Synopsis:
Book One in the Carrier Spirits Series from New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo.
After more than three centuries as a carrier spirit, Mara has finally found a willing host in eighteen-year-old Belinda. As a reward for Belinda's compliance, Mara sets out to help brokenhearted Belinda find love.
With the promise of a new body, Mara dares to hope her plan may work--until Mara and Belinda both fall for sweet and charming Conor. But Mara's feelings for Conor aren't her only obstacle.
A spirit with whom Mara shares a dark past is possessing Conor. Now a war is waging inside and outside Belinda's body and she quickly discovers what Mara has known for centuries:
Falling in love is just as dangerous as battling evil spirits.
My Review:
Carrier Spirits is a complicated story. We first meet Mara, who died over 300 years ago. She has started to possess Belinda. Not is an Exorcist movie kind of way, but she uses Belinda's body and voice at times. She does show herself to Belinda and they work together to help Belinda catch Conor's eye. Frankie is Belinda's best friend and as been for years. He loves Belinda and she loves him, but they are to stubborn to let each other know. Frankie's body is housing the spirit of a man from Mara's past. She warns Belinda to stay away from Frankie because the spirit was evil 300 years ago. To add to all of this, Conor is also occasionally possessed by a spirit that has been following Mara through time and wants to keep her from earning a body back.
Confused? I was too. It took some time to figure out exactly what was going on. This is a very complex love triangle. You have the spirits and the humans and they are all locked in a battle to get what they want. I found myself rooting for Frankie because he seemed to be the most sincere of the group. Cassia Leo is so talented and weaves such a story it's easy to get lost in it. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series! 4 out of 5!
Parallel Spirits Excerpt Chapter 1
Mara’s POV
They say love is blind, but they’re wrong. Love
is the harshest light shined on every insecurity, every weakness, every broken
promise. It exposes its victims, laying their bloody hearts bare on a slab of
cold stone. Love is not for the fainthearted. Love is for humans.
Finding another carrier spirit like me residing
inside my best friend’s body was unbelievable. Falling in love with my best
friend, having learned love’s deadliest lesson long ago,
was foolish.
Samuel stands at the edge of the water with her cowering in his arms. The
moonlight leaps off her black hair lighting up the expression of disbelief in
his eyes.
“You said our spirits were destined for each
other!” I shout at Samuel across the dark beach.
“Mara, I am telling you the truth,” he insists.
There’s something magical about the beach at
night. The way the stars and the moon lay a twinkling blanket over the tumbling
surface of the ocean. The black waves exploding into clouds of briny mist. It’s
so violent yet so serene. It’s perfect on a night when you can’t decide if
you’d rather live or die.
I plant my bare feet firmly in the wet sand.
“Stop lying, Darius!” I shout. If he wants to call me Mara then I’ll call him
by his spirit name as well.
A guttural sob builds in my throat and I feel
as if I’m being split in half. Half of me wants to die and be done with the
miserable business of being human. Half of me wants to return to my life as a
carrier spirit, when nothing could harm me—and love couldn’t reach me.
My arms are stretched before me as I
concentrate on holding in the energy building inside me. The restless sensation
that penetrates down to my bones is unbearable. Telekinesis is only useful when
you can control it. And right now, I am very
out of control.
Giveaway
PARALLEL SPIRITS PLAYLIST
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Reasons to Love You by Meiko
The Little Things by Colbie Caillat
Cosmic Love by Florence + the
Machine
Oath by Cher Lloyd & Becky G
Into Dust by Mazzy Star
If It Kill Me (Casa Nova Sessions)
by Jason Mraz
Riverside by Agnes Obel
Sort Of by Ingrid Michaelson
Shadows by Yo La Tengo
Seven Devils by Florence + the
Machine
Never Let Me Go by Florence + the
Machine
Eyes On Fire (Zeds Dead Remix) by
Blue Foundation
Somebody That I Used to Know by
Gotye
Summertime Sadness (Remix) by Lana Del
Rey & Cedric Gervais
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