Monday, August 30, 2010

Review: Foresight

Foresight (The Gods of Fate series - Book 1) by Sherry D. Ficklin

(E-ARC for review from the author)

Synopsis:

Attacked at her graduation by a mysterious woman and a gruesome henchmen, Grace was lucky to escape with her life. Rescued by her Aunt Phoenix and a Fae warrior named Chris, Grace is confronted by the startling truth about her heritage. Her mother was the Greek Goddess Pandora. Now it has fallen to Grace to protect her mother’s box from the crazed Demi-Goddess Lilith, who is determined to use it to unleash hell on Earth. As if her bizarre blood legacy wasn’t enough, Grace has begun developing frightening new powers that threaten to destroy her from the inside out. In a world where nothing is what she thought it would be, can Grace find the strength to defeat Lilith and learn to control her powers before she loses her mind?

Thoughts:

I have always been a big fan of Greek Mythology and Pandora's Box is one of my favorite stories. So, when I first got this book from the author for review, I was really excited. The Gods of Fate series is based on characters we are all familiar with from our school years. I think that a lot of readers will really enjoy this new take on the old stories.

The heroine in the novel, Grace is unaware of her heritage as the daughter of the Goddess Pandora until she is attacked on her graduation day. Her Aunt Phoenix and the Fae warrior, Chris are charged with filling her in on her mission to protect Pandora's box from another Demi-Goddess Lilith who wants to destroy the Earth. Graces new found powers also help in her quest. Grace is very easy to identify with she isn't your typical girl who would be scared to death and freaked out by the entire situation. She handles it with "grace" so to speak. I liked her a lot she had a natural curiosity that was very believable.

The supporting characters were very well written as well. Aunt Phoenix was an excellent character full of hard headness and very much in control of the situation. She gave readers a sense of old school dynamics but she was full of wisdom and really awesome moves... LOL! Chris was also an interesting addition to the book, a Fae warrior. I don't know she came up with it but I'm glad she did. He adds another dimension to the novel that sets it apart from others of it's kind.

I think my favorite part of the novel was the fact that the other god's make appearances in the novel as well. Hermes has always been one of my favorites and Apollo is a close second, so I was glad to see they made an appearance in the book and let us see them in human form.

Here is a excerpt from, Foresight, if you'd like to take a look.

Foresight is available NOW from your favorite bookseller.

I'm giving this one 4 out of 5 apples from my book bag!




Here is some additional information about the author, Sherry Ficklin.

Sherry is a full time writer from Colorado where she lives with her husband, four kids, two dogs, and a fluctuating number of chickens and house guests. A former military brat, she loves to travel and meet new people. She can often be found browsing her local bookstore with a large white hot chocolate in one hand and a towering stack of books in the other.

Her teen fantasy series, The Gods of Fate trilogy, is forthcomming from Dragonfly Publishing. Book 1, Foresight, is now available.

15 comments:

Mystica said...

Greek mythology is a new subject for me and one I am not very familiar with. Would like to know more about this.

Unknown said...

This is a great review. I like how you included some of the information about the author. That is a good idea. I may have to remember that when reviewing for now on.

Thanks,
Ashley's Bookshelf

buddyt said...

Haven't read anything about Pandora's for quite a long time so I might enjoy this.

My husband says Pandora's is to blame for all the e-books and e-readers that are about (He is a grumpy old traditionalist 1)

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Margaret said...

My heart literally stopped when I read the words "greek goddess". I just love that mythology, and I'm actually going to take it up. The book seemed interesting, definitely your review of it made it even better. I'm intrigued to get it now more than ever :)

Kulsuma said...

I haven't read enough about Pandora and would like to know more about her so this would offer some valuable insight. Great review! It sounds fantastic.

Kathy Habel said...

I've never heard of this book. Thanks for the review.

Misha said...

Thanks for the review! Seems like an interesting book.

Atta Girl said...

I love Greek Mythology too! My favourite story is about how Medusa is turned into... well, Medusa. It's kind of sad really but I don't really like her. Anyway, thanks for the lovely review!

Pink Panther said...

My favorite Greek goddess is Athena... the whole wisdom thing, it's great! Hermes is not bad either, just not the top of my list.
Your review makes me want to read the book ever more!

Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...

I too throughly enjoy Greek Mythology.
This sounds like a different type of paranormal than I read so it's definitely going on the wishlist.


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Linda Henderson said...

I have always enjoyed Greek mythology so I know I would be interested in reading this book.

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Book Loving Mommy said...

I love Greek mythology as well so I would love to read this book!

Bleuette said...

I love Greek Mythology,it's always been intresting and I loved the Percy Jackson series. Great review by the way, I've been looking for a new read and this book seems perfect.

Mysteriousrose said...

I love Greek Mythology and I like your review after reading it I can not wait to start this book.

Gilliene said...

Sounds awesome to me! I like Greek mythology so I think I may really get into this book! :D