Title: Rae of Hope (The Chronicles of Kerrigan)
Author: WJ May
Format: Ebook provided by author for review
From Goodreads:
How hard do you have to shake a family tree to find out the truth of the past?
Fifteen-year-old Rae Kerrigan has never questioned her family’s history. That is until she accepted a scholarship to pGuilder Boarding School in England. Guilder is a very unique, gifted school. Rae has no idea what she is getting herself into or that her family’s past is going to come back and taunt her. She learns she is part of an unparalleled group of individuals who become marked with a unique tattoo (tatù) on their sixteenth birthday. The tatù enables them to have supernatural powers particular to the shape of their marking. Both her parents were marked though Rae never knew, as they passed away when she was young and never told her. Learning about her family’s past, her evil father and sacrificial mother, Rae needs to decide if there is a ray of hope for her own life.
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Rae is a 15 year old girl who has been through a lot in her
life. At the young age of six she became
an orphan in a horrific way and went to live with her aunt and uncle. Then the whisked her away to the United
States to live for the past 10 years.
Now she is almost 16 and they’ve suddenly sent her back to Britain to go
to the Guilder Boarding School.
Right away she begins to meet new people, including Molly,
her new roommate. I have a feeling that
everyone who reads this book is going to fall in love with Molly. I tried to not like her, really, I did. Initially she seemed like she was all up in
Rae’s face and very nosey. But it’s not
long until you realize the girl has a heart of gold that is the size of
Texas. She is bubbly and fun, and she
has a flair for style. Molly’s joy is
infectious, and her smile contagious.
And as sickly as that may sound {insert snicker here} it is completely
true. The girl could carry her own book,
I’m sure! It’s not long before Molly
drops the bomb that she doesn’t realize is a bomb. She is going to have super powers. Everyone at Guilder will, or already does.
And that includes Rae.
What?!!? Yeah, Rae is
in a whole new world now. But it’s
proven to her quickly and she doesn’t take much time to realize this is the
truth. So then we get to meet more
people, and the powers they have. There
really are some very interesting ones in the group, and I can only say that
yes, I was very jealous. I wish I were
Rae!! To find out you are part of an elite group of people, and it’s not just because
you are cool, it’s because you have actual real super powers? Heck yes!!
Ok, sorry, fan moment there.
As it turns out, everyone knows about Rae. They know her whole story. This was getting so frustrating for me. Like I wanted to scream at some of them “just
tell me her the story!!”
Especially Devon. Friend? Enemy in disguise? Love interest?? Oh, it’s so hard to tell. I have to be honest; he wasn’t my favorite of
the boys for the entire story. I flipped
like a giddy little school girl. I was
interested in Andy, Riley, Devon… even Julian was a possible champion to my Rae’s
heart in my eyes. My favorite for most of the story was Andy,
he was totally flirty and aggressive, just like his wolf shifter power.
Then there was one scene… something from the past finds its
way to Rae. The scene is so full
of electricity. You’re happy, you’re
sad, you feel for Rae and all that she has lost. As a mother to a young girl it really had an
impact on me. This is just one point of
many that show this book is not just some superficial YA read, there are real
emotions and the author did a fantastic job of conveying everything.
I just loved Rae and her story. She is young, feisty, and full of heart. She’s flawed, and more beautiful for it. The girl isn’t perfect, oh no. She makes her fair share of mistakes. But she will grab you right from the start
and take you on this journey with her.
And you’ll be wise to go.
The sequel comes out in August, 2012. I
will definitely be waiting in line for that one.
So readers, I hope you rush right out and get this
book. You won’t be disappointed. Bonus on top of it all, the author – WJ May,
is just as sweet and nice as can be. Why
don’t you come back in a few days and see what we have for you then! I guarantee you won’t want to miss it!
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