Gathering Water
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4.3 • 66 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“Her name was Gabriella Deare, and she was from North Carolina. There are some things that go to you.”
Jane Doe.
It was all Della ever knew of her mother.
No family to tie her to.
No identification.
Then, on her eighteenth birthday, Della’s life was flipped upside down by one thin, manila folder. Growing up in the foster system, she never really had anything to call her own, not even a last name revealing any real association to anyone. Now, the truth was exposed, but there was still so much she didn’t know.
Hoping to learn more about the mother she never knew, and maybe discover a bit more about herself along the way, Della travels across the country seeking answers—and finds far more than she bargained for.
An unimaginable world—one on the brink of war—is pulling her in, and making her claim a birthright she never knew she wanted.
There’s a storm brewing on the horizon, and as the pressure builds, it will take everything Della has not to drown in a destiny she didn’t choose.
Customer Reviews
Compelling read!
I throughly enjoyed reading this book. Compelling storyline with amazing details!
Will be adding this author to my reading list. Can’t wait to read the next installment.
First impressions…
Della Doe Deare was orphaned at birth, raised in group homes and foster care in California, always feeling like an outsider. On her 18th birthday she discovers she has an inheritance and a wider family on the East Coast, in North Carolina.
When Della moves cross country to claim her inheritance she not only finds the loving embrace of her relatives, but also that she has inherited magic powers. All too soon, she finds herself able to wield control over the elements of air, earth, water and fire along with a fifth element, spirit, that she shouldn’t have- a genetic inheritance from her mysterious father.
Della is the progeny of a forbidden relationship between her human mother and elf father that makes her both a potential champion of the two species against their joint enemy, the evil Clades, but also a potential danger to them. As this book closes, Della is finally acknowledged by her father with the prospect of their having to explain themselves to the Elfinnon leadership. There is also a potential war/battle with the Clades ahead.
I’ve awarded only three stars, first because the characterisation and plot feel trite and undemanding; and second because the current trend to divide a good v evil story into three parts, padding each out in order to wring most financial return, is intensely irritating. Instead of making me want to purchase the sequels it’s off-putting, meaning I’m less likely to follow up as I can predict the plot sequencing. Plus the e-version needs proofreading to remedy typos.