AUthor: Mary Jennifer Payne
Genre: YA Fantasy
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Jade and Jasmine are twins sisters who have finally been reunited after 5 years. They have that special twin connection, but they are also Seers known as Daughters of Light. Their city is being overrun by demons who are coming over through the rift, or so it seems. While fighting a demon, Jasmine is plague with the question of why he referred to her as the chosen one. Throughout all this she also discovers someone has stolen a powerful ring, one that could control the demons. It has become a race against time as the Daughters of Light enter into a battle with the forces of darkness. Will it be too late?
The idea of this book is fantastic. I like the idea of twin sisters feeding off of each other's strengths and weaknesses, really being a team against the forces of evil rather than a guy and girl teaming up together and the inevitable romance ensues. This is one of the main reasons why I requested it from Netgalley and the publisher for an honest review, because it seemed like something out of the ordinary in the world of YA novels. The cover features the twins with a ring with the Star of David in the middle makes me interested to see what the story had to do with Judaism.
From the very beginning of the book the reader has to distinguish between speakers as it changes between the two sisters' viewpoints, while this isn't something that I mind, but the chapters seem rather short and the reader doesn't get enough time with one or the other to really feel a connection with her. I understand the girls are to be Latinas, but the dialogue doesn't really suggest this other than a few random Spanish words entering into conversations...at random. There could be a conversation in English and then boom one random Spanish word that makes it feel disconnected and out of place. I honestly had a hard time connecting climate change terrorism with the acts of the demons and how that played a large role into the story, but I will admit I had a hard time finishing this book as well.
The different perspective between the sisters do not seem to sync up with each other which makes it hard to pinpoint a timeline of events for the story. The story feels very choppy and difficult to follow. While the cover shows a ring with the Star of David the story did not show anything related to Judaism, I am not sure if it will come up later in other books. I don't know if I would continue reading this series because of how disjoined this novel felt. I don't think I would recommend it either.
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