A fantastic read!!!! In no way will disappoint! Read more As for the leaders, they too have been waiting for her-to stop her-from what fate claims she is there to do. Suddenly she's thrown into a world of people with unimaginable powers and the crushing weight that she is the Descendent that they've all been waiting for. They're always living in fear due to their corrupt rulers. Each Descendant is related to a God or Goddess of Greek Mythology and that it was long ago foretold that a Descendant will come that will change all of their lives. He's been watching her and explains that they are called Descendants. She doesn't understand her gift but knows that she is able to also heal, and that her parents have always warned her to stay hidden!She's always wondered if she's the only one left like her until she meets William. Moving from place to place to keep her identity secret, she's never had the chance to settle in anywhere. Her parents also had this gift but sadly were killed when she was a small child. She is not your typical 18 year old girl, she actually is 89 years old-ages 5 times slower than normal people.
Not only did they give me the first book, but the entire series!Our story begins with Elyse. Read moreįirst off, let me state that I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review on was so excited for the chance to read this. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning - and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. Some are waiting for her to put an end to centuries of traditions that have oppressed their people under the guise of safeguarding them. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods.
Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. For Elyse, these things don't make her special. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. First, that she ages five times slower than average people, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty.
She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret.
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