Review: Doubleshot Reviews book review
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2011
At the outset of World War 2, Will Leary is sent to California's Central Valley to investigate an agricultural anomaly the government fears is Japanese eco-terrorism; the soil is turning blue.The government suspects Japanese sabotage, but Will discovers the unwitting culprit is Sarah, the town "witch" who has the uncanny ability to read the Earth's needs.As the destruction spreads, and the food supply is threatened, it's not long before the farming community and the government are after Sara. Will goes to the ends of the earth to save her, only to find the very Earth beneath their feet wants her dead.There are books that you breeze through and those that make you think. Blue Valley  is one of those books that forces the gears in your mind to turn. You start to think about the Earth and the elements that have created it. These elements keep everything in motion, but have you ever thought how these are balanced?Sara is named a `witch' because she can feel the vibrations of the Earth. She can feel if a field is ready to produce crops or if it is sick. She is an Elemental, the element of Earth. The other elements are Water, Air and Fire. These are all born from their elements to grow and guide us in what those can provide. When their time of walking the planet is over their element takes them back from which they were created and they are soon replaced with a new being to carry on the balance.When Will meets Sara he is instantly drawn to her, though they should not be together and they both know this, their connection strengthens and Earth becomes angry with Sara, removing her of her powers.Blue Valley draws us back to the past during World War 2, our suspicions of the Japanese are strong and we blame everything on them. Perfect balance of history and a new take on the elements of our world and the balance that we need to sustain life. A moving story with the perfect balance of details, descriptions, relationship and battle. This was a perfect story to branch outside of my preferences with.