![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media Group. While Shirvington's world-building reflects the conventions of the genre, the book's strength is in its persuasive evocation of Violet's emotional turmoil as she copes with human adolescence in the midst of her discovery that she has a fate beyond even Lincoln's power to explain. Yet, feeling betrayed by Lincoln's concealment of their true identities, Violet turns to a second love interest%E2%80%94Phoenix, who represents the darker side of the angelic continuum%E2%80%94and further complicates her understanding of herself and her destiny. ![]() Violet discovers that Lincoln is a Grigori and that she is one, too. Violet Eden is turning 17 and wrestling with an infatuation with her personal trainer, Lincoln, who's in his 20s and perfect. In this case, those protectors are the Grigori, mortals infused with angelic essence, who come into their powers on their 17th birthdays. ![]() It's a solid entry in a well-established paranormal niche: the angels who live among us aren't nice, and it takes a small cadre of gutsy humans to maintain order. Book four of this series is about to be published in Australia, so Shirvington is hardly a newcomer despite this being her first U.S. When futuristic thriller Disruption came out in April this year, readers were blown away by the action-packed story, the twists and turns, the awesomeness of heroine Maggie Stevens and that killer of a cliffhanger. Disruption is the first book and the Disruption Duology by Jessica Shirvington and follows Maggie Stevens, whose father was taken away by government officials when she was 16, as she tries to uncover the obscurity behind her father’s arrest. ![]()
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