With already over 30 wonderful 5 star reviews on this newly released novel and counting, discover H.L. Girton’s debut, heart throbbing, paranormal romance that will steal your heart.The Truth Hurts More Than Secrets and Lies…After traveling the country with her aunt, Genesis Berkley finally feels like she is home. Settling in Tillamook, Oregon, she begins a new life and everything seems to be … everything seems to be going smoothly. That is, until she runs into a mysterious young man.
The feelings that he awakens are unsettling, and soon, her simple, peaceful world shatters. Lies and secrets are revealed, and danger lurks in every corner.
Now, Genesis must discover if she is strong enough to fulfill her destiny. Will she learn to accept the truth before it is too late?
Lovers of shape shifters, coming of age new adult romance, myth and lore, fantasy, plus healers and nymphs, be ready for a new, thrilling page turner. The Accalia is real! She has survived and is coming!
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Reading Order for The Accalia Series
The Accalia
The Curse
The Healer
The Alpha (Coming Soon)
Reviews:
Wow, I am truly blown away by this book! The Accalia is a fabulous debut novel by H. L. Girton. The characterizations are brilliant and the twists and turns had me flipping through the pages at breakneck speed. I fell in love with the vivid narrative that made me feel like I was truly part of the story. Bravo! -Amazon Reviewer- Five Brilliant Stars! ★★★★★
This is a tale of grit, determination and adventure set in a world full of mythical creatures and strong characters. The heroine grows before the reader’s eyes as she becomes the image of her legendary promise and fulfills her role with grace and strength. As an Oregonian, the setting of the story was charming to me and made me feel right at home in the action. -Amazon Reviewer- A Heroine Worthy of Her Legend! ★★★★
I didn’t really know what I was expecting when I started this book, but whatever it was it was not what I got.
The characters are so well written that you feel their every emotion. You’re invested in the outcome. You love when Genesis loves you cry when Genesis cries. Well, the sky quite literally cries when she cries. -Amazon Reviewer- Not what you think! ★★★★★
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Wow, I am truly blown away by this book! The Accalia is a fabulous debut novel by H. L. Girton. The characterizations are brilliant and the twists and turns had me flipping through the pages at breakneck speed. I fell in love with the vivid narrative that made me feel like I was truly part of the story. Bravo!
Genesis and Liam are now my favorite couple and I can’t wait to dive into the second book since this one had a cliffie to end all cliffies. I highly recommend The Accalia to all fantasy lovers of all ages.
Five brilliant stars!
Great start to what should be a wonderful series. My only complaint is the cliffhanger ending and a few editing errors. Otherwise, this would easily have been a 5 star review.
Those who enjoy paranormal, shape-shifter, new adult stories will LOVE this novel! The dramatic prologue sets the stage as a midwife manages to escape from a foreboding mansion with the baby whose mother has just died in childbirth.
Eighteen years later the reader is re-introduced to Cammie, the midwife, and Genesis, the baby who has now just graduated from high school. The first chapter also introduces Madeline. There a strong connection between Genesis and her best friend, Madeline, that hints of something more than teenagers who simply get along well.
When Genesis, attends a graduation party on the beach and ends up getting lost, things really start to get interesting. We learn that Genesis is unique. She didn’t know it, but she’s a werewolf. Not only that, she’s the one and only female werewolf in existence, and her life is in danger.
This novel is fast-paced, full of twists and turns, and will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions.
“The Accalia”, book one of the Accalia series by H. L. Griton. The story is vague in the beginning only giving the reader a certain amount of information, just enough to keep them intrigued. Then things start to progress and the story has an amazing way of revealing itself.
You fall in love with the characters and how different each of them are. Genesis has a hard time when she is told what happened to her but she rises to the occasion when it comes down to it. Liam is an amazing guy with brains & beauty. Jerimiah is a great alpha but becomes even greater when Genesis comes into his life. All these characters are well rounded and down to earth. Great world creating as well.
I am happy to say that I have the next book waiting for me so I can continue on. Writing this review has been hard because all I am thinking about is finding out what happens after the ending. Give this series a shot, book one was amazing, onto book two!
Read book one and you will want to move onto book two. Get it!
H.L. Girton writes with such passion that the story of “The Accalia” became real in the moment. The first edition to series, gives readers a taste of the Young Adult Fantasy, leaving readers wanting more. With the lead female character becoming shapeshifter/water nymph, learning more about her destiny and gaining her gifts, alongside a pack of wolves that is now her family, gives a variation to the many alpha male wolf stories available. If you enjoy reading about strong females fighting for their believes and embracing their destiny one step at a time, with hot male wolves standing beside them, then this is a MUST read!
“The Accalia” stands out as a 5 star read for many reasons including:
*The scene is set by a very powerful and passionate prologue. At first it seems as if it is a mother giving birth, before the birthing problems arise. This sets the stage for so many questions, and opens the plot settings to want to know the full story rather than just the many unanswered questions that come from the prologue including – what does it mean to hide her until she is ready?
