The Touched by Jennifer Weiser
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication date: September 29th 2015
Genres: Dystopia, Paranormal, Young Adult
Synopsis:
The first sixteen years of Arabella Penthallow’s life have been a lie…
In a world where deception is the key to survival, Ara has kept up the charade of being a perfect Legion Leader’s daughter. But a darkness stirs, and she discovers she is Touched, a mortal gifted by the Gods. The Touched are as rare as they are feared, and Ara is forced to leave Union City for neighboring Midnight City to protect herself and those she loves, leaving Tove Thorn, the boy who has always known her heart, behind.
Carter Decker has vowed to burn Union City to the ground…
Midnight City’s cocky, infamous bad boy always gets what he wants, and he wants Union City to pay for burning his mother alive because she was Touched. When Carter meets Ara, she is everything he’s been taught to hate. Then he learns she is Touched—just like him—he isn’t sure who he hates more…the Touched girl whose father killed his mother, or himself for being tempted by someone he’s sworn to kill.
They are told they’re fated to be soul mates…and they each wish the other never existed.
When Midnight City is attacked by Union City, Carter and Arabella will do the unthinkable…even if it means falling for the enemy. The truth lies in Arabella’s home nation, and Tove is waiting. Soul mates or not, he has an advantage Carter doesn’t, fated souls be damned.
War is coming…and Ara is the prize.
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My Review
I still cannot quite believe that this is a debut
novel. Let me start by saying that I am
a huge fan of the young adult/new adult genre as well as paranormal / dystopian
themes so when I read the blurb for Jennifer Weiser’s The Touched I immediately
wanted to read it and I am so, so happy that I did. From the very first chapter I was hooked and
I continued to be so, right until the final pages that have me on the edge of
my seat needing to know more.
The story is told in multiple points of view, which in some
novels may have made it hard to follow, but in this one it just worked and gave
so much more insight into what was happening behind the scenes and with each
characters emotions as the story unfolded.
The story’s three main characters are Arabella, Carter and
Tove all children of Leaders from Union and Midnight City, in a world where The
Touched are feared and hunted down by some and protected by others. When Carter’s mum is killed when he is just a
boy after it is discovered she is Touched by Arabella’s father, Leader of Union
City, he vows that one day he will have his revenge and destroy the man and the
city responsible for it.
But when Arabella is sent by her father to live with Carter and
his father years later in Midnight City in the hope that it will strengthen an
alliance and promote peace between the two cities, he discovers that the man
responsible for the death of his mother has been hiding the fact that his own
daughter is Touched as well. Despite the
mutual disdain Carter and Arabella feel for each other, they cannot deny a
magnetic pull between them, and with a war on the horizon, fate may just have
much more in store for them than they realise.
There is so much more that I could say about this book but I
honestly don’t think I could do it justice, the bonds of loyalty, friendship
and fate are written about beautifully throughout and the story is captivating,
original and left me with the impression that I had just experienced something
truly special from a debut author who I have a feeling we will be hearing a lot
more from in the future.
★★☆ 4.5 Stars ☆★★
Reviewed by Carly Carter
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AUTHOR BIO:
Jennifer Weiser is a young adult author who has always been a book nerd and a bit chocolate obsessed. Writing has always been a favorite escape, but quickly became a passion not long after the birth of her daughter. When she isn’t combing the shelves of her local book stores or blogging about newest book obsessions, you can find her nestled in her nook creating worlds she hopes that one day will inspire her daughter, who not only has given her the courage to follow her dreams–but offers the inspirations that help color their worlds together.
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Giveaway:
Signed copy of The Touched + a $10 Amazon Gift Card
3x eBook copies of The Touched
Great review! This sounds like one heck of a great read and very well written! Glad you liked it! :)
ReplyDelete<3 Thank you for your amazingly awesome review and for being apart of the tour! I'm absolutely thrilled you liked the book! I can't thank you enough for your kind words! It's words like yours that make writing our stories so worth wild! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAwesome review!! I can't wait to read it!!
ReplyDeleteSounds great! Looking forward to reading it.
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