Ava of the Gaia by G.E. Nosek

- YA, fantasy -

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In Six Words

too many pet peeves to enjoy

Why did I read this? And am I glad I did?

My sister sent me a link to a book written by someone in her year at Harvard Law. She knew that I read YA and had heard her classmates raving about this book. I wonder if the people loving this book read much YA. I’m guessing not.

Don’t get me wrong, the book has good bones. The plot was interesting and the mythology was well-thought out. The characters themselves weren’t too bad.

So what didn’t I like? The book is borderline novella, which I think is most of the problem. We meet the instant love interest within a few pages. There is a weird love triangle half-added and uber-rushed. And there is the classic, beautiful, smart girl that just happens to be home alone all the time so that there is no parental interference with the plot. There were other small things that I’m not going to nitpick.

Overall, I finished the book, but I wouldn’t recommend it. But I seem in the minority.

Brief Summary

Ava Fae saves the life and steals the affection of the beautiful new boy at her high school, knowing full well that saving his life may mean losing her own.

When Ava dances in the rain, nature dances with her—fallen leaves and shimmering petals swirl around her in a tornado of color, as if the Earth is lending out its crown jewels to adorn a favorite princess. Ava belongs to the ancient Order of Gaia—a secret group created by those with superhuman abilities to safeguard the vitality of the natural world. Now, another secret group, the Order of Ares, is methodically hunting down and killing the Gaia.

Isolated from the conflict and lulled by the halcyon setting of her rural Massachusetts town, Ava is content to use her powers to frolic with the local fauna and compel her teachers to recycle, until a new boy wearing the tattoo of the Ares arrives at her high school. With a pair of wickedly slanting cheekbones, a silent hurt in his blue eyes, and the Ares’ ability to control his own and others’ pheromones, Lucas is a one man siren song, pulling Ava inexorably towards him. No hapless schoolgirl to be so easily ensnared, Ava responds to the beautiful boy’s attention with un-tempered ferocity, especially after he appears to casually crush a spider in front of her. But Ava catches Lucas carefully releasing the spider outdoors. Then, after rescuing Lucas from a late night bar fight, she glances up from tending to his wounds to find a look of such trust in his eyes that it leaves her struggling to breathe. Ava must decide: are these moments of intimacy artfully contrived steps in a plan to lure her into betraying her people or can she actually work with Lucas to bring about a rapprochement between the warring orders?

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