Dark Seraphine (Seraphine Trilogy #1)
Publication: 21st October 2012
Publisher: Createspace
Pages: 230
Genre: Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
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"Mom always says the angels walk among us. She forgot to tell me that sometimes they're not all fluffy and nice."
Seventeen-year-old Caleb Wood has seen people he calls the walkers since he was a baby. It didn't take long for him to realize something…no one can see these strangers but him. They never stuck around or tried to touch him. And they never said a word. That was until one day on the first day of class in his senior year when an incredibly gorgeous girl strolls into his life…and things are never the same again.
Soon Caleb realizes he has stepped into the middle of a growing conflict between two ancient groups. And his ability to see the invisible ones, the half-breeds that want to modify the human race, just might be the only hope both he and the mysterious, but infuriating, Gia, have of making it out alive.
Seventeen-year-old Caleb Wood has seen people he calls the walkers since he was a baby. It didn't take long for him to realize something…no one can see these strangers but him. They never stuck around or tried to touch him. And they never said a word. That was until one day on the first day of class in his senior year when an incredibly gorgeous girl strolls into his life…and things are never the same again.
Soon Caleb realizes he has stepped into the middle of a growing conflict between two ancient groups. And his ability to see the invisible ones, the half-breeds that want to modify the human race, just might be the only hope both he and the mysterious, but infuriating, Gia, have of making it out alive.
My Thoughts...
Ever since he was a baby Caleb has seen Walkers (spirits), but has kept it to himself, they usually appear for a minute or two and he never sees them again, that is until he keeps seeing a a girl his age a walker whom even talks to him which none have ever done before.
Her name is Gia and the more she appears and she does, anytime, anywhere the more that Caleb can't stop thinking about her, even if he is supposedly dating Erica the most popular girl at school.
Caleb starts noticing men dressed all in black hanging around, although he's the only one that does seem to see them,and they're not real friendly, and neither are some of Gia's so called friends and through all this Caleb seems to be gaining strength, what he doesn't know is that he's smack bang in the middle of an ancient feud!
I did love the whole back story and the mythology that found it's way into the book, it was different reading a book from a male's pov but I found I quite liked it, I look forward to the next book especially after the ending.
I give this 3.75/5.
Dark
Seraphine Excerpt
By
KaSonndra Leigh
There
was no one in the classroom besides the two of us. To admit this girl made me
feel a little shaky sounded weak. I put on a manly face, squared my shoulders,
and sat in the desk behind her. The little kid in me still wanted to run away
like a baby, though.
And
then she laughed.
It
was a high-pitched giggle, a normal girl’s sound. That wasn’t right. I don’t
remember any of the other spirits laughing before.
“So
you wanna run from me, huh? Go ahead. I’ll just find you like I always do,
Caleb,” she said, still facing the chalk board in the front of the classroom. Her
voice was smooth like a musical instrument, maybe a flute. Nah. It was more like a harp. I could listen to it all day.
But
even her sexy pipes didn’t change the fact that she just read my mind. How did
she do that?
“Are
you going to run, or stay? I need a quick answer, because I have a lot to do
today.” She turned her head to the side a bit.
“I
don’t run from anything,” I said, trying to ignore the prickle in my underarms.
Good thing I used my dad’s deodorant this morning. That old-timers stuff was strong enough to knock out anything.
She
didn’t scare me as much as some of the other walkers, my nickname for them. But
I wasn’t ready to get her digits either. As a baby, I remembered talking to a
few of them. That ability disappeared sometime around my thirteenth birthday.
This was the first time I spoke to one in four years.
“What
are you people: angels, ghosts, or zombies?” I asked, my voice squeaking on the
last syllable. What a dork.
“Can’t
you be a little more creative?” She turned around in her seat to face me, an
amused expression on her ridiculously gorgeous face. I sucked my breath. Her
strange amber-hazel eyes pierced through me. The word beautiful didn’t do enough
for this walker-girl.
“I
thought I was pretty creative,” I said.
“Nope.
Your ideas suck,” she said with a smug face.
“Nice.
Thanks,” I said, getting annoyed.
“And
I don’t sparkle in the sun, either. So scratch that one off your list too.”
I
frowned. “Then tell me the right answer. And you can go ahead and explain how I
won the honor of being stalked?”
“I’m
a creative mix of many things. Feel better now?” She tilted her head. Blue-black
hair flowed around her face as if it were made of silky thread. “So others have
come before me?” She seemed to be talking to herself rather than asking me.
“Maybe,”
I said. Why should I tell her everything? One thing I did know. At this rate, I
was probably going to be committed to the loony ward on the first day of
school.
“I’m
going to need your help soon, Caleb. You have to be ready,” she whispered, her
face suddenly serious. Right then, I knew my world was about to change…forever.
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Meet your word sculptress...
Author of the Lost Immortals Saga and the Path Seekers Series. I’m also a mother, blogger, reader, gardener, home renovator, and a slayer of undead Egyptian mummies in Tomb Raider. I believe in karma, coffee, and seriously wish that the producers of Xena would bring my favorite show ever back.
Strange things about me: Everything. I am weird, odd, unusual, and generally tend to make people think I swooped down from another planet. I don’t know. Maybe I did. Who knows? I’m also a member of the #zombiesurvivalcrew on twitter. So if you need protection from the upcoming apocalypse, don’t hesitate to call on us.
I was born in the race-car city of Charlotte, NC, and now live in the City of Alchemy and Medicine, NC, when I’m not hanging out in Bardonia (Lost Immortals). Most of my characters are based on people that I’ve met throughout my travels and adventures. People tend to stop and start conversations with me as if I’ve known them my entire life. Does this freak me out? Not really. My mom says that one day I’ll get kidnapped by one of them. I told her that if it weren’t for these lovely people then I wouldn’t be able to create the stories that I do.
I have many favorite authors but there are some who truly rock my socks: Octavia Butler, Anne Rice, Kami Garcia, J.K. Rowling, Dean Koontz (on his good-book days), Stephen King (same as DK) Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Kostova, and so many more…
Some other common tidbits…hmm. I’ve watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun almost 200 times. Seriously, the way I see it is if I keep watching it enough, then suddenly the house that Diane Lane lives in will magically appear in my backyard. I know. I’ve got a huge imagination!
