The Book
Do you know what it feels like to die? Alastrina Byrne does; She dies all the time. She has felt the pangs of starvation, the wounds of being stoned and the burn of fire behind cries of “witch”. Yet she cannot reach her true death; She is a three-century-old Imati … with the face of a seventeen-year-old girl.
Ally is on the run from Seeker assassins — a secret brotherhood determined to kill her kind – and a sorceress whose ancient prophecy threatens her very existence. Forced to flee and pack up her life for the umpteenth time she moves cross-country to a hide out in a small but quirky town — Belfast, Maine.Ally just wants to be “normal” — but she is haunted by the mistakes of her past. However, Belfast and its residents are different and for the first time in years she finds herself making friends. What’s more, for the first time in a century, she meets a boy—Connor Winfield.
But Connor has secrets of his own – secrets that could get Ally killed. And the two of them together will change everything.
Set in a world of immortals, Souljumpers, Seekers and ancient prophecies … with flashbacks to 1740′s Ireland, the French Revolution, 19th Century Chile, a Slave ship bound for the New World and beyond … this is a journey about choices and how the decisions we make in the past, have consequences in our future.
About the Author
C.T. Hillin graduated from Yale in 2007 with a degree in Political Science. A screenwriter from Los Angeles, she has had several movies produced including “A Stranger in Paradise” starring Colin Egglesfield and Stuart Townsend and “Pernicious” a horror flick directed by James Cullen Bressack, which just wrapped production in Bangkok, Thailand. She also wrote for the entertainment news website TMZ.com, and is currently writing for the Huffington Post.
Her love for history—a major inspiration for The Imati—is due to her own world travels, from studying abroad in Paris, filming in Thailand, and many trips to Italy, Japan, China, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, England, Holland, Czech Republic, Ireland, Scotland… and beyond.
My Review:
This was a really interesting book. To read about someones past lives and to see how they changed especially. Then to read how the past affects the present and future is even more interesting. The author did a great job of describing the characters and their surroundings. My favorite was the clothes. There is also a love story that is in the middle of all this. Will Ally's past cost her her true love? Will she finally be able to come out of hiding? Will she ever really be free of her seekers, and of her past? This was a really interesting book and I can not wait to read more from this author. I am giving this book a 4/5. I was given a copy to review and giveaway via Blogtour.org, however all opinions are my own.
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