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Friday, October 21, 2011

GIVEAWAY & REVIEW: Fateful by Claudia Gray *SIGNED*


Description

Eighteen-year-old maid Tess Davies is determined to escape the wealthy, troubled family she serves. It’s 1912, and Tess has been trapped in the employ of the Lisles for years, amid painful memories and twisted secrets. But now the Lisle family is headed to America, with Tess in tow. Once the ship they’re sailing on—the RMS Titanic—reaches its destination, Tess plans to strike out and create a new life for herself.
Her single-minded focus shatters when she meets Alec, a handsome first-class passenger who captivates her instantly. But Alec has secrets of his own. He’s in a hurry to leave Europe, and whispers aboard the ship say it’s because of the tragic end of his last affair with the French actress who died so gruesomely and so mysteriously. . . .
Soon Tess will learn just how dark Alec’s past truly is. The danger they face is no ordinary enemy: werewolves exist and are stalking him—and now her, too. Her growing love for Alec will put Tess in mortal peril, and fate will do the same before their journey on the Titanic is over.
In Fateful, New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray delivers paranormal adventure, dark suspense, and alluring romance set against the opulent backdrop of the Titanic’s first—and last—voyage.

About the Author

Claudia Gray is the pseudonym of a New Orleans–based writer, the author of the New York Times bestselling Evernight series. She has worked as a lawyer, a journalist, a disc jockey, and an extremely poor waitress. Her grandparents' copy of Mystery of the Unexplained is probably the genesis of her fascination with most things mysterious and/or inexplicable, such as the Titanic and werewolves.

Details

  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTeen (September 13, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062006207
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062006202
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MY THOUGHTS
LOVED IT

Tess is young enough to not exactly know her place as a servant in the Lisle household, so when the family leaves on the Titanic for America, she is traveling in third class, but has no fear of first class and moves effortlessly upstairs from downstairs.  She is also mature enough to know when she is being taken advantage of, so she makes plans for her future when she gets to America.  While she is tending to her employers, she meets a man, Alec, that has a secret that he would rather not share.  Well, you already know the outcome of the Titanic, so the story is based around the facts and what it was like to be a servant during this time period.  Everything is historical spot on and you will even learn a few things about this era, which for me was perfect.

Alec is a mystery, even after you know his werewolf secret, I found him very the perfect foil for Tess.  As an American millionaire, there was less of a class divide between the two of them, so the romance part of this story worked and was more believable.  Even more believable was the creepy description of the actual sinking of the Titanic.  This is no gloss over.  You can imagine the exact feelings of the passengers and the horror they witnessed as this ship went down.  I am really impressed by the historical detail that is built into this world of both historical and paranormal situations.  It is hard enough to get one of these right and Gray nailed both of them.  Obviously, I cared more about Tess since she is so feisty.  I am trying not to giveaway the finale, but well, you already know the ship sinks and I will leave it at that. 




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