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Crux is a stand alone
Avaliable formats: Ebook/Paperback
Purchase Crux: Amazon . Amazon UK . B&N
285 pages, released July 9th 2012
Source: Copy provided from publishers in exchange for honest review.
She should have run. Now, she’ll have to fight.
Eighteen year old Birdie may be homeless, but she’s
surviving, that is until a mysterious guy throws money in the air like a crazy
game show host, and she grabs some with the idea she’ll be able to buy dinner
that night.
In that singular moment, unassuming Birdie becomes the girl
in everyone’s viewfinder. Thugs want to kill her. Money-guy wants to recruit
her. The very hot, very rich, and very out of her league Grey Mathews wants to
save her.
Birdie, though, wants nothing to do with any of them, until
she realizes fate didn’t bring them all together.
Her heritage did.
Now, with only twenty-one days left, she’s got to decide
whether to follow in the footsteps of those before her or risk her life for
people she’s only just met.
“Don’t run away anymore, please?” He reaches for a strand of my hair. “If you’re going to run somewhere, make sure it’s in my direction.”
How Julie Reece was able to write such a
remarkable/epic/wonderful.. AMAZING adventure in 285 pages is beyond me, this standalone
novel grabbed me by the collar and wouldn’t let me go until I finished! If you’re
looking for an amazing adventure of courage, romance, and overcoming evil then
look no further cause Crux is the book for you!
Crux is through the eyes of Birdie, Birdie is homeless and knows
what it’s like to have a rough life. This was all before some crazy guy gives
her and a few other people a bunch of money, now everything has changed. Not only does she
finally have somewhere to stay and food in her belly, but she also finds out
she is supposed to defeat some evil guy, she is being hunted by a group of
thugs, and if that wasn’t enough to stress her out, there’s also the hot guy
Grey that she can’t figure out, but he wants to be her guardian and protect
her.
Ahh Crux, what an amazing story you turned out to be! First I want to start with my favorite part
of Crux, and that was easily our main character Birdie. She is so unique! Right from the start I felt
she was such a breath of fresh air, she had a tough life…and still throughout
the novel she would say that she knew she had it better than others and was
okay with the life she had. Most main characters I feel would not be so
grateful, most YA main characters I feel these days are all about the ‘pity
party’ if they have had a bad life or experience. Not Birdie tough! She was
grateful for the life she was given even if it wasn’t perfect and even though
she went through so much, she still constantly put everyone else’s needs before
her own. Birdie was an amazingly strong main character and I can only hope I
can meet another main character with such an amazing attitude! While Birdie was
my favorite, she was deff not the only one I loved, when I finished Crux I felt sad having to say goodbye
so soon to characters I got to know SO well in only 285 pages.
The romance in Crux was another thing that I myself very
much enjoyed; never did anything between Grey (*swoons*!) or Birdie feel forced
or unnatural. While Grey and Birdie were very different from one another, they
still seemed to just fit together so perfectly throughout Crux.
Last but certainly not least Crux was an amazing adventure
from start to finish, while the very beginning does start a little slow it deff
picks up later on (so stick with it!!) I have never EVER read a standalone that
was able to take me through a whole (epic) adventure beginning to end without
it feeling rushed, and yet Crux did just that! When I finished Crux I could not
believe that what I had just read was ONE book and not a series, Julie Reece is
an amazing author and really knows how to captor a story and put it together
beautifully!
All in all, Crux was a very pleasant surprise and I would
recommend it to anyone looking for a remarkable adventure with a slightly
steamy, but still sweet romance!
Sidenote: I would also recommend this to anyone that maybe
doesn’t feel like reading a series or starting a series, but still wants an
amazing read. Crux is by far the one of the best (if not the best) standalone novels I have ever
read!
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5 comments:
This one looks pretty good ,,, not a lot of standalone novels coming out nowadays and I could do with a book in which the romance doesn't seem forced.Nice review :)
Krazyyme @ Young Readers
great review and a standalone too....definitely worth checking out...
Le' Grande Codex
Hello!
I just wanted to drop in and thank the lovely Haley and YA-Aholic for hosting a post about my new book today :) She said some really nice things about my novel that made my heart pretty dang happy.
XOXOXO
If you're thinking of reading my book, I hope you will like it and thanks in advance for giving a debut author a chance! :)
Have an awesome day, ya'll
Julie
Sounds good, and I prefer standalone books. Like the artwork on the cover too!
I have Crux on my to-read list for a long time now and I am so glad that it is a standalone book! I need some of those in my life. Especially the adventurous ones.
Great review, Haley! =D
Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile
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