Fates Divided
All Elena wanted was to be the first in her family to graduate college and be a chemist. One day she is working in the lab at school on an experiment that goes awry. After arriving home at the end of the day she can’t stop thinking about her experiment and needs to know what went wrong or what happened is more like it. What she needs is access to a lab seeing as she does not have access to the labs at school at the moment. She finds out that her next door neighbor; a nerd like herself; may just have what she needs which is access to a lab. It just so happens that her neighbor Derek has just what she needs a key to a private lab where he is working on a project with his mentor. Derek is a straight forward kind of person and comes off sounding kind of like a smart butt and kind of bossy which of course Elena is not too thrilled with but she only needs to borrow his lab not make friends with him.
But when Derek and Elena are together sparks start flying and bouncing all over the place. While Derek does not understand it he has this strong urge to protect her so when she is contacted by the Fae and is told that she is a Halven; half-human/half-fae he makes himself her personal bodyguard. Derek knows that he is half-fae but tries to keep it hidden from his family and the world. He also knows that Elena is a Halven and he does not trust the Fae.
The Fae do not like Halven they think they are beneath them. But what the Fae don’t know is that Elena is a minority and is used to being called names and being put down. Elena is an American who is part Mexican so she knows all about being treated differently. Elena’s mother left her and her father when she was a baby. Her mother left to protect her from her people the Fae as they do not like Halven. When Elena lost her father in an accident she was taken in by her uncle. When her uncle pasted away her cousin Mateo thinks that it is now his responsibility to look out for Elena.
A disease is running havoc in the fae world and the Fae is dropping like flies. The Fae believe that Elena can come up with a cure to save them all by using her magical powers that she has had no knowledge of until her they informed her of this. Now she must work fast in order to gain control of her powers and find a cure to protect her family and friends the people she loves the most. The Fae have threatened her family and her best friend Reese if she does not do what they have asked.
I like Elena strong will and independent nature and how she cares a lot for other people and their lives and will put her own ahead of theirs. I like how Derek took to Elena so quick and decided that he was to become her personal bodyguard and how he would not leave her side and would fight anyone who tried to hurt Elena. Derek is that tall, dark and gorgeous stranger that we all would like to meet at some time or other in our lives.
I love the world or worlds that the author created for the humans and the fae with the feel of energy and electricity floating around in the air. Fates Divided has romance and mystery with a touch of magical elements and energy. I loved all the characters and can’t wait to start the next book Fates Entwined to read Keen and Reese’s’ story.
If you haven’t read Fates Divided yet then let me suggest that you do it will take you on the most magical ride of your life from page one until the very last page one that you will not regret well I haven’t anyways.
