The Blue Effect
Renegade Heroes Series
Episodes 1-3
Rose Shababy
Genre:
Adult Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Release Date: September
8, 2014
Goodreads Rating: 4.11
My Rating: 4.0
Book Description:
Now a 3 Part Serial
Blue Brennan is as intelligent as she is beautiful, but
she knows when people look at her, all they see is a pretty face. With no
family or friends, she also knows she’s alone in the world. She tells herself
she’s fine with that, after all, the only person you can trust is yourself.
Then she meets Kasey, an unusual and oddly appealing man
who sees right through all the barriers she’s erected. He reveals himself as
much more than an ordinary man through a strange vision, and introduces her to
his equally extraordinary friends.
Kasey insists that Blue is one of them, but she resists,
too scared to let herself become part of something.
Going back to her lonely existence, she finds herself
more alone than ever. When her emotions take over in one terrible moment, the
powers she denied rage out of control, and she realizes the only person who can
help her is Kasey.
But finding him means finding herself. Is Blue ready to
face the truth about who, and what, she is?
My Take:
That was a
completely different experience for me. I both liked and disliked this story
and I'm not used to having such conflicting emotions regarding a book.
I love the
concept and at times I found that I really liked the characters and I enjoyed
the repartee but then more often than not, I felt overwhelmed and like a victim
of information overload.
I found, that
the description of each character and the amount of power each possessed was a
little bit on the extravagant side. It made the story a little harder to
follow, and it took away from the interesting concept and storyline. I felt
more like a race and then a story, a story that's part of a series, where we
can get the information slowly through each book.
I liked Blue,
but more often than not, her defense mechanisms and sass irked me. She's a
strong character, and when given the chance very loyal but she is also
extremely hard headed and closed off. Those are the kind of things that can get
tiring after a while.
In contrast I
find most of the other characters to be pretty clearly written and thought out.
They didn't have as many conflicting personality traits and the majority of
them tended to be more likeable that our main character. But they do have their
moments.
I was not a
fan of the sort of attempt at a love triangle and it was all very predictable.
I couldn't find myself feeling shocked at all where those 3 were concerned. But
I must give credit where credit is due, I was very happy that Blue was clear
who she wanted and her stance never really wavered in that respect.
4
Quills
It’s an
interesting concept and I found the main story line to be entertaining and
equally enthralling. My main concern was with the information given and the
timing. I feel like I COULD love this series, maybe if the next takes a
slightly slower pace where the information is given and how the powers develop
instead of throwing it at us all at once.
Excerpt
“How
do you do that?” I asked, finding my voice. I looked around the dance floor, at
all the people frozen like 3D photographs. It didn’t make sense that I wasn’t
scared by the situation at hand, but fear didn’t factor into my emotional state
at all. I also wondered what it would be like to walk through the crowd and
note all their bodily contortions and facial expressions, but I held back. At
the moment I was more interested in hearing what this man had to say. “How did
you make everything stop?”
“As
to how I do what I do, I can only tell you that I do it. I know someone that
can explain the how better than I. As to this,” he waggled a finger toward the
still figures in the room, “this is all you. I can only help you … amplify what
you had inside you to begin with.”
It
was my turn to laugh, but it was humorless and harsh. “What are you talking
about?”
“You
have felt different all your life, no?”
“Sure.
But doesn’t everybody?” I answered with an eye roll and looked around the room
again. “Look at these morons. They’re all playing dress up, hiding their real
selves from each other. But the truth is they’re desperate to find someone to
love them. Hoping they’ll be important to someone, anyone, because they sure as
hell don’t feel important to themselves. Hoping they’ll actually matter. Hoping
that someone can take away the emptiness they feel every time they look in the
mirror.”
He
shook his head. “You are talking about yourself, not them. And they are not all
like that. They are not the lifeless paper dolls you think they are, not even
the ones trying so hard to stand out. And neither are you.”
His
words confused me, and I felt myself growing angry. “Who are you?” I didn’t
like the things he made me feel anymore, and I longed for the simplicity of the
liquored-up daze I’d enjoyed earlier. I wanted to run away from him, but in the
same moment I realized that nothing could have made me turn away from this
strange man.
“My
name is Kasimir Korsak. My friends call my Kasey. I would very much like to
include you in that group.”
I
shook my head. “If you know so much about me, you would know that I don’t have
friends.” I put as much disdain into the last word as I could. I might want to
find out more about the things that were happening, but that didn’t mean I
trusted him. “Besides, what possible reason do I have to believe anything you
say?”
His
eyes were still steady on mine when he spoke. “You already trust me, Blue. You
do not want to admit it because I am a stranger, but deep down you believe me
because you hear truth in my words. You look around the room and see truth. You
are different. Special.” He held out his hands, palms up in a gesture of
openness. “You are like me, only you have not learned how to use your abilities
yet.”
Abilities?
I gaped at him. What the hell does that mean?
We
stood in the strange, echoless silence, neither of us taking our eyes off the
other. I wanted his words to be true. I wanted the differentness I’d always
felt to be something special, wanted it with an urgency that pierced through
the numbness. In the few moments I’d spent with this man I’d felt more emotions
than I’d felt in years.
The
realization finally brought forth fear, but it also brought excitement, and I
wanted more. If his words were true, and he and I were alike, maybe that meant
I actually belonged somewhere.
“I
can show you if you let me.” He smiled again and as we stared at one another,
thoughts that weren’t mine raced through my head.
Give
me a chance to show you. There are others like us. You do not have to be alone
anymore.
“Why
should I?”
“What
are your options?” He smiled. “Someone once said, ‘I may never be what I want
to be, what I ought to be, but how will I know unless I try?’ That is all I am
asking you to do, try.”
“Who
said that?”
He
grinned wider. “A superhero.”
I
rolled my eyes. “You’re kidding, right? This isn’t a fucking comic book.”
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Episode 3: The Last Dance
About The Author
Rose Shababy
and her family reside in eastern Washington State. Rose grew up in the
Northwest but swears she’s going to move to warmer climates someday. She’s
claimed this for over 20 years, however, and has yet to move more than 75 miles
away from her mother.
Rose has a
deep love of all things Star Trek and yearns to travel the heavens, as well as
an intense desire to be bitten by a radioactive spider.
Unfortunately,
she sucks at science and math so she hasn’t been able bring her dreams to life,
instead living vicariously through books, comics, television and film. She
hopes to someday make a million dollars so she can afford to buy her way to the
international space station, but she’d settle for being able to fly around the
world and leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Rose also
loves to cook and worked for years in a gourmet Italian grocery and deli where
she learned to hone her skills. She prepares culinary masterpieces for her
family, but fervently wishes the dishes would wash themselves. Especially now
that her dishwashers/children are nearly grown and only one still lives at
home.
Rose likes to
use her free time wisely. For instance, she likes to daydream, will often read
for hours until she falls asleep on the couch with an electric blanket and a
warm tabby cat curled up on her hip, as well as spending cozy weekend days
watching Syfy movies like Sharknado and Mega Piranha with her husband.
If Rose were a
cartoon animal, she’d prefer to be a wise old owl or a sleek and sexy jaguar,
but in reality she’d probably be a myopic mole with coke-bottle glasses.
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