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Torn by Erica O'Rourke Series: Torn Trilogy #1
Published by Kensington Books on 6/28/11
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 321
Format: Paperback
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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Mo Fitzgerald knows about secrets. But when she witnesses her best friend's murder, she discovers Verity was hiding things she never could have guessed. To find the answers she needs and the vengeance she craves, Mo--quiet, ordinary, unmagical Mo--will have to enter a world of raw magic and shifting alliances. And she'll have to choose between two very different, equally dangerous guys--protective, duty-bound Colin and brash, mysterious Luc.
One wants to save her, one wants to claim her. Which would you choose?
Short and Sweet Review
When Mo witnesses the murder of her best friend, Verity, the last thing she expects is for how her life is going to change. Mo learns about another world that involves magic and Mo vows to get revenge on those who murdered Verity. After Verity’s murder, Mo’s already protective family becomes even more protective they even hire Colin to watch over her. But Colin isn’t the only boy around Mo, Luc a mysterious guy who seems to know what Verity was hiding is also sticking around. I liked this book although it wasn’t my favorite it took me a lot longer than I thought it would to really get into it. Mo is a normal girl, its her senior year of high school, but some things are hard for her because of her uncle’s affiliation with the mob. The affiliation with the mob makes things more complicated when the cops are looking for the murder suspect because they’re looking at someone in the mob but theres more to it than that. I wish that we get to see more of the paranormal aspects earlier in the book. I didn’t like the love triangle because I couldn’t decide which boy Mo should end up with, Colin is protective, and Luc was mysterious. I enjoyed this book and thought it was interesting that Mo has to adjust to this new life full of magic and has to try to navigate it. I will be reading the next book in the series and hopefully I will be able to get into it more than this one.
