Series: Keeper of the Lost Souls Book One
Author: Kristy Centeno
Publication Date: June 7, 2013
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Bryn McCaskey is young, naïve, and can talk to ghosts...
Like her mother and grandmother, Bryn comes from a breed of witches called The Keepers of the Lost Souls. Their main purpose is to guard those spirits who are permanently or temporarily grounded in the world of the living. Handling supernatural creatures is something which comes naturally to Bryn, however, dealing with people is a whole different story.
As her 18th birthday approaches it's time for her to take on her first assignment. Bryn is forced to confront her inability to communicate with others in an effort to save the one soul that can mean the difference between life and death for mankind.
Johnny Shaw is a lost soul with a personal vendetta against witches...
A vendetta he has carried on even after death. As much as he hate's them he must join forces with a keeper witch, in order to stop a century old threat. When fate brings them together, not only will they be forced to learn how to work as a team, but they will have to depend on each other to stop an evil witch carrying a six hundred year grudge!
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About The Author
As a child, I used to lose myself in an imaginary world by the means of a good book. Now that I’m all grown up, I get to create my own fictional realms and make them come to life in ways that most readers might not expect.
I’ve always had a passion for writing but never had the opportunity do so until now. After trying out numerous options I realized that writing was what I loved the most so when I found myself with some free time on my hands, I decided to give it a shot. As it turned out, my very active imagination helped me achieve my goals of creating believable plots with some ordinary, and some not so ordinary characters that helped the stories move along in one way or another.
As I keep moving along in achieving my dreams of becoming a published author, I divide my time in between my four children and my very understanding husband.
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My Thoughts
This was by no means a bad book. The MC was nice, the romantic interest was alright after a while and I liked the side characters.
I am a sucker for books about witches. I just love books about magic, and ghosts, and this one had both, so there was no way I was passing it up. Bryn is a Keeper Witch. She is in charge of 'good' lost souls, protects them till their are ready to move on. With this job come certain powers that make it easier. We are told that Bryn is a very strong witch, specially for someone at her age. But I couldn't really see that. I mean they tell you what the norm is, but it seemed to me that if a basic keeper witch couldn't do what Bryn did, then they must suck at the job, cause honestly I just don't see it happening.
One of Bryn's charges is the soul of Johnny Shaw. I didn't like the guy at first because he was a close minded a-hole. Actually he keeps being incredibly suspicious and close minded to the point of it being silly. It got on my nerves. It's always good to have a healthy amount of suspicion, but my god man! That was just ridiculous. Thankfully we only see this side of him 1 more time after the initial introduction. From then on it was mostly smooth sailing.
I found the world-building a bit lacking. If there are Keeper witches there must be other kinds of witches, right? But we are only told of 2 magical beings and the other was simply described as 'evil'. How many kinds are there, what do they do? Do they all communicate between each other? Do they have some kind of formal authority? We simply don't know, because sadly, this aspect was just not explored.
The plot in and of itself was good enough. With plenty of twists and turns to keep you reading the whole time. I won't say anything else since I don't want to spoil it for anyone. But what I really liked about this book was Bryn.
Bryn was both a typical and not typical MC. She was shy, a bit of an antisocial but she was good, but not the perfect goody-two-shoe that would have put me off. She actually came of as sincere. She went through a lot of crap at school but she still helped the people that made her life hell. Why? Because it was the right thing to do. And once she was out of the school zone, she stopped taking crap from anyone and stood up for herself. I really liked her and admired her for that.
I also liked the relationship she had with her mom and grandmother. It felt real and genuine to me. They were pushy and always nagging, but trusting and loving.
So sure this book had it's flaws, but what book doesn't? And even with it's flaws it was still ultimately entertaining.
Would I Recommend it?
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Giveaway
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I'm a sucker for witch books too and I don't know why. Most of them are horribly dissapointed. Maybe my expectations are too high because my first witch book was The Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice and then I read the Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. And don't get me started about how awesome Harry Potter is. I just hate it when a book about witches is thrown together without any lore or world building.
ReplyDeleteExactly! Most recent witch books really don't live up to expectations. You should give < ahref="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15756968-the-awakening-of-ren-crown?ac=1">The Awakening of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle a try though, I think you'll love it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation! :)
ReplyDeleteNo problem! Hope you like it :)
ReplyDeleteI love witch books too..but need my world-building! I hope book two does that. Have you read the Cahill Witch trilogy?
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't, but been meaning to. I'm guessing you liked them?
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness yes, I reviewed both last month, but the cliffhangers are killer!
ReplyDelete:o Gonna have to read them then. I kind of like a good cliffhanger lol.
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