Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy
Description:
Gemma Green is an Averter whose job it is to stop people from making
terrible choices. On her first assignment, she knows Russ, one of the most
popular boys in school, will decide to drink and drive that weekend, maiming
himself and killing the passenger in the car. Gemma successfully stops him with
her powers, but something goes wrong and he feels drawn to her. That’s only the
beginning of Gemma’s problems.
Author:
Kenechi Udogu lives in London and enjoys writing paranormal stories.
You can read more about her at her website or follow her on Facebook.
Appraisal:
When I’m disappointed to put a book down because life gets in the way,
I know a five-star book is in the making.
Recently, while I took the train into New York City, I started reading Aversion. After just 25 minutes, I was
hooked on Aversion, but my train ride
was also over … too quickly.
I loved the idea of this book where Gemma Green’s job in life is to
stop people from doing things that could mess up their lives.
She’s been trained by her father, who is also an Averter. However, her
first aversion doesn’t go as planned. Russ Tanner, a popular athlete, is about
to make a horrible choice where he goes to a party, get drunk and gets into a
car accident killing the passengers in his car. Gemma sees it before it happens
and manages to push the thought into his mind that he shouldn’t go to the
party.
It works. Crisis averted.
Except when Russ comes up to Gemma at school on Monday and says hello.
Gemma is an outcast and keeps to herself. There is no reason for Russ to want
to talk to her, but he tells her that he felt compelled to do so.
Something is clearly wrong. Turns out that Gemma is the first female
Averter in a very, very long time, and she thinks that may have something to do
with it.
The book turns into more than just a budding teenage romance by adding
intrigue with a paranormal touch. Questions that immediately come into play
such as ‘Why is Gemma the only female Averter’ and ‘What went wrong with her
first aversion,’ are clearly answered during the course of Aversion. The best
part, the answers were satisfying.
While the book doesn’t necessarily end with a cliffhanger, there is
certainly room for more stories to come out of Kenechi Ugodu’s world.
FYI:
Added for
Reprise Review: Aversion
by Kenechi Udogu was a nominee in the Paranormal category for B&P 2015
Readers' Choice Awards. Original review ran June 12, 2014
Format/Typo
Issues:
No major issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: Sooz
Approximate
word count: 40,000-45,000 words
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