves across the country with her parents.
After settling in to their new home, her mom treats her to a night out at a magic show. Little does Odette know that the result of her attendance at the show will be more trick than treat. For now she finds herself on the radar of the shows stars. The Mages twins. Greer and Grayson have achieved celebrity status traveling the country with their show performing unbelievable magic. No trick is too hard, no illusion too complicated.
The twins welcome Odette into their inner circle but little does she know that once you’re in, you don’t get out. At least not without paying a price.
Soon she finds herself an object of Grayson’s twisted affection and Greer’s twisted friendship. Both twins are determined to undermine each other to ensure Odettes’s loyalty. Odette’s parents worry when she finds herself in harms way during every event she attends with Grayson. Ultimately they keep her from seeing him, not knowing what tragedy awaits. The Mages do not take rejection well.
This story takes Odette through dealing with her medical condition, her over protective mother, her first love and ultimately devastating loss and having to grow up fast. The end was a surprise that I didn’t see coming.
I found myself unable to stop reading once I started. Hannah’s ability to plot a story is both captivating and entertaining. The twins will keep you guessing and you’ll find yourself asking which one is good? Which one is bad?
Who can you trust? The answers will surprise you.
The locations and supporting characters are well developed and described in such a way that I could easily visualize them.
Now that you’re thinking there couldn’t possibly be anything else that would make it more amazing. I’m going to tell you one more thing. Hannah wrote this book when she was sixteen. I never would have guessed if I hadn’t already known. She’s gifted beyond her years and I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of her talents. Like a part two of this story.
I’m giving this book 4.5 !! First off I’d like to say that I didn’t find out how young Hannah Boggs was until after I read this book and let me just say I’m extremely impressed! It kept me interested from beginning to end! I LOVE mystery and this book was full of it! I loved the characters, I loved the storyline! It was all very intriguing. The only issue that I have is that I would’ve loved Grayson’s point of view. There’s some stuff I would’ve loved more details on like how Grayson’s family came to be what they were. I’d love to know their back story. I would’ve also liked to know exactly what happened to Odette’s parents, just some details that had me scratching my head but hopefully in the sequel we will find that out.