Book: A Forbidden Alchemy
Author: Stacey McEwan
Pages: 480
This is my 12th book for the year
What Amazon Says:
Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are 12 years old when they are whisked away from the shadows of their disenfranchised mining towns to dazzling Belavere City to discover their magical potential. Those who pass Belavere's test will become Artisans, wielders of powerful elemental magic destined to fulfill the city's grand ambitions. For Nina, the Artisan School symbolizes a dream and an escape from her harsh reality, while Patrick yearns to return to his Craftsman family, whose extraordinary physical strength serves the idium mines keeping the city alive. And then they uncover a devastating truth: Artisans aren't born, they're chosen. They part ways on very different paths, leaving them to carry the burden of this secret alone. In the years that follow, a Craftsman revolution ignites, thrusting Nina and Patrick into opposing factions of a brewing war. Now an elite Artisan with the very rare talent for charming earth, Nina has turned her back on the fight, haunted by the loss of her found family. But fate intervenes when she is captured by Patrick's rebel group. Despite the years and conflict that separates them, Patrick hasn't forgotten Nina. He desperately seeks her help for a mission that could shift the tides against Belavere City. Reluctantly, she agrees, battling the sparks flying between them. But when Nina's first love reappears, asking her to betray Patrick for the sake of the Artisans, Nina faces an impossible choice that could alter the fate of their world.
This was a pretty good book. Stacey's Glacian Trilogy is one of my favorites, so I was hopefuly when I saw she started a new series. This has some strong points. I like the magic elements, and the few twists that appeared that I didn't see coming. But it is just a bit too much YA romance for me - felt there were a lot of skippable parts in that vain. Just getting too old to really enjoy that anymore - find it more of a distraction from the main story than anything else. The ending is a cliff hanger for the next book that comes out in July, and I think I will read it just to see where it goes. The overall story is good enough to find out.
Stars: 4
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