Torn - Book Review

Title ~ Torn
Series ~ The Torn Trilogy #1
Author ~ Erica O'Rourke
Release Date ~ June 28, 2011
Age Group ~ Young Adult
Publisher ~ Kensington
Source ~ The Teen {Book} Scene

GOODREADS SUMMARY

Everyone has secrets.

Even best friends.

Swirling black descends like ravens, large enough to block the glow of the streetlights. A dull roar starts like a train on the 'L', a far-away rumbling that grows louder as it pulls closer, until it's directly overhead and you feel it in your chest, except this doesn't pass you by. Verity, white-faced and eyes blazing, shouts through the din, "Run, Mo!"

Mo Fitzgerald knows about secrets. But when she witnesses her best friend's murder, she discovers Verity was hiding things she never could have guessed. To find the answers she needs and the vengeance she craves, Mo—quiet, ordinary, unmagical Mo—will have to enter a world of raw magic and shifting alliances. And she'll have to choose between two very different, equally dangerous guys—protective, duty-bound Colin and brash, mysterious Luc. One wants to save her, one wants to claim her. Which would you choose?

REVIEW

Mo and Verity had been best friends for years. They shared everything, or so Mo believed. After Verity is murdered, her secrets come out and there is magic involved. Evil magic. It doesn’t stop there. When Mo seeks revenge for Verity’s murder, Verity’s secret becomes her own. If you are thinking wow, you are right, WOW!

Torn’s take on magic is that it is centered on the four elements – fire, water, earth, and air. I love how the magic is tied to nature. This magic is powerful and very unstable; just like nature with its lightning, tsunamis, earthquakes, and tornadoes. Magic takes center stage in Torn.

Mo may be the main character, but my favorite character is Verity. Although she is murdered early on, her presence is strong. Mo often asks herself “what would Verity do” when she is in a tough situation. I hope there is a prequel in the works to give Verity more time in the spotlight.

Protective Colin and dangerous Luc are on this adventure with Mo. They really could not be more opposite, but they are both believable love interests for Mo. There is just enough romance, but not enough to take away from the action.

Read Torn for fast-paced action amid unsettling magic and surprising secrets.

RATING

5 Loved

COVER COMMENTS

Wow, I love Mo’s striking green eyes. She looks so mysterious with the purple swirling around her face.