Tuesday, April 2, 2013

All That We See Or Seem by Tempest C. Avery


(The Dreamer Triology #1)



DO NOT READ THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU HAVE READ 

Where Thy Dark Eye Glances  #0.5.  IT WILL SAVE YOU A LOT OF TROUBLE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHATS BEING SAID IN THE BEGINNING. 


Lily Bryg is a seventeen year old witch. She doesn't always know what that means, or how to control it, but she does know that to most, it paints a pretty little target over her forehead. If that's not bad enough, Ronan an evil king who believes she's his soul mate has been stalking her in her dreams. Should she fight Ronan and risk everything, or give up her freedom to possibly save her friends? 

And what about Larkin, the attractive shape shifter who sparks a strong sense of deja vu within her? He claims they knew each other in her past life, but how could she trust something she can't remember? Dodging witches, demons, faeries, dragons, and much, much more, the Four are just beginning to realize that having power comes with a lot of responsibility. And sacrifice. But one question stands out among the rest, haunting Lily through out the nights and days. Should she fight Ronan and risk everything, or should she give up her freedom to the gorgeous, yet wicked, king in order to possibly save her friends?


Review:


Characters:

Lily Bryg, Queen Bryg, Liliandra (The Dreamer)
Ronan Ambros (The Dark King)
Brid (The Stargazer, Female)
Caer(The Fortuneteller, Female)
Ruarc(The Warrior)
Galvin (Shadow, Shade)
Larkin (Faolan, Warewolf, Prince)
Ameliona (Last spellcaster)
Bran (Ronan´s former head guard, he betrayed Ronan)
Conall (Warewolf, cousin of Larkin, Prince)
Whiltierna (she-wolf bitch, former bed partner of Larkin or I assume)

Summary:  17 year old Lily and her three best friends live in The Other (Our world) and  know they are witches from another realm called Bevain and they must go back to defeat The Dark King so she can claim her throne as Queen.

Stars: + + + + +  ( I would probably give it more if I had the chance)


This was a great story. Tempest has a lot of imagination. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Paranormal, Teen Drama books. 

Lily Bryg is a 17 year old teenage girl living in New York that feels like she doesn't belong where she is. Later she discovers she, along with her 3 friends (Ruarc, Brid and Caer) are witches that lived 300 years ago in a realm called Bevain and Lily is their leader. They are called the four: Lily "The Dreamer", Brid "The Stargazer", Caer "The Fortuneteller" and Ruarc "The Warrior". They are aware of Ronan´s (The Dark King) existence because he visits them in their dreams in "The Other" (Our realm, NYC, what we know as our world).. He can´t touch them because they are in different realms but he still can mess with their heads. He is after them because three centuries ago, The Fortuneteller told him Lily "The Dreamer" was his soul mate . So he claimed he loved her and that they were meant for each other and chase her along with her friends. Somehow they died and their souls were sent to The Other.

They all know they had past lives in Bevain but the more they have knowledge about it, the better their memory gets and even though they don´t remember everything, new memories arrive without warning. The Four are part of a prophecy in which they are supposed to go back to Bevain, the realm they came from so she can defeat Ronan and claim the throne. They end up going back to Bevain with Galvin´s (a Shadow/Shade) help because Ronan had send Unseelie fey to kill them in The Other.


When they get to Bevain they wake up alone and with no trace of Galvin´s whereabouts. While trying to get to Blairzeth their former home 300 years ago, they meet Larkin Devlin who´s been following them. While trying to figure out if he is trustworthy or not they get ambushed by Ronan´s soldiers. Lily feels a pull toward Larking but can´t recall why. She knows they met in her former life but can´t remember what happened between them. Larking takes them to Ameliona and old woman who happens to be "The Last Spellcaster". She explains to them the war had begun and they need to get ready to head to Moht where people has been gathered as The Rebellion to defeat King Ronan...


The rest you must read and you won´t regret it. I spent two days reading at work and going to bed until 2-3 in the morning. I was so intrigued with the path this story was taking and I just had to know what was going to happen next. This journey is full of twists and turns, drama, romance, mystery, intrigue, conspiracy fucking EVERYTHING.... I LOVE IT..  - Nothing is what is seems -  Or that´s my guess. Maybe that´s why I sympathize with the evil guy. hummmm *wink* *wink* *sigh*

Enough with the angel/human, Vampire/human love series. I must say this is one of the most ORIGINAL Teen Paranormal stories I have read in years YES years and it was FAN-TAS-TIC.

