Nicole Williams is the sole protector of an elixir that will end a curse on the human race. But while the elixir strengthens her, it also forces her to abandon the love of the person most important to her—her boyfriend, Austin.Determined to prove her loyalty and to distract herself from heartache, Nicole attacks her assignments with zeal, along with her goal to master Wind powers as quickly as … quickly as possible. While she is getting stronger as an Arete, the group that wants to destroy all magical people is also growing in numbers and strength. Their new world leader is about to be revealed—an individual they believe is powerful enough to bring them victory against Aretes everywhere.
In the meantime, Nicole receives a plea for help from an elderly woman she met while studying in Ohio who may have information about the upcoming war. Nicole must now choose to continue her work or abandon everything she’s striven to achieve in the past few months to save the woman. If she chooses to come to Anna Morse’s rescue, she’ll need Austin’s assistance. Will they be able to put aside their feelings and find Nicole’s friend or will they lose control and doom humanity to be forever cursed?
This is the fourth book in the Mosaic Chronicles. The first book, Discern, is available as a free download, and the second is available free to members of Andrea’s readers group here: http://andreapearsonbooks.com/myfreebooks.html Enjoy!
Suggested reading order:
Discern, Mosaic Chronicles Book One
Praxis Novellas, Mosaic Chronicles Book Two
Perceive, Mosaic Chronicles Book Three
Observe, Mosaic Chronicles Book Four
Reclaim, Mosaic Chronicles Book Five
Conceal, Mosaic Chronicles Book Six
Obscure, Mosaic Chronicles Book Seven
Enshroud, Mosaic Chronicles Book Eight
Withhold, Mosaic Chronicles Book Nine (coming soon)
What readers are saying:
“Wow! Original, classic ya fantasy. This book is simply captivating! Once I read the first sentence, I couldn’t put the book down.” – Marina
“Intense action and suspense. Great creativity.” – Char
“I really love the way the paranormal things are brought in. It isn’t run of the mill regular magic. Different and compelling, can’t wait to read more!” – Taylor
“This story was a pleasant surprise. Exciting and full of intrigue. Totally different take on magic. Loved the characters, even the (purposefully) annoying ones.” – Susan
“The story was a nice change from the usual fantasy stories that are out there.” – Kindle customer
“Recommended to anyone who enjoys a fairly quick read and who likes fantasy.” – Laura
This is the fourth book in the Mosaic Chronicles, formerly the Katon University series.
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This is the 4th book in the series. In this book, Nicole will have to learn to do things she never thought she would have to do. Can she pretend to be the perfect Tatiana her parents want? When push comes to shove can she just by and watch? And can she really let go of Austin? This was such a great book. You never know what’s coming with Andrea!
The Great Ones mess with Nicole and Austin’s relationship. Coolidge is 46 years old and has been teaching at Katon for the last 22 of those. Nicole joins the Tarian to stop them. After final exams, the Tarians have a world summit that reveals the vast extent of the Tarian Empire. Evil people are exposed at last. Nicole’s group go to a different dimension and meet Mrs. Mose’s (from Praxis Novellas) group; learning more information on the Tarians and forging new alliances.
***Contains Spoilers***
I purchased this book as part of the Mosaic Chronicles Omnibus set which is why this review may not show as a verified purchase, but I wanted to give a separate review about it since my opinions differ greatly from the other reviews on here so far.
I love how the books in the series carry the same theme in the cover artwork which is imaginative and portrays the Wind abilities of the main character. Although I appreciate the book picks up right where Perceive left off, it continues down the long road in the Science Fiction genre with all kinds of crazy twists and turns along the way. I also appreciate how Pearson does not reiterate what happened in the previous books other than short refreshers. I’m sorry but that’s about all I can appreciate about this book and this piece of the series.
