Everyone else has to be kept at arm's length, because it's safer not to get attached. Julie is the only person that Sam allows in. Luckily, she has been adopted by a nice family, and she lives close enough to her best friend Julie. She hates being called Samantha, because it reminds her too much of the foster system she was brought up in. This only follows their separate paths as the threads of their lives are brought together. I still can't quite get my head around how Starkey made this very sizeable book and part one of her Soul Keeper Series so absorbing and entertaining especially when you consider that the main characters don't even meet until the end. I couldn't believe it when the 500 pages flew by. Then a moment later you're tearing up over one issue or another. The characters all have depth, and I found myself laughing at some of the interactions (and Sam's awesome internal monologue). Starkey has written something that revels in the above list, almost tongue-in-cheek at points. Ordinary girl finds out she's special - check. Deceived is made up of every YA cliche.Įvery guy fawning over our heroine - check. I've been looking forward to getting time to read this book for a while, the synopsis was interesting, and the book is on my #IndieBooksBeSeen reading list. Ok, I'm not quite sure what just happened. But the fates have something bigger planned. Sam is a relatively normal teenager at highschool, she is well-practised at keeping people at a distance and getting on with life. This is an excellent example of the fantasy genre and young readers will doubtless be enthralled by Sam's adventures and the huge Olympian canvas against which they are played out. Nonetheless, my own predilections do not really matter. I might go so far to say that I was, as the title suggests, 'Deceived'. I have to be honest and say that the ending, or rather, the lack of an ending, left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I do not know of any of the greats, or any well-known current writers, who engage in this form of.is it cheating? All I know is that I was looking forward to having the loose-ends tied up, the prophecy revealed, the choice made by the soul-keeper.issues I believe the writer was obliged to deal with.but I was doomed to disappointment. A novel should be complete in itself, even if there is to be a sequel. This is a trend that is becoming more prevalent lately among indie writers and I have to confess I do not like it. If you want to read the next chapter, you have to go out and buy another book. Nor do I believe this fearsome Olympian would `.jump three feet in the air' because he didn't hear his daughter coming up behind him.īut my biggest niggle is the fact that the book doesn't have an ending. This callow language somehow diminishes his aura. I have reservations about allowing slangy modern dialogue to emit from the mouth of the mighty Zeus, God of Olympus, especially words like `half-assed' and `crap'. The characters are well developed and their interaction kept me hooked, particularly as the eternal question that attaches to the eternal triangle was tantalisingly posed with the answer seemingly, but never actually, within a moment's reach: Which one will she choose? When the writing is of good quality, the story well told and the themes cleverly exploited, pretty much anyone who enjoys reading will find their interest held. There are times when, even though a reviewer would never willingly read a specific genre, pleasant surprises are possible. Add a prophecy that remains a mystery throughout the story, a titanic struggle among the Gods on Mount Olympus, teenagers who are, in fact, several hundred years old and the story becomes ever more fascinating. I can easily conjecture that teenagers everywhere would be swooning over the story of Samantha and her two dream lovers, Marcus and Nicholas. L.A Starkey is blessed with writing talent, a mind full of knowledge to fall back on and a gifted imagination. Did the author succeed in doing what she set out to do? In this case, the answer has to be a resounding `YES'. That said, I am obliged, in fairness, to ask myself one significant question before I attempt to write a review. There is nothing wrong with that except that I am far from being a young adult and my tastes do not normally run to fantasy. I discovered only after I started reading it that it was a fantasy story for young adults. I bought Deceived by LA Starkey because it was recommended by a book club of which I am a member.
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