{Guest Post} {Review} {Giveaway} Relic by #HeatherTerrell @soho_teen

The truth will test you...

For fans of Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games: high fantasy and dystopia meet in this high-stakes tale of a civilization built on lies and the girl who single-handedly brings it down.

When Eva’s twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death just a few months before he is due to participate in The Testing, no one expects Eva to take his place. She’s a Maiden, slated for embroidery classes, curtseys, and soon a prestigious marriage befitting the daughter of an Aerie ruler. But Eva insists on honoring her brother by becoming a Testor. After all, she wouldn’t be the first Maiden to Test, just the first in 150 years.

Eva knows the Testing is no dance class. Gallant Testors train for their entire lives to search icy wastelands for Relics: artifacts of the corrupt civilization that existed before The Healing drowned the world. Out in the Boundary Lands, Eva must rely on every moment of the lightning-quick training she received from Lukas—her servant, a Boundary native, and her closest friend now that Eamon is gone.

But there are threats in The Testing beyond what Lukas could have prepared her for. And no one could have imagined the danger Eva unleashes when she discovers a Relic that shakes the Aerie to its core.

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Biography

Heather Terrell is a lawyer with more than ten years' experience as a litigator at two of the country's premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College with a focus in History, and a cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law. While practicing as a lawyer, Heather dreamed of a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of time and uncovering the truths lurking in legend and myth -- and found it when she tried her hand at writing. She first wrote the historical novels The Chrysalis and The Map Thief, which will appear in more than ten countries, as well as Brigid of Kildare. She made the transition to young adult fiction with the series Fallen Angel -- and continues it now with The Books of Eva.

Well this one was great and I don't think that the cover does it justice.  The first part of the book is all about Eva and her testing.  To it was some pretty good world building and a great start to the story.   As well as being able to tell friend from foe.  The last part of the book is all about after her testing.  Which was deff. my fav!  I so can't wait for the next one in this series.  I do with that the first half of the book was just a tad bit faster.  It tends to drag on some parts.  This book is deff set as a series.  Which is not bad.  Some issues in the book gets solved and some don't.  Its a great start to what is to be a great series.

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."

Guest Post with Author! 

Who would you cast as Lukas, 
the main character's mysterious love interest 

This is such a challenging question, because I have a precise image of Lukas’ rugged, handsome appearance -- with his dark eyes and hair--and it’s unique from anyone I’ve actually seen. It’s also difficult to cast Lukas in that he has such a specific background -- he’s from one of the  indigenous Arctic cultures, Inuit most particularly -- and he has unusual physical strength -- he’s a phenomenal ice climber. That’s a tough order to fill! That said, if I was forced to choose, I think I’d probably cast Taylor Lautner. Although he doesn’t have the actual Arctic background (at least not that I know!), his appearance approximates it, and from the Twilight 

movies, I’d say he has fairly substantial physicality. And he could probably convey Lukas’ unique qualities of innate kindness, quiet conviction, and smoldering emotion.

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