Touching Fate by Brenda Drake
pages: 194
publisher: Entangled Teen Crave
source: YA Bound Book Tour
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Aster Layne believes in physics, not psychics. A tarot card reading on the Ocean City Boardwalk should have been a ridiculous, just-for-fun thing. It wasn't. Aster discovers she has a very unscientific gift—with a simple touch of the cards, she can change a person's fate. Reese Van Buren is cursed. Like the kind of old-school, centuries-old curse that runs in royal families. Every firstborn son is doomed to die on his eighteenth birthday—and Reese's is coming up fast. Bummer. He tries to distract himself from his inevitable death...only to find the one person who can save him. Aster doesn't know that the hot Dutch guy she's just met needs her help–or that he’s about to die. But worst of all...she doesn't know that her new gift comes with dark, dark consequences that can harm everyone she loves.
pages: 194
publisher: Entangled Teen Crave
source: YA Bound Book Tour
rating:
from Goodreads:
Aster Layne believes in physics, not psychics. A tarot card reading on the Ocean City Boardwalk should have been a ridiculous, just-for-fun thing. It wasn't. Aster discovers she has a very unscientific gift—with a simple touch of the cards, she can change a person's fate. Reese Van Buren is cursed. Like the kind of old-school, centuries-old curse that runs in royal families. Every firstborn son is doomed to die on his eighteenth birthday—and Reese's is coming up fast. Bummer. He tries to distract himself from his inevitable death...only to find the one person who can save him. Aster doesn't know that the hot Dutch guy she's just met needs her help–or that he’s about to die. But worst of all...she doesn't know that her new gift comes with dark, dark consequences that can harm everyone she loves.
PURCHASE
Aster is a seventeen year old girl who loves science. Leah, her best friend, want to have a tarot reading done. Aster has been told by her mother and especially her grandmother to stay away for tarot cards. However, convinces her that she won't be seen and what's the worse that could happen anyway? Aster accidentally touches one of the cards. Sure 'nuff the worse happens. Aster gets a shock and the card split into two spins then meld back together. This is the moment her fate changer abilities activate kinda like the Wonder Twins. Ha!
Anyway Reese is snooping and sees what happened. With him being down to the last few weeks, he decides to get Aster to break the curse. Not wanting to run his chances of her saying no, he agrees with his cousin Jan, that he would have to get her to fall in love with him before telling her what breaking the curse will do to her family. The logic being that surly once she was in love with him she would disregard the fate of her own family for him. The rest of the story follows Aster journey of understating what a fate changer is, does, how it works, and will she help Reese once she finds out about his betrayal.
I like the way Aster uses science to reason things out. I also like the way science was used in this book. It wasn't used to dispel anything. It was simply a tool that Aster could use to figure out how the fate changer power works. I liked this book. It told fortune teller in a different way and the romance between Aster and Reese, though cheese, was what I was expecting. It had a instalove aspect but I'm chalking that up to the fact that the two families are destined to be together because of the curse. Looking for a quick y.a. read this is it. Until next time...Happy Reading!
About the Author:
Brenda Drake grew up the youngest of three children, an Air Force brat, and the continual new kid at school. Her fondest memories growing up is of her eccentric, Irish grandmother’s animated tales, which gave her a strong love for storytelling. So it was only fitting that she would choose to write stories with a bend toward the fantastical. When she’s not writing or hanging out with her family, she haunts libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, or reads someplace quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).
Brenda Drake grew up the youngest of three children, an Air Force brat, and the continual new kid at school. Her fondest memories growing up is of her eccentric, Irish grandmother’s animated tales, which gave her a strong love for storytelling. So it was only fitting that she would choose to write stories with a bend toward the fantastical. When she’s not writing or hanging out with her family, she haunts libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, or reads someplace quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).
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He touched her cheek. “I’m being serious here. I don’t want to hesitate anymore. There isn’t much time. I’ll only be here a few months.”
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They spread a blanket on the sand and sat on top of it. Aster pulled her legs into a pretzel. “So what’s in the box?” “You aren’t the patient type, are you?” He undid the ribbon holding the package closed and flipped open the top, then handed her a napkin. The wind whipped Aster’s hair across her face and she tucked it behind her ears. “Nice thermos,” she said. “My mother sent it to us. She has an addiction to online purchasing.” He lifted out a cream puff. It was her favorite pastry at the shop. “I’m impressed. You did your research. I’ll have to thank Leah later.” He chuckled, handing her the pastry. “You will. She was very specific.” She took a bite, the creamy, sugary goodness tasting like heaven on her tongue. “Good, huh?” She nodded, not wanting to speak and spray powdered sugar at him or something. He unscrewed the thermos and poured a brown liquid into the cap. “Hot cocoa?” he asked, and passed the cap to her. “Obviously,” she said, taking a sip. Because cream puffs tasted best with hot chocolate. It was sweet that he’d taken the time to find out what she liked. They ate in silence, but it wasn’t boring. It was more like...comfortable.
When they finished, Reese screwed the cap back onto the thermos and placed the used napkins in the box. He scooted as close as he could get to her. She leaned her head on his shoulder, and he slid his arm behind her back. They watched the sun set on the ocean and listened to the waves clap against the beach. “It’s beautiful here,” Reese said, finally. She raised her head to look into his eyes. “This is the best date ever.” He smiled, brushing crumbs away from the corner of her mouth. Her heart shivered as his fingers moved to her chin and lifted her mouth to his. The kiss was soft and gentle, and way too short for Aster. He pulled away, a serious expression on his face. “Do you believe in fate?” he said softly. Aster swallowed back her surprise. “I think I do,” she said, recovering. It was a lame response. Before meeting Miri, she probably would have said she did right off. It used to be just a word without meaning. But now, it held a power beyond that of a simple definition in a dictionary. She had looked the word up. Fate was unavoidable. Something that couldn’t be measured. Yet she had the ability to shift it. She worried she didn’t have the maturity to know when to let sleeping fates lie. “I believe in it,” Reese said with a nod. “We were to go straight to Florida, but I had an urge to stop in Ocean City. I felt you. Fate brought us together.” “I thought it was an ice cream cone.” She giggled. Oh God, Aster, stop giggling, already.
When they finished, Reese screwed the cap back onto the thermos and placed the used napkins in the box. He scooted as close as he could get to her. She leaned her head on his shoulder, and he slid his arm behind her back. They watched the sun set on the ocean and listened to the waves clap against the beach. “It’s beautiful here,” Reese said, finally. She raised her head to look into his eyes. “This is the best date ever.” He smiled, brushing crumbs away from the corner of her mouth. Her heart shivered as his fingers moved to her chin and lifted her mouth to his. The kiss was soft and gentle, and way too short for Aster. He pulled away, a serious expression on his face. “Do you believe in fate?” he said softly. Aster swallowed back her surprise. “I think I do,” she said, recovering. It was a lame response. Before meeting Miri, she probably would have said she did right off. It used to be just a word without meaning. But now, it held a power beyond that of a simple definition in a dictionary. She had looked the word up. Fate was unavoidable. Something that couldn’t be measured. Yet she had the ability to shift it. She worried she didn’t have the maturity to know when to let sleeping fates lie. “I believe in it,” Reese said with a nod. “We were to go straight to Florida, but I had an urge to stop in Ocean City. I felt you. Fate brought us together.” “I thought it was an ice cream cone.” She giggled. Oh God, Aster, stop giggling, already.
He touched her cheek. “I’m being serious here. I don’t want to hesitate anymore. There isn’t much time. I’ll only be here a few months.”
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