Title: Crux
Author: Julie Reece
Publisher: J. Taylor
Publishing (July 9, 2012)
Format: eBook Novel ARC
Source: Publisher
Genre: YA Paranormal
Romance
Description: She
should have run. Now, she’ll have to fight.
Eighteen year old Birdie may be homeless, but she’s surviving, that is until a mysterious guy throws money in the air like a crazy game show host, and she grabs some with the idea she’ll be able to buy dinner that night.
In that singular moment, unassuming Birdie becomes the girl in everyone’s viewfinder. Thugs want to kill her. Money-guy wants to recruit her. The very hot, very rich, and very out of her league Grey Mathews wants to save her.
Birdie, though, wants nothing to do with any of them, until she realizes fate didn’t bring them all together.
Her heritage did.
Now, with only twenty-one days left, she’s got to decide whether to follow in the footsteps of those before her or risk her life for people she’s only just met.
Eighteen year old Birdie may be homeless, but she’s surviving, that is until a mysterious guy throws money in the air like a crazy game show host, and she grabs some with the idea she’ll be able to buy dinner that night.
In that singular moment, unassuming Birdie becomes the girl in everyone’s viewfinder. Thugs want to kill her. Money-guy wants to recruit her. The very hot, very rich, and very out of her league Grey Mathews wants to save her.
Birdie, though, wants nothing to do with any of them, until she realizes fate didn’t bring them all together.
Her heritage did.
Now, with only twenty-one days left, she’s got to decide whether to follow in the footsteps of those before her or risk her life for people she’s only just met.
Review: Julie
Reece’s Crux is a refreshing and
gritty young adult novel with glimmers of the paranormal, glimpses of the
historical, and more than a dash of romance and mystery.
When homeless eighteen-year-old Birdie stumbles across a
mysterious stranger giving away money, her life is forever changed. Now people are
trying to kill her, and she must do the one thing she never thought she could
do: trust strangers, particularly Grey Mathews. And that’s just the beginning
as Birdie is ensnared into a past much bigger than she could ever realize.
Crux drew me in
with the fantastic voice. At times vulnerable and other times sarcastic, Birdie
is a refreshing character. Opposed to Birdie is Grey Mathews, who seems to have
everything, but he makes for a thrilling and sexy character. The characters in Crux could have easily had their own
novel. Besides characterization, Reece excels at description. She creates the
right amount and uses fresh metaphors to carry the most impact on each scene.
The plot is intricate with the historical details mingled into the present. I
loved the use of Norse mythology and history. For the most part, the novel kept
me reading and anxious to discover what would happen to Birdie and Grey.
Crux by Julie
Reece amazes with its intricate plot and characters who stick with you.
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| Five bookworms = I loved it! |
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