Book Review
Title: Geneva Sommers and the Myth of Lies
Author: C J Benjamin
Genre: YA/Fantasy/Romance
Rating: ****
Review: After reading the first two books in this series and loving them returning to this world was very exciting for me. We re-join Geneva and her group of gifted children as they head back to the Troian Center, but Geneva’s powers have been halved and given to her sister Jenna and there is an uncomfortable vibe within the group, especially between Geneva and Nova. As they arrive back they see the Troian Center has changed drastically and they unknowingly are walking straight into a trap set by Malakai Vanir to capture the Eva.
Returning to the Center means they are now imprisoned again and with her powers veiled there is nothing Geneva can do. Now under Malakai’s “care” I have a feeling the journey out this time will be much harder than before. Not long after arriving Geneva meets Sadie the sister of Mala who used to sneak food to the orphans when they were being punished who she believes is one of the pillars along with Nova and Jovi, but something about the Center is blocking their gifts. Geneva is the first to realise that despite how good life may seem now Malakai is a cruel man and doesn’t really want to help the orphans. However, she does seem to get along with Malakai’s son; Kai who doesn’t seem anything like his father.
Geneva is trying to get close to Kai to learn more about his father, but she feels that she already knows him making me think that he might be the last pillar. However, the one power Gems needed to veil hasn’t gone away and now Malakai and Kobel know what she is, and I have a feeling there may be multiple showdowns at the end of this book, especially since the rivalry between Nova and Remi is reaching the breaking point. It seems that Jemma and Nova are having no trouble fitting back in, but Geneva has always been an outcast and seems to be getting closer to Kai. As tensions rise between the group as they are trapped and Jemma trying to get close to Nova isn’t helping. Nova is under the impression Kai is a spy which he technically is but isn’t fully aware of who Geneva is and why his father has an interest in her, but Geneva doesn’t see him as a threat especially when he risks his own safety to help her find Mala and protect her from the guards.
Utterly by accident Geneva ends up injured thanks to Jemma and in the infirmary, where she comes across Sadie again. Sadie points out a strange item on her chart and Geneva instantly knows that Malakai knows what she is, and they need to get out. She tells Sadie what she is and that she is a pillar and Sadie helps in exchange for Geneva helping her get to Mala if they manage to escape.
As Geneva tries to find a way-out Malakai seems to be one step ahead of her. When Geneva turns to Sadie for a remedy that will enhance her visions her enemies use it as an opportunity to confirm she is the Eva, and give her a potion that will unveil her powers putting them all at risk, but she seems to have Kai on her side. They also find the last pillars one in Sadie and surprisingly Kai finds the final pillar, a man named Terran Clay, but it will be more difficult to get him on their side as he is a Luxor, one of the very people helping Malakai. Malakai also seems to be blinded as he plans on using his own son as a vessel for Ravin, but it won’t work if the person has abilities inherited from the Beto which Kai does. As the Ravinori step up their preparations, time isn’t on their side especially with Sparrow going to be “adopted” in less than two weeks.
There seems to be a lot of cloak and dagger stuff going on, especially when the traitor is discussed and I can’t tell yet if it is Kai who still has some allegiance to his father, or Jemma who has always been jealous of Geneva, my money personally is on Jemma. When the Ravinori basically put Geneva in a coma until her powers are released it is up to the others to save her and escape before they can test her in two days’ time. It is Nova and Kai who come up with a plan, they get into a fight which lands Kai in the infirmary asking with Sadie to look for Geneva while Nova gets sent to the locker where he meets Clay and gets him on their side. While we don’t see this scene, we do learn that Clay is helping them get messages outside the Academy as he is an animyth, meaning he can communicate with animals. Stuck in her coma Geneva is able to communicate with her mother who tells her Jemma is the only one who can help her, but Geneva needs to guide her as Jemma has a twin soul. This means her soul is spoilt equally between light and darkness making her susceptible to manipulation unless there is someone like Geneva with a light soul to guide her.
When the others finally manage to release Geneva from her coma, they seem to have much bigger problems. The Ravinori are preparing for their ceremony which means Geneva and the others need to leave as soon as possible but the Beto people can’t get to them for another two weeks, so I have no idea what they are planning to do. By the time things start heading up and the gang has their escape plan ready using the dance as a diversion, I was sick to death of Jemma’s mood swings. One minute she is being the perfect sister and the next she is downright evil and not to be cruel, but I hope she dies soon. Despite all this, I have a feeling that Jemma is going to betray the gang by telling Malakai of the escape plan and I can’t wait to see what happens considering there are still two more books in this series.
With less than 100 pages left in the novel, we learn that an informant did tell Malakai of the escape plan, but we don’t know who it is. When the dance finally comes around all hell breaks loose with the Luxor’s and the gang make a break for it. When it comes to light someone has betrayed them Geneva is sure it’s Jemma, as she vanished at the first sight of trouble and in order for the others to escape, Geneva and subsequently Nova have handed themselves over to Malakai. The ending of Geneva Sommers and the Myth of Lies was brilliant and left a huge cliff-hanger for the next installment of the series and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
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I received this review copy from Booksprout.
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