*Attention to detail is given to all the characters throughout the story, allowing to make them seem more familiar and describing their part in the unraveling destiny of “The Accalia”, Genesis. Each character is depicted in their best forms including features, personality traits, what they love, and most importantly to the story, who they are to Genesis and what part they play in her safety and new life. This is from the mother of Genesis, to Genesis’s Aunt, to her school friends, her wolf pack, her father, even the villains. Such attention to all characters is rare, and gives this story a lot more depth.
*The three main female characters that form the focus of the story are depicted as strong, intelligent, independent “warriors”. Each knowing who they are, their strengths and weaknesses, how they protect each other, and work together to stay safe. First is Genesis, “The Accalia”, a very strong willed young adult who cherishes her love for her Aunt and best friend. She takes on everything that comes her way, sometimes erratically, but always tries her best. The second is Aunt Cammy who is described as a truly beautiful woman, spiritually and physically. She would do anything to protect Genesis as her new destiny unravels. And then, the best friend Madeline, described with such detail that she feels familiar, down to her curly bouncy blonde hair, to her fierce love for Genesis, and her willingness to take on her new destiny too.
*As per the portrayal of characters, the settings are also given a lot of attention to detail. For example, the cafe that Aunt Cammy runs with Genesis. The cafe, including its name, down to it’s location, what was baked, how they made the upstairs apartment their home, all made the settings feel real.
*The plot begins by following many real life scenarios that young adults face, including forming best friends and maintaining the relationship, graduating from high school, worrying about the future and career paths, going to parties to celebrate with friends, changing appearances, and so much more. That is before the real story kicks in and the fantasy begins, and where other real life and fantasy scenarios are portrayed (no spoilers!)
*The plot, after the scene is set, and readers have learned more about the main characters, picks up quickly, full of adventure, evil and mayhem. The night she leaves the party and gets lost in the woods is the day Genesis’s destiny starts to unravel, with wolves fighting her, some trying to harm her, others to protect. Nothing remains the same, although it takes Genesis a while to come to terms with the vast change, and the three strong warriors are forced to flee everything they love to go somewhere safe and learn the truths. Many unexpected changes to the plot keep the thrilling. Answers to the many questions helps solve the many mysteries, while more challenges come to be faced.
*Love is explored in the story in many forms, starting with her mother and father, described as the love everyone always wanted…a once in a lifetime soul love. Genesis also learns of new young love to a fellow wolf from her pack Liam. He is her fiercest protector and would do anything for her. They might even grow to share the love that her parents have….that is if Genesis can open up her heart fully to understand her new way of life (no spoilers!)
*An unexpected twist in events leaves the ending wide open. This leaves readers impatiently wanting to know more about the next part of the story for “The Accalia”, her true love, and her destiny to the world.
As can be seen, this book is a 5-star read with powerful characters and a challenging plot. I recommend this story to all young adult fantasy readers who enjoy books about love, destiny, wolves, mystery, unexpected changes and loss. I can’t wait to read what the second installment by H.L. Girton ,”The Curse”, brings and hope to find out the answers to the ending of “The Accalia”.
I reviewed this book voluntarily after receiving this book in advance.The Accalia (The Accalia Series, #1)
I decided to pick up this book when a couple of my fellow blog team members raved about it for almost days on end. I heard so many good things about it, how amazing and incredible it was, and how I just had to read it to see for myself. Full disclosure: I was a little worried that it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I was dead wrong!
From the very first page, I was transported to a completely different world. I forgot about my adult responsibilities, my laundry went unfinished and I didn’t even eat dinner (I did make it for my kids though, I just didn’t eat myself). I devoured this book in one day because I just couldn’t put it down. I swear there has never been another book that has made me feel so many emotions all at once. I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I even wanted to punch my kindle in it’s bright shiny face at several points during this insane roller coaster of emotions.
I loved that it was fast paced and jumped right into things. It didn’t slow down and it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I reading. It was well described and very easy to read, not to mention the story line was completely epic and original. I felt everything the characters were feeling, I cried with them, I screamed with them and I even share a hatred for some of the other characters with them. It’s hard not to feel so passionate about this story when I personally felt so involved in it. It was like I was right there, experiencing everything they were feeling.
NOTE: There is a cliff-hanger! A massive, OMG, what just happened, kind of cliff hanger (which was one of the times I found myself wanting to punch my kindle). You WILL be hooked by this story! For however long it takes you to read it, your life will cease to exist! The world as you know it will change as you embark on this crazy, emotional, but absolutely epic adventure!
A must read for lovers of all things shifters and paranormal! Hands down the best book I have read in 2017.
5 MASSIVE stars!
While reading this book I was on the edge of my seat through the whole story. It was so good I couldn’t put it down. It had secrets, lies, tragedy, love, loss and determination all wrapped in to one story.