Magic, immortals, and being a good monster.: The Gifted Ones by PG Shriver Blog Tour Review

SYNOPSIS:
Thrown together by the cruelties of a modern day world in which genuine compassion is rare, evil abounds, and goodness is often tainted by the fight to survive, two unusually gifted teenagers discover they are linked by a fairytale told them repeatedly throughout their youth by their late mothers.

Destiny awaits them, but first they must locate the others, as the fairytale foretells, to defeat the evil monster who waits and change the lonely world in which they live. Only then will they find peace... and family.

JEN'S THOUGHTS:
This is the first installment to The Gifted Ones Series. Don't let the word fairytale fool you. Cheater and Jazz are far from living a fairytale life. The only thing that are keeping them going is each other and the fairytale that their mothers use to tell them when they were growing up. Knowing that their are others out there like them, they plan to find them and head towards where the fairytale leads them. Unfortunately, neither of them know how the fairytale ends and what lies ahead.

I look forward to the next installment of this book. I am curious to see if the series will have a fairytale ending or if it will be a nightmare for Cheater and the rest of The Gifted Ones. They have a big journey ahead of them. I am glad I agreed to the blog tour, I have found another new author to follow.

Originally posted on The Mystical World of Book Reviews.

About P. G. Shriver:

Born in California, and raised in Minnesota and Texas, P.G. spent her early years writing poetry and winning poetry contests, while escaping the drama in her own childhood by reading great books for children. Ever since her earliest days, she loved story telling. She wrote numerous short stories in High School and her early college years, continually trying to relive that first experience at the age of seven of seeing her name in print in the local newspaper.

P.G. sought her education at the University of Texas, where she studied English, literature, and Education. During the entire process of earning her BA and M.Ed, she never stopped writing and trying to be published. It was during this time that her first children's book No More Stinkbugs! was accepted for publication by Castle Keep Press. Many of her stories develop from nature.

P.G. graduated college and began her career in education, another great world that offered real experiences to humor and delight through children's books. She watched children interact, bringing to surface her own experiences as a child and yet more events to write about. While teaching, she discovered many great books for young people, such as The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, Maniac Magee, So. B. It and many more. She is a fan of Dean Koontz novels, too, and loves reading fantasy and paranormal books.

P.G. was married 20 years in March 2012 and has a bright, young daughter who has begun her own college career. She lives on a small farm in Texas with her family and animals. P.G. has experienced great love and loss throughout her life. Those her family has lost have dedications in her books.

P.G. has two young adult books published, Dead Perfect and The Gifted Ones: The Fairytale the first book in The Gifted Ones Trilogy. She also has several children's books written under Gean Penny, her pseudonym. P. G. has since dissolved her contract for her first book with Castle Keep Press and moved the title to her own imprint, Gean Penny Books.

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Tour Schedule:
11/1/2012 Bookish Whimsy