Book 1- Keeper of the Lost Cities

***Keeper of the Lost Cities***is the first book in the series written by Shannon Messenger. The book was released on October 2, 2012. The book also has a playlist on Spotify containing songs such as ¨Pressure¨ by Paremore and ¨Disappear¨ by The Summer Obsession. The cover shows Dex Dizznee and Sophie Foster looking at the hidden leaping crystal on a lamppost in Paris in their Foxfire uniforms.

## Plot of the book

### Preface:

Blurry, fractured images swam through Sophie's mind, but she couldn't piece them together. She tried opening her eyes and found only darkness. Something rough pressed against her wrists and ankles, refusing to let her move.

A wave of cold rushed through her as the horrible realization dawned.

*She was a hostage.*

A cloth across her lips stifled her cry for help, and a sedative's sweet aroma stung her nose when she inhaled, making her head spin.

Were they going to kill her?

Would the Black Swan really destroy their own creation?

What was the point of Project Moonlark, then? What was the point of Everblaze?

The drug lulled her toward a dreamless oblivion, but she fought back - clinging to the one memory that could shine a tiny spot of light in the thick, inky haze. A pair of beautiful teal eyes.

Fitz's eyes. The first friend in her new life. Her first friend ever.

Maybe if she hadn't noticed him that day in the museum, none of this would have happened.

No. She knew it'd be too late even then. The white fires were already burning - curving toward her city and filling the sky with sticky, sweet smoke.

The spark before the blaze.

### Full Summary:

Sophie Elizabeth Foster is listening to her iPod during a field trip. Her teacher, Mr. Sweeney calls on her to answer a question. When Sophie gets the right answer, Mr. Sweeney starts muttering about how she is a know-it-all. When she leaves class, Sophie notices a boy looking at a newspaper about her. The boy asks her if that´s her and Sophie nods. A bunch of kindergartners pass and both Sophie and the boy put their hands on their temples to ease the pain. The boy asks her if she´s a telepath and Sophie flinches, implying to the boy she is. He introduces himself as Fitz and tells her that she´s an elf.

Fitz takes Sophie to the Lost Cities. After meeting Alden Vacker, Fitz´s dad, Sophie realizes her family in the human world is not her biological family. Fitz takes her back to the human world and Sophie uses a sleeping drug to erase her from her parent´s and her sister´s memories. Just as she starts to settle in the Lost Cities, things quickly become dangerous. She makes multiple friends, such as Dex Dizznee whom she met at Slurps and Burps alchemy shop, Keefe Sencen on the way to the Healing Center, Marella Redek at lunch, and Biana Vacker- sister to Fitz- at Everglen. In her elven PE class, Sophie gets a deadly allergic reaction to limbium. This makes her foster parents, Grady and Edaline Ruewen, to become more protective. After arguments with some friends and her foster parents cancelling her adoption, Sophie runs off to a cave but Dex follows her. They´re kidnapped by who they think are the Black Swan and they are presumed dead by the elven world. Then Sophie´s neighbor from the human world, Mr. Forkle rescues them. Sophie and Dex find themselves on the streets of Paris, where they are found once again by the kidnappers. Dex and Sophie escape with a hidden leaping crystal (see cover). However, Sophie almost fades away while leaping. They are saved by Fitz, Keefe and Biana. Sophie wakes up in the healing center with a new goblin bodyguard Sandor and Grady and Edaline adopt Sophie again. The book ends with the third person perspective saying ¨Sophie Foster was going home¨

## Rating

I give this book 5 stars. I absolutely loved the plot and the characters are easy to get attached to. This is an amazing book and you should definitely read the rest of the series. -PopArtist4