Memortality
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Minerva Rus can raise the dead. And it might get her killed.
Minerva’s life has never been the same since the childhood car accident that paralyzed her and killed her best friend, Raven. But when the long-dead Raven reappears in her life, now as a very attractive grown man, she discovers that her photographic memory has the power to bring the dead back to life ... heal her paralysis ... and shape reality itself.
Pursued by a rogue government agent who wants to eliminate her and her talents, Minerva must learn to control her powers to save herself and Raven. Because if she dies, he dies as well―again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This creative yet clumsy contemporary fantasy opens with a fascinating scenario, but bogs it down with stock characters and predictable intrigue. A Los Angeles car accident left six-year-old Minerva Rus paralyzed from the waist down and killed her eight-year-old best friend, Raven. Fifteen years later, Raven returns to Minerva, apparently alive and all grown up. Minerva soon learns she is one of the gifted few who can bring people back to life to an extent through memories. This gift makes her a target of a secret government agency, and she and Raven are soon caught up in their dangerous machinations. Short chapters make the suspenseful plot speed along but also give it a choppy feel. Characters' motivations and backgrounds are often unclear in particular, not much thought appears to have been given to what Minerva's life has been like in the 15 years since the accident, except that she's become bitter and isolated. Provost's debut novel shows promise but will frustrate readers seeking a deeper connection.
