EXTRAORDINARILY SUSPENSEFUL, THE BLUE CURTAIN IS AN EPIC TALE OF LOVE, DESTINY, MAGIC AND SEDUCTION Devastated by her father’s brutal murder, seventeen-year-old Emily Bliss is determined to find his killers, even after everyone else has given up. As Emily attempts to follow their trail, she encounters a mysterious stranger at a party. Beneath his handsome looks, physical prowess, vast wealth, intimidating presence and hypnotizing eyes, she can sense that he is tormented by demons that she cannot yet fathom. Soon Emily is shocked yet thrilled to realize that she is falling uncontrollably in love with him to the point of obsession and that she is willing say or do anything to make him stay. But an early birthday gift Emily’s father left for her has revealed secrets about her life, buried centuries ago, that will hurl her into a dark underworld that she never dreamed existed and point to a great destiny awaiting her, if only she can survive long enough to seize it...
My thoughts: The Blue Curtain is a book about the power of love. What would you do for love?
In this story, the main characters (Emily and Mitchell) are both driven by love; Emily by the love of her father and her desire to bring his killer to justice, and Mitchell at the start of the book, by the love of his people and then throughout the rest of the book by his love for Marigold and his desire to be reunited with her at all cost, no matter what or where that might be. All the characters in the story are driven by desire; some for power, money, or glory and some are driven by more noble desires such as loyalty, love, faith, friendship and the goal of a better world. This book holds true to the classic idea of good versus evil, but spins it in a suspensful tale of magical creatures, mysterious pasts and unknown futures.
Emily is a present day high school student, from Maine, who is not popular at school and leads a fairly ordinary life until her father is murdered and she decides that she needs to find the killer and bring him to justice. Mitchell is from England in the 1500's, but has become a vampire and is searching for a way to be reunited with the love of his life.
The book unfolds in alternating chapters featuring each of these main characters, until chapter sixteen when their stories collide and they meet. The story swifty takes the reader on a journey through their lives, all the while planting seeds of wonder with coincidence, mystery and similarities.
The reader is left wondering how these two people are connected when they different on so many levels and how the story will unfold, thus turning the pages faster and faster to find out the answer and see where the author will take the story. I don't want to add any spoilers or tell any secrects, so I will not say anything further about the story...
The book does not end in a cliffhanger, but some of the mysteries are revealed and others are left for the next phase of the story in book two. I enjoyed the book and will be looking for Stars Hide Your Fires when it comes out.
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.
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