“Awoken” by: Billie Jade Kermack
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Grace O’Callaghan
leads a normal life with her mother and brother Cary, her father having died
years earlier. Her normal life is turned
upside down when she meets Beau. Beau
Milner, with his copper hair, striking blue eyes, and toned body was the
epitome of tall, dark, and handsome to Grace from the minute he walked into her
photography class but there was something a little off with Beau. As a young child Beau was one of two
survivors in a horrific accident that killed his father instantly and his
mother from injuries shortly thereafter.
He was tossed around from foster home to foster home during his
childhood, and after an incident in which furniture was stacked upside down in
the middle of a room and Beau was accused, he was forced to stay within a
hospital until his foster mother Gwen takes him in. As Grace and Beau grow closer, she learns he
is awoken, he can see spirits and it is his job to help them travel to the
other side. Unfortunately his gift also
leaves those he loves, Gwen and Grace, susceptible to being harmed by spirits
and both women are attacked by them.
When a particularly evil spirit can’t get what it wants from Beau’s
foster mother Gwen, he begins to torment Grace on a nightly basis. Another spirit overtakes Gwen’s body to
torment Grace, causing them to seek the help of Gwen’s friend to free her. When Grace’s birthday arrives, it seems as
though Grace and Beau are finally going to have a moment’s peace from the
supernatural, but Beau realizes that shadows are coming for Grace and won’t
stop until they use her to destroy him.
Glen, a serial killer while he was alive, now a spirit, decides that he
will overtake Grace’s body and use it to kill not only his former coworker Gwen
but Beau as well. Gwen and Beau intend
to have Grace draw Glen’s evil spirit out so that they can finally send him to
Hell but will Grace and Beau’s love survive it all or will Grace be lost to
evil?
Awoken, by the
talented Billie Jade Kermack, is the first in the Shadowed Veil Series. This book is pleasantly surprising. It’s a love story with a bit of Sixth Sense
and a battle between good and evil.
Beau, the male lead, has the weight of the spirit world on his
shoulders, and Grace, having seen death firsthand with her father, is an open
and understanding outlet for Beau. These
two misunderstood characters understand one another perfectly and form a love
that seems unbreakable. The plot twist
at the end of Awoken is refreshing and unpredictable, leaving the reader
anxiously awaiting the sequel. I would
recommend Awoken, as it appeals to readers in a number of genres such as young
adult, new adult, romance, and paranormal.
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