The series for me though is becoming more and more unbelievable with each new book. All of the events moving forward are extremely unrealistic. It’s absurd that a college student would be the “chosen one” to take over an extremist group such as the Tarians who want to annihilate her people, the Aretes. Especially since in this book, they require her to steal an unstealable object from an Arete and her professor of all people agree to help her steal it. Just so that she will be able to join said extremist organization in hopes to someday (soon) win them over and become their leader.Not to mention she carries an elixir to help her achieve her goals but these all-powerful “Great Ones” would cause her physical pain & suffering by just being around her powerful Arete boyfriend therefore causing them to break up. The story overall is just getting too weird for my tastes and the only reason I’ve read this far is because I’ve already bought the first 5 books in the series as a set. And I’m stubborn and want to know what happens in the end. Maybe it’s just me, but I cannot fathom how everyone else seems to be buying in to these books. I guess if you’re looking for a completely unrealistic escape, these books are definitely for you.
Observe is pretty cool, glad to see more complexity and world building with the characters.
Observe follows Nicole and friends on a perilous journey. Hang on for a nail-bitting tale as Nicole and friends try to determine who they can trust in the upcoming Tarian/Arete war. Can Nicole master her sub-abilities in time to save herself and her friends? A must read for fantasy lovers! *I received a free eBook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*
This is the 4th book (3rd full novel) in the Mosaic Chronicles books.
My “short answer” review is that if you liked the other two full novels (there is also a collection of stories published which is listed as book 2) then you will definitely enjoy this one as well.
Andrea Pearson also e-published a collection set of the first five which is worth getting if you haven’t purchased any of the books individually. I reviewed that and, as I said of the whole set, this “installment” is by itself a great combination of romance, adventure and magic, with well developed characters that I genuinely liked and who interact wonderfully with each other, plus a believable world and great supporting cast. It is easy for me to recommend this book. Readers will definitely enjoy.
This is a great story. Nicole learns that she has magical powers. And gets initiated in a club that she is trying to find a way to save lives. With the help from Colidge. This is a fast past read, that is a Mystery as well as Nicole learning how to handle her magic. The Author really brings the characters to life. You won’t be able to put the book down, because it pulls you in to where you don’t want to put it down.
Shauna Joesten
A lot is placed on Nicole’s shoulders in this book. She can’t be near Austin without getting physically sick. She has to pretend to hate Aretes and take over leadership of the Tarians. She also has to pretend to follow her great grandmother, Rebecca, all the while knowing that Rebecca was being deceitful. Ms Pearson has lots more surprising adventures for Nicole in this book. I think young adults would love this series and even though I’m not a young adult anymore, (only young at heart ;;-)) I enjoyed reading this. Highly recommended.
SUPER FUN AND BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE!! My reviews on the first three books in this series have garnered 5-star reviews due to the sheer creativity and unpredictability from these books, but now I’m writing a 5-star review because of how much I not genuinely love the book and this series, and would give it 6-stars if possible due to creativity and unpredictability, and just sheer FUN. Although the book is short, which is a bummer because it would be great to have a longer story, we FINALLY see how all of the plots and events from the previous books are finally coming together to hopefully present a super strong and mind-blowing finish to the series in the 5th installment. As I’ve said before, Andrea Pearson’s storytelling of the Mosaic Chronicles is very reminiscent of the TV shows “The Magicians,” and “Doctor Who.” The events that occur in this whole series alone are strokes of creative genius (because my lowly writing self cannot produce decent strokes of creativity), and Pearson weaves everything together in a way that is magical, and just super cool and fun to read! When I read these books, I feel the same way that I do when watching an episode of “Doctor Who,” asking myself how in the world was anyone able to come up with such a crazy, fun, cool, and creative story??!!
I also have to say that I’m pleased that this YA series is not chock-full of ridiculous and unrealistic romance (which I do enjoy when written well). Although this is a YA series and the main characters are young college aged (high teens, low 20s), I have a hard time reading this series without constantly thinking that Nicole and her classmates are older than Pearson wrote them out to be, simply because it seems like a lot of trauma and danger that happens to Nicole and the others seem a little unrealistic for people that young. But, that’s probably just a personal bias that I have to get over. Overall, really great story, and can’t wait to finish the 5th installment, and the 3 that come afterwards. Pearson is not officially an author of whose books I will be reading from here on out, because she has captured my full attention!
I havent finished the series but check it out. so far what i have read is hysterical because of the characters but over all a great read. Spoiler alter coming ahead, the only this i’m not feeling in this book is how the 2 main characters basically think they are it for each other at like 20 years old. I’m 20 and I have not idea what love is. but again it is a book so check it out