Title: Forever Young, Book 1 of The Forever
Land Chronicles
Author: Sawyer
Bennett
Release date: 1/31/13
Publisher: Big Dog
Books, LLC
Age Group: YA/New
Adult
Genre: Paranormal
Romance
Book Description:
She’s a loner, she likes to fight and,
oh yeah...she has the ability to see the demons that lay beneath the faces of
ordinary humans. It’s a gift Charlie Wright inherited the night her parents
were brutally murdered when she was fourteen years old.
Now in her last year of high school,
Charlie just can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Rather than
taking a one-way trip to juvenile detention, Charlie chooses to join a
mysterious group called The ForeverLand Alliance.
And then her life really gets weird.
Charlie finds herself magically
transported to an alternate universe. In Semper Terra, no one ages, people fly,
and one stunningly gorgeous, immortal man manages to capture Charlie’s heart
and awaken the adult woman she is becoming.
But it’s not all fun and games. For
Charlie is training to become an Annihilator, a select group of Semper Terrans
who protect mankind from all of those things that go “bump in the night”.
It’s only when Charlie finds herself
stuck in the middle of a prophecy that could bring about the end of the world
that she truly begins to understand the deep sacrifices she will have to make.
Review:
This book was such a different read from what I’m used to reading by
Sawyer Bennett, but it certainly didn’t disappoint. Think Vampire Academy meets The
Mortal Instruments. That’s right… sounds amazing already doesn’t it!
I will admit, I’m always a little hesitant to read books in different
genres by the same author. I know how that sounds, but I think you have to be a
really amazing author to be successful in more than one genre. Well, Ms.
Bennett is clearly amazing! I absolutely adored her OFF series, but Forever Young was a breather from the
sexual intensity of the OFF series. Forever
Young is more of a YA, with some lustful musings of course (hello,
teenager!), and I expect the sexual aspect to probably intensify as the series
progresses. The romance aspect of this book is more on the sweet and sensitive
side with a young heroine just discovering herself in so many ways and a considerate,
mostly level-headed, gentleman type love interest.
Like many of Bennett’s characters, Charlie comes from a pretty screwed up
background. She witnessed a brutal crime at a young age, and her life has been
shaped by her experience. The ForeverLand Alliance provides her with an
opportunity that her past has shaped her for. Unfortunately for Charlie, there
are some pretty bad things that come along with the good.
Bennett did a wonderful job creating the world that Forever Young takes place in. The history of Semper Terra is
detailed enough for the reader to be satisfied while leaving just enough to the
imagination. The Academy is intriguing and the high school type drama that
comes with such an adult type of training balances out very well. The
characters are well developed with plenty of room to grow throughout the
series.
I loved this book, and I am very much looking forward to more. More
ForeverLand, more Charlie, and certainly more Caiden (that would be the
gentlemanly hottie of the book). If you’ve loved Sawyer Bennett’s other books,
but are hesitant to pick up Forever Young
because of the genre change, I strongly recommend it. I mean, come on, has she
ever let readers down before? You won’t be sorry, and you just might find a new
book boyfriend in Caiden.
Purchase Links
USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky
southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting
on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a
mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog
the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn't have many weaknesses but can
be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.
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