5
supernatural stars!
With
her series of 5 books, ‘The Unearthly,’ Laura Thalassa has managed to combine
many different types of supernatural beings into one coherent YA love story
between supernatural soulmates and the devil that seeks to tear them apart.
Though
the tale begins in a familiar way; our leading lady, Gabrielle, has strange
dreams and is about to begin a mysterious boarding school for supernatural
beings, author Thalassa skillfully takes us in a new direction. At the school’s Awakening, each students’
inherent powers are revealed; there are seers, fairies, demons, conjurers,
witches, nymphs, shifters, werewolves, ghosts, mediums, incubi, fates,
vampires, and Gabrielle, the last of the sirens and the first vampire to ever
have been born rather than turned.
After
the Awakening, it is revealed why the 700+ year old Andre, gorgeous,
international celebrity, and King of Vampires, is so drawn to Gabrielle; they
are soulmates. The challenge for
Gabrielle isn’t so much in dealing with an old-fashioned chivalrous vampire as
it is fending off the Devil who seems to have the hots for her as well.
‘Unearthly’
sets the stage and identifies the major players for the series, and establishes
the tone of spunky and modern-woman Gabrielle’s relationship with the rich,
handsome, and used-to-getting-his-way Andre. Gabrielle’s friends at Peel Academy, a
responsible seer and a hysterically loose-lipped fairy, make highly
entertaining secondary characters. Wonderful
supernatural YA fun!
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Spoilers for books 2-5 below. ~~
‘The Coveted' follows Gabrielle as she works with the supernatural police, the
Politia, to solve a string of murders occurring near Peel Academy. Being both a siren and a vampire means she is
a suspect in the eyes of the public, and so to keep the uneasy truce between
vampires and the Politia, she must reach out to Andre for help. Gabrielle has learned, the hard way, that
avoiding your soulmate for two months is no picnic. Their reunion, and investigating the crime
spree, is great fun for readers.
‘The
Cursed’ brings Gabrielle to Romania to investigate another string of murders
while Andre answers to his vampire coven in Romania for his actions in the
first two ‘Unearthly’ books. Andre has
been hiding the fact that Gabrielle is his soulmate, in order to protect her
from the vampire covens’ wrath, meanwhile Gabrielle must deal with demons and
other dark supernatural beings as they refer to her as the Devil’s
Consort. While ‘The Cursed’ is more of an
action adventure than the prior two installments, the YA love story and
humorous friends remain.
After
her last interaction with the Devil, Gabrielle becomes ‘The Forsaken.’ She and Andre are on the run as the entire
supernatural community chases them, seeking to kill Gabrielle. The ‘good guys’ believe she is evil and want her
dead, the ‘bad guys’ want to deliver her to their boss, the Devil. All sirens seem to have short lifespans to
begin with, but now Gabrielle’s vampire traits are more predominant and her
human body is slowly breaking down. She
knows that death will be upon her soon, and with death comes the Devil. Even as Andre pulls every supernatural string
at his disposal in attempt to save her, death is unavoidable.
Gabrielle
has become ‘The Damned.’ Though dead and
bound to an eternity in hell as the Devil’s consort, Gabrielle soon learns that
death is not the end. Just as the three
sisters who embody Fate prophesized centuries ago, she is Persephone, Queen of
the Underworld, and spends only half her time in hell. For the other half of each day, Gabrielle is
back on Earth, back with Andre and her friends, and unwillingly and unknowingly
aiding the Devil in his devious plans.
Fate
insists that she has a choice; between good and evil, between the Devil and
Andre, between saving the whole world or saving herself. This book follows her discoveries and
adventures as the battle between angels and demons takes shape.
The
complete Unearthly Series is currently available as part of the Kindle
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