Book: Pandora's Key
Author: Nancy Richardson Fischer
Published: Novemeber 19,2011
Series: Book 1 in The Key Triology
My Rating: 4 Stars
Summary:
When everything you believed about yourself is a lie, how do you unlock the truth…
Evangeline Theopolis has nightmares about the violent deaths of women she has never met. Her single mother, Olivia, suffers delusions she can’t hide. And Malledy, a brilliant young man, may have a disease that will leave him paralyzed and insane. Their lives are about to collide.
On Evangeline’s 16th birthday her mother gives her a necklace with an antique key charm—a family heirloom, though no one knows what the key unlocks.
Everything changes. Her mom is hospitalized. Her godmother attempts murder. An ancient Order tries to kill Evangeline, and a lethal sect to kidnap her.
Nothing makes sense—especially Evangeline’s own face, which has morphed from geeky to eerily stunning; the ancient key that feels strangely alive against her skin; and the magical abilities she begins to possess.
Evangeline must use her wits and supernatural powers to fight her deadly adversaries and discover her true identity. But can she accept who she really is and save the world?
Evangeline Theopolis has nightmares about the violent deaths of women she has never met. Her single mother, Olivia, suffers delusions she can’t hide. And Malledy, a brilliant young man, may have a disease that will leave him paralyzed and insane. Their lives are about to collide.
On Evangeline’s 16th birthday her mother gives her a necklace with an antique key charm—a family heirloom, though no one knows what the key unlocks.
Everything changes. Her mom is hospitalized. Her godmother attempts murder. An ancient Order tries to kill Evangeline, and a lethal sect to kidnap her.
Nothing makes sense—especially Evangeline’s own face, which has morphed from geeky to eerily stunning; the ancient key that feels strangely alive against her skin; and the magical abilities she begins to possess.
Evangeline must use her wits and supernatural powers to fight her deadly adversaries and discover her true identity. But can she accept who she really is and save the world?
My Review:
Let me start off by saying that anyone that knows me knows how much of a mythology lover I have become. I was so excited to get the chance to read this book as I have heard great things about it. I am so glad I read this too. It was everything I expected and then some. The author did an amazing job.
We start this book with us meeting Evangeline who appears to be having some sort of dream. The dream is really vivid and feels more like an out of body experience. We learn Evangeline lives with her mom and has a birthday coming up. For her birthday she receives an amazing necklace with a key attached. This is when things get interesting for Evangeline. She starts to notice differences with herself and others do too. Evangeline spends her birthday at school and comes home to find her mom unconscious.
Once her mom is at the hospital she learns some life changing information. Evangeline comes from a long line of Pandora's keepers. Yes that Pandora from Pandora's box. The Keepers are entrusted with the key to unlocking the box. She also unfortunely learns they are all fated to die young. Evangeline also learns that her best friend has sworn to protect her with her own life. She also learns that her mom's friend Sam will do anything to keep her safe also.
Evangeline finds herself having to take care of herself and figure out who she can trust. The book takes some twists and turns as she tries to find out more about herself and break the curse. She meets Tristan who is her best friend's boyfriend and finds out who he really is. Tristan who's real name is Malledy is such a complex character. I felt so bad for him and then he transformed into such an evil person eventhough I understood his motives.
Overall I think this book lived up to all I want in a book. The writing was superb and spot on. There was intrigue and a great plot. The characters were written very well and complex. The author did a great job with this book and I look forward to reading more from her.
Author Info & Her Links
I was born on the east coast and went to Cornell University. After college I worked as a writer for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus. It was a fun first job and I learned how to write quickly, and also that when elephants sneeze on you it's very (VERY) messy. After a year in the circus, I moved out west. I lived in Aspen, Colorado where I skied as much as possible and worked as a waitress in a Mexican restaurant. Great experience but I learned that waitressing is hard (HARD) and I'm not very good at it.
After Aspen, I moved to San Francisco, California where I worked as a writer for University of California, San Francisco and wrote freelance for LucasFilm. At UCSF I learned that sitting in a cubicle under fluorescent lights dulls my soul. LucasFilm taught me that writing freelance, especially fiction, is fun (FUN). So I headed to graduate school in Boulder, Colorado to further hone my skills. For the first part of my freelance writing career I wrote sport autobiographies. I'd visit and travel with an athlete like Monica Seles, Bela Karolyi, Nadia Comaneci or Apolo Ohno and then write their book. It was a terrific job, but after ten years and tons of incredible experiences I got tired of writing other peoples' stories and not my own.
I've always loved books with adventure, magic, and dark forces. I'm a huge fan of Stephen King, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Suzanne Collins and George R.R. Martin. Those writers allow a reader to lose themselves in stories that are intense, sometimes other-worldly, yet strangely believable. I feel incredibly lucky that now I have the chance to create books for readers that will hopefully captivate and transport them into a world where the supernatural is possible with characters that they can relate to who are flawed yet totally compelling.
Today I live in the Pacific Northwest with my amazing husband, Henry, and our mostly loveable (but sometimes vorpal) Vizsla, Boone. When I'm not conjuring a story, I love to kite-board, bike, ski or plan adventures with Boone and Henry, who both make me laugh for different reasons and who are the best partners in fun a gal could ever imagine.
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June 21 - Elemillia - Book Reviews, Fiction Reflections, N' More - personalliterarybookfrenzy.blogspot.com
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June 22 - Reviews By Molly (http://reviewsbymolly.com/) excerpt
June 23 - Shieka - http://doctorsnotes-shy.blogspot.com/
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June 24 - Faye - A Daydreamer's Thoughts, http://xxdaydreamer21xx.blogspot.com/ - review and interview
June 25 - Elizabeth - http://dailymommysurvival.com/ - review
June 26 - Pragya - Reviewing Shelf - Author bio/ excerpt/ guest post
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June 28 - Aleksandra - My blog: http://ds-of-a-little-bw.blogspot.com/ (Divine Secrets of a Little Bookworm).review, author bio and an interview
June 29 - Suzanne F - Paranormal Book Fan http://paranormalbookfan.blogspot.com/ - Author Bio and Excerpt
June 30 - J.A. Beard - Interview
Thanks for stopping by for my stop on the tour. Make sure you check out the rest of it. Thanks to the Making Connections Blog Tour Team for putting this together also.
Review, Interview, Bio, Excerpt
June 22 - Reviews By Molly (http://reviewsbymolly.com/) excerpt
June 23 - Shieka - http://doctorsnotes-shy.blogspot.com/
Review
June 24 - Faye - A Daydreamer's Thoughts, http://xxdaydreamer21xx.blogspot.com/ - review and interview
June 25 - Elizabeth - http://dailymommysurvival.com/ - review
June 26 - Pragya - Reviewing Shelf - Author bio/ excerpt/ guest post
June 27 - Maghon Thomas Happy tails & tales - http://www.magluvsya03.wordpress.com/ - Review/character interview
June 28 - Aleksandra - My blog: http://ds-of-a-little-bw.blogspot.com/ (Divine Secrets of a Little Bookworm).review, author bio and an interview
June 29 - Suzanne F - Paranormal Book Fan http://paranormalbookfan.blogspot.com/ - Author Bio and Excerpt
June 30 - J.A. Beard - Interview
Thanks for stopping by for my stop on the tour. Make sure you check out the rest of it. Thanks to the Making Connections Blog Tour Team for putting this together also.
2 comments:
sounds like a great book!
Thanks so much for hosting Pandora's Key on your blog! I really appreciate the time you took to read and review my book and I'm so glad you liked the story!
Best,
Nancy Richardson Fischer
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