Review: Review of Arianna Rose-Part1
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
I downloaded this book for free from the Kindle site. I would give this book a solid 2.5 rating. Would I recommend you to downloaded it? A hesitant Yes if it is free and you have time to kill. If it requires your money, then I don't recommend you part with your money. As with many YA books, the authors have gone towards multiple books for one story rather than just a good ol' fashioned book. I could almost overlook this if there was some sort of mild conclusion to the book or some minor closure in this Part One. Rather we are left with absolutely no closure on any level. It seemed more of a prologue or a preview perhaps than a book.It is a story of a female teenager coming of age and into powers. What powers? Witch powers that seem to include fire and telekinesis. Arianna is being raised by a smoking, drinking, loose, nomadic, no-rules mother named Cathy Rose.  Arianna has moved from town to town with her inebriated Mom never putting down roots. As with all wayward written youths she smokes, curses, wears black, rides a dirtbike and plays a banjo. Okay, she doesn't play a banjo but wouldn't that be something?  The duo lands in a new town as their story begins.  The new kid at school is not a new role for Arianna.  She finds a clique and life moves forward except for a random man watching her ride her bike from the roadside.Meanwhile some maniac with evil intentions is in pursuit of Sola. Who's Sola? Spoiler alert..Sola is Arianna. This warped maniac and his minions are attempting to rid the world of witches. It would seem that Sola is the head prophet for the witches.One night on the town with friends, Arianna is confronted by a dangerous element and her 'witch'y side comes out in defense and random roadside man appears. And that's where the book stops. Abruptly. The authors might as well as stopped mid sentence and put The End.I don't mind the stereotyping, cursing, violence, or bad role models. What rubs is that the book serves to sell the other remaining books (which is fine) but without giving the reader a story for the trade off. "Arianna Rose Part I" gives you enough to learn characters and establish setting but does not seem to move forward. Action does not happen until the last pages of the book. Then *Poof* the book ends. It reminds me of when a film would snap or melt at the movie theatre. Movie starts, established a setting, characters develop and then right when the alien pops out of the chest -- the film breaks.If nothing else, I hope this review will allow you the opportunity to set your expectations. This book hints at a potential storyline in other following books. I won't be getting the remaining books. Fool me once....