Review: Great Debut
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2013
Amethyst is a short read but so worth it. Heather Bowhay did an amazing job at capturing my interest as well as supplying a book that has a concept that is beyond the norm. The story is about Lexi (Alex/Alexandria) Adams who is a young girl about to enter college. She has been plagued with premonitions most of her life and the premonitions allow her to save innocent people. For the most part she feels as if no one understands her and she really wishes that she could be normal and not such a freak. She has moved to Bellingham to go to Western Washington with her best friend Ally and Ally's fiance Ben. Ally is the only person in Lexi's life that knows most of what Lexi goes through. All of that changes when Lexi meets new people in town that seem to know what Lexi is. Jessica, one of Lexi's co-workers and new friend thinks that Lexi is an Amethyst like Jessica, able to control the essence of people and heal people. She is determined to help Lexi learn how to control her ability in the hopes that Lexi will join her group. The group of talented Guardians that seem to help innocent people. One of the members in the group is Jason. Lexi has been drawn to Jason since she first set eyes on him but things are more complicated than Lexi first realizes and then events take place that force her to realize a bitter truth about herself.I loved this story and the characters are so intriguing. There are only a few things that I found to be a bit trivially annoying. First there is an obsession with designer jeans that makes no sense in how it exactly correlates with the actual plot but seems to get thrown into the story often. The second is the grammar errors throughout the book that always bug me no matter what I am reading. I would think the editor could have done a better job at editing these minor mistakes. But other than that the flow of the story was good and the ending was excellent because it left me needing to know more. I now feel that I HAVE to read the next book. I also will add that the characters are somewhat fun and sassy which I liked. This is a series that I am looking forward to completely devouring!