Title: Carnelian (The Chalcedony Chronicles, #1)
Author: B. Kristin McMichael
Pages: 236
Release date: 9th January 2014
Publisher: Lexia Press
Blurb from Goodreads:
Everyone has a past, but
for most it isn’t so far in the past as Seth Sangre. His past is
literally from thousands of years ago. Seth’s past led him to the
present seeking something that might help him save his country from
destruction. He has been in the present for over three years now, and he
just found exactly what he has been looking for. Mari had dreams of
college being a fresh start, one where she would start over and not fall
for the good looking player like high school. Unfortunately for her,
that’s exactly what ends up falling into her lap on the first day she
moves into the dorms. Now she has to hold to her promise to herself not
fall for the handsome Seth Sangre. But he doesn’t plan to make it easy
for her. Seth has already marked her as his next conquest.
As the semester progresses, Mari learns that Seth might just have a past of his own that’s literally in the past. Suddenly, Mari finds her future along with her past put into question. She’s connected to Seth far more than she ever wanted to be, and maybe he isn’t the player who she thought he was. If Mari can trust her heart enough to follow him, Seth will lead Mari on an adventure of a lifetime-and reveal family secrets she never knew existed.
As the semester progresses, Mari learns that Seth might just have a past of his own that’s literally in the past. Suddenly, Mari finds her future along with her past put into question. She’s connected to Seth far more than she ever wanted to be, and maybe he isn’t the player who she thought he was. If Mari can trust her heart enough to follow him, Seth will lead Mari on an adventure of a lifetime-and reveal family secrets she never knew existed.
My Review:
-May
contain spoilers-
*I received
a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to YA Bound Book
Tours and B. Kristin McMichael*
2.5/5 stars
The last
thing Mari expected on her first day of university is for a handsome guy to literally
fall into her lap.
Seth Sangre is a player and has his sights set on making
Mari his next conquest.
Or is there more to Seth than meets the eye?
I
started off enjoying this but after a while I lost interest.
The plot was okay
and but slightly too insta-lovey for me.
I love anything to do with Egypt and
thought the fact that Seth, Ty and Dee were time travellers and not paranormal
creatures was a nice change but one thing that bugged me (apart from numerous
missing or misspelled words) was that when Mari was in ancient Egypt the Egyptians
spoke like we do using words like ‘majorly’.
Overall
this was an okay read.