I have some questions though. BEWARE OF SPOILERS. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK ALREADY.


What really happened between Whiltierna and Larkin in the past? (I assume much, but why did he lied?... Did he really lied?  (I sense that people are kind of taking advantage of Lily´s amnesia)

"What does he mean by that, exactly?" The thought of another girl making the moves on her wolf-She stopped herself before she could go on. When had Larkin become hers? And what right did she have to be mad at him for acting the ways he was in front of his cousin if at the mere mention of another girl she flipped?
"Nothing" Larkin told her, turning so that he could face both her and Conall.
"Whilt is just a member of our pack. She´s got a crush on me, that´s all.

And then this happens:

Before he knew what he intended, he was knocking loudly on Whiltierna´s door. The she wolf was frowning when she opened the door, her wheat color curls in disarray as if she´d just risen from bed. Her chocolate eyes widened when she realized it was him. "Larkin? What are you doing here?" He took a breath and frowned. What was he doing there? Whilt´s room was the closest to Lily´s that didn't belong to one of the Four, and he definitely wasn't going to talk to Brid or Caer about his jealousy. But this was a terrible idea. He wasn't going to talk to Brid or Caer about his jealousy. But this was a terrible idea. He wasn't that desperate, and he hadn't actually seen anything...

WTH.!!!! He wasn't that desperate?! What?!! Desperate to talk to someone? Desperate to be with someone?! What an ASS he´s mad at his girl and he just goes to the rebound girl ?!!! Agrrrr I was sooo MAD.!!!

Now, Ronan wants to kill everyone and the last time they speak before the war starts he says this:

"Good luck with that pain that I bring you tonight, Liliandra. That´s more luck then you gave for the pain you´ve brought me" ...

OK WHAT does that mean?!!! They totally shared a story?? yes?!!! No?!! What?!! Damn It... I know he´s evil but I honestly don´t want her to end up with Larkin.  With that statement he makes me think he´s wounded... yes he totally is ... but why?

The three tapestries with the images of them together...... ( I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM.!! IF THEY WERE TOGETHER AND WHY THEY BECAME ENEMIES AND SHE ENDED UP IN A LOVE TRIANGLE BETWEEN TWO WOLVES ...... HUH?!!! SHE DOES HAVE A STORY WITH CONALL TOO RIGHT?! RIGHT?! ** SIGH **


I´m definitely intrigued on how is she going to pull off the rest of the story and I might add that I wish I can see more Ronan/Lily interactions. They all speak of him all the time but he´s one of the characters that has less interaction in the whole book with the characters and still left a big impression  Lily can say she hates him all she wants but the bickering they have every time he visits her dreams is electric. It´s like she refuses to feel something for him but at the same time her body betrays her LOL. As you have noticed already my favorite character is Ronan The Evil King a.k.a (by me) The evil self confident arrogant mother fucker who I think is H-O-T and want him to win Lily´s love. Larkin is confused with the feelings Lily has towards him and it´s like Ronan knows her so well he knows the course of her every thought. I just don´t know why am I such a sucker for the evil handsome guys.

At the beginning I had some trouble understanding what was going on because I haven´t read the book before it, in which apparently the life of the four is explained better and I was also confused on who was saying what to whom. I found in this book a couple of editing errors and felt that parts of the story needed more explanation, BUT who am I to judge I am not a writer,  I definitely don´t have that imaginative capacity and English is my second language. If this girl finds a good publisher like I don´t know Penguin Group or other and changes the covers and advertise she will definitely increase her book sales and I´m pretty sure she will rise in the book industry.

I´m totally giving this book 5 stars. I think books shouldn't be rated based in bad editing. The writers put all their effort, time and imagination in their books for someone to give them bad rating because of verb use or punctuation ..etc...etc.etc.... She just needs to polish the rough edges and voilà.!!

Thank you Tempest for giving me the ARR of such a great book.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/519459091

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