Violet and the Veterox

My first Opinion/Discussion post on EP Book Nerd!  How exciting! (Read my previous "Book Nerd" posts on my other blog.)

Title:  Violet and the Veterox
Author:  A. Crouch

First let me say that I have been giving this post a lot (I mean a lot) of careful thought for the past five (yes five) days.  The reason?  I absolutely loved this book and I want to do it justice.

So.  Before I go into why I loved this book so much, let's take a trip back in time.  The year was 2014.  The month was April (I think).  I was perusing the many different projects on Kickstarter.com when I came across a book project.  Being a self-proclaimed book junkie I couldn't help but to click on it.  The moment I read the description I was hooked.  I had to know more about the book.  So... I pledged enough to earn a free copy of the e-book upon 100% funding and release.  I even posted about it on my other blog to try to get more people involved.  I wanted that book!  Finally... the project was 100% funded and I was ecstatic!  Now all I had to do was wait until the e-book was released.  Waiting... waiting... waiting... Yay!  The e-book was released and I got my free copy!  I read the book, loved it, and here I am sharing it with all of you!

Okay.  Now for why I loved this book.

The author, A. Crouch, did a fantastic job introducing us to the characters and their relationships to each other.  I really felt as though I got to know each and every one of them on a personal level.  The world building was also great.  It was technologically advanced yet believable.  It felt as though we are today right around the corner from where they are in the book.

Our main character is Evangeline.  I have to say that I found her the most relatable on a personal level.  It was literally mind-blowing how much we were alike.

For example:

On page 37 of the e-book she talks about how she wonders what it would be like to live through a pandemic and what she would do if she were in a hostage situation or survived a plane crash.  Basically going though different scenarios.  And well, I often think of the same things.  I'm not all "doomsday prepper" or anything like that but I do wonder what I would do in the event zombies were to start popping up (I get made fun of a lot by my family for that one) or if some other disaster were to take place.

That is just one (perhaps not so impressive) example of course.  There are more that I have highlighted but I don't want to overload you with things the main character and I have in common.  We can save that for a different post.

The beginning mostly gives us a background and brings us up to speed on the characters' lives (as most books do) until one evening when shit basically hits the fan and Evangeline's world gets turned upside-down.

[SPOILER ALERT]

Evangeline barely has time to take in what happens at the restaurant and the fact that her dad, best friend, and possibly sister are dead.  She is whisked away to safety and then heads over to a hidden (seriously cool) community of people with powers (Veterox).

I've been known to give away a little too much so I am making the conscious decision to not do that this time.  If you want to find out more about Evangeline and the start (hint hint) of her exhausting journey, buy the book.  It is super affordable and available here .

In short, this book was exhilarating, suspenseful, sad, and happy.  I could not put it down and finished it in the record time (for a non-speed reading busy wife and mother) of three days.  I cannot wait for the next gem A. Crouch releases!

If you have read Violet and the Veterox and would like to voice your thoughts on the book, leave a comment and maybe we can have a follow-up post about this awesome story!


My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Happy Reading!