Review: Refreshing New YA - Set in Stone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2012
Valerie Ramsey thinks of herself as a typical 15 year old high school student...completely average.  Until  the day, she makes an extraordinary discovery.  While camping with her parents and friends,  Valerie finds a perfect stone with a Celtic Cross imbedded inside it. The stone is imbued with magical forces beyond Valerie's awareness and those forces will stop at nothing to possess the stone.  Those forces do come packaged as two very hunky young men, Noel and Leo.  It is a race to discover the truth about the stone and the mysterious Noel and Leo, because the decisions she makes might change the world forever.Set in Stone is a totally refreshing new story that hooked me almost instantly.  I didn't want to put it down.  Just when you thought you knew what was going to happen Beth Balmanno would pull you into a totally unexpected direction.  Ms. Balmanno artfully put us on an emotional roller coaster ride with lots of twist and turns.  I really enjoyed the mythology aspects, the personal growth of the characters and the romantic tension.  So, when is the sequel coming out because I don't want to miss it!This copy of Set in Stone was given to me by Beth Balmanno in exchange for an honest review.