By Stephanie Keyes
Publisher: Inkspell Publishing | Release Date: December 15, 2014
What They Say:
Gabriel Stewart helped his best friend Kellen St. James save the world from The Scourge in the Battle of Dublin. But before that? Gabe was just an ordinary guy who kept having dreams about a little boy with black hair and green eyes—a boy he hadn’t even met yet.
And even weirder? Gabe’s mind kept replaying these images on loop of things he’d never seen. He heard voices in his head when no one was around. And he actually blew off hot Valerie Gibbons to chase after the black-haired kid in the park. What was up with that?
As Gabe searches for the truth, fate continually puts him in Kellen’s path, but will he be able to stop the Children of Danu from stealing Kellen before the battle begins? What will it take for Gabe to become The Last Protector?
What I Say:
I would like to thank Jenny Marsden and Stephanie Keyes for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
At the beginning of this book a baby is being given to his sister to look after, she knows of his significance and vows to look after him, that baby is Gabe.
In the book we follow Gabe as he grows up and into encounters he is to forget but at the bottom of it he is drawn to Kellen St James, the boy he is to protect.
This is an insightful look at Gabe's life before The Star Catcher series of books and I devoured it in less than a couple of hours. At time Gabe doubts himself even thinking he is going mad his mind playing tricks on him and he begins to think he is gay after some of episodes, especially when he blows off a hot date.
Gabe is one of my favourite characters so when I heard Stephanie was writing his story I couldn't wait to read it, it's action packed but in a different way to The Star Catcher series but none the less a great read.
*The Last Protector is a companion novella--intended to be read after the other books in the series.
Ebook only: $0.99
Excerpt
Creeping along, I slipped through the gates before they closed. The exterior lights shut off. The glow from inside the mansion threw shadows across the courtyard, making everything around me creepier. If that was even possible. At least these people hadn’t invested in motion lights.
I needed to get to the window on the second floor. And how the heck did I know that? Like everything else about this trip, I just did. A tall trellis swamped with vines ran up one side of the house. That could be the ticket. I inched closer.
I'd just about made it when a raspy voice reached my ears.
"The boy is alone. You've done well by me.”
Shivers ran up and down my arms as I swallowed and turned. No one. It must've come from inside the house. Ahead, a small window, one of those decorative deals, stood open. Taking slow steps, I moved toward it.
"Thank you," said a second voice, crisp, sort of fancy…British, maybe?
"We can take him now. Use his power to harness what I need,” Spooky Voice said.
“As you wish.
Go, go, go. A voice or maybe my own thoughts echoed inside my brain. I didn’t have time to think
Go, go, go. The voice came back. I had to get to the second floor. Now
The wood trellis scratched my hands when I grabbed hold. Splinters pierced my skin as I scaled the wall. I had to get to the boy.
"This is crazy, Gabe." I muttered the words. “This could actually be the stupidest thing you've ever done."
I climbed to the window way faster than I thought I could. This one part of me wanted to glance back, to see if Val noticed me. I ignored it though—I needed to get to the top.
To the kid with green eyes.
Where It All Began
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About the Author
Stephanie Keyes grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and spent years traveling and working as a Corporate Trainer before she made the decision to pen her first novel. As a teen, her family always accused her of having an “overactive imagination.” Now, she’s encouraged to keep her head in the clouds and share her world with readers.
Keyes is the author of the YA Fantasy series, The Star Child, which currently includes The Star Child, After Faerie, The Fallen Stars, and The Star Catcher, all from by Inkspell Publishing. The Fallen Stars was a 2013 semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Awards. The Star Child has topped the Amazon best-seller list several times since its 2012 release. Steph writes YA novels because she’s a hopeless romantic who lives to believe that Magick truly does exist. She is hard at work on a new YA novel.
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