Eleven years of Parker Stevens’ life have sped by, the time moving so slowly, he’d assumed he would be in the mental institution forever for the murders he’d committed when he was fifteen. His days are monotonous and uneventful…until he is released and meets her. She elicits a feeling in him so strong that a power awakens within his very being. He doesn’t recognize himself or understand why the … understand why the power ignites whenever he’s around her. Either way, Parker knows he’s in love.
Luna is trapped. She lives with the man who kidnapped her as a child and subsequently raised her. Now, she’s his lover, a role she is forced to portray and to accept. However, it doesn’t stop her from hating his guts.
She remains because she is indebted; she must continue to use herself as payment in order to free her father from captivity. But then she meets Parker, the man’s nephew, and starts to want something…for herself…for once.
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Carter turns to me, his green eyes boring into mine. “It was so long ago, little brother. Let’s just focus on the future, okay?”
He smiles and walks down the rest of stairs. At his words, I am overcome with emotion. I smile. A real smile. One that promises a better life. It makes me sick, how hopeful I am. If only I could remember all the details of that day—I take a moment to collect myself and then follow Carter to the living room.
As I round the corner, I hear a female voice laughing. The laugh stops my heart. I didn’t know it then, but it’s the laugh that belongs to the one person who would ever truly own me. Probably more than I own myself.
She’s laughing at one of Carter’s jokes, his arm around her shoulders. They are looking down, laughing together as if they’re best friends. Uncle G lies across a huge couch, his green eyes sparkling as I approach. He eyes me with a smirk, like he has so many secrets, and that I should be so lucky to be invited to be a part of his club. I look at him briefly, enough to see it, but I’m distracted by my feet. I stare at them, afraid to see who belongs to that musical laugh. If I do, it will damn me forever, I know it.
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wow this one sort of blew my mind! it starts of slowly in a normal but rather dark and slightly mysterious fashion. As it moves on it gets stranger and stranger till it’s so far from the normal world that you may think you’ve fallen down the rabbit hole.
Brilliantly written with amazingly developed characters and plot!
Cant waif for the next one.
Highly recommended!
Wow what an amazing storyline, nothing in this story is what it seems. It is chalked full of twists, turns, intrigue, suspense, and Magic. The characters aren’t even who they proclaim to be, which brings me to the narrators, they did a fantastic job bringing these characters to life.
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* AUDIOBOOK REVIEW *
I liked this story, it was exiting and unusual with fairytale qualities.
Good characters descriptions
Suspense has me on the edge
No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
Plenty of dialogues
This is for all of us fantasy lovers.
Narrators:
Clear pronunciation and read with feelings.
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This was my first Yolanda Hatcher’s book and definitely won’t be the last. This paranormal romance story is really well written, complex, interesting, captivating and entertaining. I love the story of Parker and Luna. Their chemistry is really strong! The other characters are also very interesting. The storyline is filled with twist and turns and the story ends with a cliffhanger. I can’t wait for the next book in the Series! The narration is absolutely breathtaking and exceptionally well done. The narrators have a great voice, easy to listen. I really enjoyed my listening. I received this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.
I listened to the audible version. I liked the story, but loved the performance. There were different performers for different points of view, which really adds to the story. Most of the story was read by Jason Clarke and (I think) Amanda Leigh Cobb, who both did a fantastic job.
This was the first book I’ve read/listened to by Yolanda Hatcher, but I’m going to start Part II right away. I would have preferred to have Parts I and II combined into one book, as the story didn’t feel complete after Part I.
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Ascension Part One.
Luna is trapped in a world of pain and isolation until her captor’s nephew, Parker Stevens, returns from a mental institution. Parker has lived with the knowledge that he killed his mother when he was a child. Now that Parker is free, he is more lost than ever. The day the two meet is torture and pleasure mixed. Once Uncle G forces the two together for a night, Parker and Luna manifest powers that are strange and wonderful. However, secrets are layered one upon the other in their lives, families and heritages. Will they be able to overcome the obstacles in their way and find each other?
If you’re looking for a dark fantasy story with strong elements of torture and a world parallel to our own, this is the book for you! Be aware that it is the first PART of the story, so pick up the next one quickly.