Anomaly (Schrodinger's Consortium #1)
by Tonya Kuper
Release Date: 11/25/14
Entangled Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
Reality is only an illusion.
Except for those who can control it…
Worst. Birthday. Ever.
My first boyfriend dumped me – happy birthday, Josie!- my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening…
Except for those who can control it…
Worst. Birthday. Ever.
My first boyfriend dumped me – happy birthday, Josie!- my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening…
Like I make something materialize just by thinking about it.
When hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead…
When hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead…
Excerpt;
Another
bell rang. I spun wildly, searching for the source, and my foot
slipped out from under me. My left foot joined my right, sliding down
a rocky surface.
A
scream tore past my lips.
My
brain fought to figure out what was happening as my hands gripped for
something—anything—because I was falling. My head swiveled.
I
couldn’t comprehend the giant, gaping crack I’d fallen into. A
fissure in the ground at least eight feet wide. My fingers sunk into
the cracked concrete, barely holding on. Sliding.
Then
I looked down.
No
end in sight. An abyss.
Everything
around me blurred, and all I could see was black. And in that
blackness was the one thing I was terrified of: death. My stomach
pitched and my chest heaved, but no air moved in or out of my lungs.
I was suffocating.
Ripping
my eyes away from the darkness, I focused on my hands, still grasping
at the gravely terrain crumbling beneath them. My right foot slipped,
and my fingers dug deeper into the ground. It was a mixture of rock,
and mud, and I didn’t know what. It felt like glass shards were
being shoved under my fingernails.
I
dug in with my toes, using the muscles in my legs to slow my descent.
I slid to a halt, but the rocks and substrate continued to crumble
beneath me. I searched blindly for a sturdy foothold. My foot found a
rocky lip, but as soon as I thought it was safe, it gave way. My
right silver flip-flop plummeted into the darkness so eager to
swallow me.
Attempting
to force my gaze upward, I focused on the contrast of the dark
surrounding me and the bright light above, the line where they met.
Technically, I’d die in broad daylight.
“Think,
Josie.” The voice was strong, demanding. It took a second for it to
register. “Josie, look at me.”
Reid.
Reid was here. That’s where I was. I was at Reid’s place. I’d
come here to train. I’m
an Oculi.
It all became clear as I broke free from the terror.
I
wrenched my head toward his voice, my gaze meeting his. He crouched
above me at the surface, his eyes my lifeline because he didn’t
offer a hand. He wasn’t about to coddle me. That wasn’t his
style. He said, “Breathe. Think.”
Dragging
in an uneven breath, looking into his clear eyes, something clicked
in the far reaches of my mind.
Stairs.
I
Pushed with no effort. No headache, no nausea. I blinked, and stairs
carved themselves into the side of the chasm, jutted out as if they’d
always been there. With great hesitancy, I climbed the stairs on all
fours, close to the wall. I could see the surface, right within my
reach.
Whoosh.
The
stairs were gone.
I
felt myself tumbling, falling. Flailing along the wall of the abyss
with nothing to stop my descent.
“React,
Josie!”
Think.
I
focused on the surface, on the light growing dimmer the farther I
skidded. Earth.
Ground beneath my feet. I Pushed. And Pushed.
Pain.
Nausea. Dizziness.
Thunder
sounded below, like the darkness of the chasm was rising up to
swallow me whole. Something hit my feet so hard that it tossed me in
the air.
Up.
Up. Into the light.
My
thoughts didn’t coalesce clearly, but I felt myself rising. The
pain behind my eyes made my vision waver. I shot to the warehouse
floor. Reid reached for me as I collapsed.
My
lungs rebelled, and tears burned trails down my cheeks. Dirt covered
my hands and caked beneath my fingertips. One fingernail had broken
to the quick. It bled sullenly. I wasn’t about to look weak in
front of him, though, so I held out my arm to ward off his offer of
help. I stood tall on trembling legs.
Reid
closed the gap between us, his arms extended like he would embrace
me. “Josie—”
The
light streaming through the warehouse windows dimmed and flickered.
Darkness edged my periphery. I balled my trembling fist and slammed
my knuckles into his cheek. White heat shot through my hand before
everything went black.
Tonya
Kuper’s Top 20 Favorite Books
Hey there! Thanks so much for having me here today!!
Instead of giving you talking specifically about science fiction or running
through the usual author questions, I’d give you a list of some of my favorite
books, across all categories and genres!
Yes, I’m even going outside of the Young Adult
category because some of my faves are technically shelved as Middle Grade.
Plus, when I was in high school YA wasn’t a thing. (I’m totally dating myself.)
I kind of went from A Wrinkle in Time to Little Woman, to Pride and Prejudice
and Romeo and Juliet. The YA section in the library didn’t exist. It jumped
from MG to adult. So, it’s only natural that I’d include some adult titles.
Also, I should add that I love these book for various
reasons. Not all of them are happy puppies or unicorns jumping over rainbows.
Some of them impacted me on a deep level somehow (like Night).
My faves in no particular order:
1. Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott
2. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK
Rowling
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. Misery by Stephen King
6. Dracula by Bram Stroker
7. Are There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
8. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
9. Twilight by Stephanie Myer
10 Divergent by Veronica Roth
11 Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout
13. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
16. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
17. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
18. Night by Eli Wiesel
About the Author
Tonya Kuper's debut, ANOMALY, the first in the Schrodinger's Consortium young adult scifi trilogy, releases November 2014 by Entangled Teen. She lives in Omaha, NE with her two rad boys and husband, is a music junkie, and a chocolate addict. Star Wars & Sherlock fan.
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I enjoyed reading the excerpt! This sounds like a fun and interesting read! I will totally have to check it out!
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