Today I am bringing you my review of Residue (Residue Series #1) by Laury Falter. Published April 13, 2012, I was gifted a Kindle edition of this book for an honest review.
When
Jocelyn Weatherford is whisked away from a preparatory academy in upstate New
York to live with her extended family in New Orleans, she is unprepared to
encounter the dangers awaiting her. Yet even as she is thrust into an
unfamiliar world of witches and voodoo magic, the greatest threat of all may be
the boy she has fallen for.
While handsome and charming, he is also a Caldwell... a member of the family the Weatherford's have been feuding with for centuries. As their forbidden love grows it becomes the volatile spark that forever changes their world and everyone in it.
While handsome and charming, he is also a Caldwell... a member of the family the Weatherford's have been feuding with for centuries. As their forbidden love grows it becomes the volatile spark that forever changes their world and everyone in it.
My Review
"Jocelyn." He waited for me to turn to and face him. "I'm sorry for not disclosing who I am. That was wrong - but I don't regret it. It gave me a little more time with you before we had to face reality."
I nodded and he started down the opposite end of the hallway. Then I stopped him.
"Jameson." I hesitated, wondering if I'd regret my next words. They seemed so simple but carried such weight. "I'm glad you waited."
Oh how I keep going back to this. I read it, reread it, three, four times and every time it sent tingles through me and the deepest sighs. I'm not one for quotes and such, but Laury Falter knows how to write and this was perfect.
A story reminiscent of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Two teens, two different families with a long history of feuding and an instant attraction to one another. One who knows the history of the family and the other about to learn it.
Jameson had just stepped in and defended me.
My heart went pitter patter with this. I'm also not one for book boyfriends, but I must say that I've found one in Jameson. How could you not swoon when he openingly protects the girl he's fallen for who his family despises just because she's from "that" family.
Set in present day New Orleans, the reader is not only invited into the world of witchcraft, voodoo and all things magical but becomes part of that world with the mystical magical wording of the author. Instead of scratching your head, wondering what's going on, you learn right along with Jocelyn and keep that knowledge throughout the book.
Jocelyn comes into the world of witchcraft much later than most who have abilities, but she is a quick learner and doesn't back down to challenges. She's a strong character and eventually accepts what she at first did not believe. She discovers than develops her special abilities while undergoing continuous manipulation and random acts of magical torture from members of the feuding family. Targeted again and again because of her relationship with Jameson and because she stands up for what and who she believes in, no matter what.
With so many stories out there about vampires, werewolves and shifters, I found this a good traditional book of witches, blossoming love and conflicts. Solid writing, interesting characters, action intertwined throughout, imagery that impacts the senses; this book is not only in the top five books I've read this year, but probably in the past five years. I recommend this to anyone who likes YA, witchcraft and a solid story.
I look forward to reading not only the remaining books in the Residue series, but anything written by Laury Falter. This is an author who knows how to tell a story and keep the reader captivated from beginning to end.
Links to buy Residue:
Author
Info:
Laury Falter is the author of the bestselling Guardian
Trilogy. She writes young adult paranormal romances and urban fantasy when
she's not taking her stray dogs for a walk or enjoying a date night with her
husband.
Laury has
released two series, the Guardian Trilogy and the Residue Series (a spinoff of
the Guardian Trilogy books), and is currently releasing her third series, the
Apocalypse Series.
To learn more
about Laury and her novels, visit her at:
Website:
http://www.lauryfalter.com/
Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/LauryFalter
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laury-Falter/196033543803745
Goodreads page:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4061922.Laury_Falter
Giveaway #1: Three (3) signed
copies of Residue; US only
Giveaway #2: Eight (8) ecopies
of Residue: Mobi or Nook only; gifted from Amazon or B&N; open
internationally
Spread the word...this is a great book that needs more attention!
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