Review - Descent by Tara Ellis

Title: Descent

Author: Tara Ellis

Series: Forgotten Origins Trilogy #3

Pages: 393

Release Date: May 2016

Format: Kindle Edition

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Synopsis: An ancient ruler returns to Earth, forcing those who remain to choose sides. Alex, prophesized to lead the resistance, is a reluctant pawn in a war without clear victors.

The Shiners are not only an enemy, but also an army of emotionless killers who wear the faces of loved ones. In this twisted landscape, it’s hard to know which side you should be fighting for.

Unsure of what she's become, Alex battles her own tormented emotions to find the truth. Can she rise above the darkness? Or will she ultimately descend into its cold embrace?

Descent is Book Three in the Forgotten Origins Trilogy

My Review: This is the final book in this great series. There is a lot of action throughout this book.

I was looking forward to finding out if Alex and Chris saved the world along with the rest of their friends and Descent starts off right where Heritage left off with Alex and her friends heading back to the Senator’s ranch when a flash of light, lights up the sky and knocks out all electrical appliances

as well as their motorbikes.

I was happy to see that Chris was still disliking Seth (I still don’t trust him). Alex is worried that her friends are starting to distance themselves as her strange Shiner senses grow and she is able to hear Chris’ thoughts.

Alex must reunite with her relatives in the biodome to be transported to the Nephilim ship to try and reason with RA and the Elders, she also has to help find a cure for the Nephi2 virus (No pressure there).

I was glad that there was a happy ending but not happy with the ending haha.

Currently Reading: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Read in 2019: 26/30

Review - Heritage by Tara Ellis

Title: Heritage

Author: Tara Ellis
Series:The Forgotten Origins: Bloodline
Pages: 336
Release Date: June 2016

Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: 
Source: Amazon
Format: Kindle

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Synopsis: "Alex has managed to stop a viral outbreak but must now fight her way out of the resulting chaos to prevent an even more disastrous threat. After escaping capture by a plotting regime, she calls upon her friends and own unique abilities to discover earths true past and fate. Amid a collapsing society, they battle unseen forces, unlocking ancient secrets in an attempt to change the course of the human race.

Be sure to read Book One of the Forgotten Origins Trilogy: Bloodline"

My Review: Heritage is book 2 in this great series. It is set right after Alex and Chris release the anti-virus to the virus that caused death and disaster all over the world. It is action packed and keeps you turning pages.

Alex visits the Professor that she meets in book one and he tells her that he believes that its not over and that the Munameere are looking at releasing a new version of the virus and he has been working on an anti-virus which he wants Alex to take to the Senator in Montana but before they all leave Alex gets taken by the Munameere.

While she is in the Munameere's lab they give her an injection that contains the new virus and Alex has to take the anti-virus tablet that the Professor gave her so that she doesn't become a Shiner. However the tablet isn't able to take away all of the Shiner side affects.

Alex manages to escape the lap after several days of pretending to be a Shiner and once she gets back home she, Chris and their friends and family all leave to get to the Senator.

There was never a dull moment in the book and I had to keep reading to find out what happens next and I never expected what happened.

I am excited to start book 3 to see if they manage to stop the Munameere from releasing the virus and creating chaos.


Currently Reading: Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel
Read in 2019: 4/30

Review - Infected by Tara Ellis

Title: Infected

Author: Tara Ellis
Series: Forgotten Origins
Pages: 241
Release Date: March 28th 2013

Genre: SciFi
Publisher: 
Source: Amazon
Format: eBook

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Synopsis: An alien plague. A sixteen-year-old girl. A fight to save the world. 

When a rare meteor shower unleashes a mind-altering infection, the people Alex loves begin to change. They’re smarter, faster, emotionless, and they have a plan. One that doesn’t include her. 

Guided by cryptic clues left behind by her deceased father, Alex follows a trail of increasingly shocking discoveries. Earth’s history isn’t what she learned in school, and a new hive mind threatens to rewrite the future. 

Alex is a fighter, but pursued by both friends and an unknown enemy, it will take everything she has to fulfill her destiny. Desperate to save her little brother, she flees to the mountains surrounding her home, where the only chance for humanity has lain hidden for thousands of years. 

WINNER, Reader's Favorite Book Awards, 2015, Honorable Mention, YA scifi FINALIST, Young Adult Finalist in the IAN Book Awards, 2015 

Infected, The Shiners is book one in the Forgotten Origins Trilogy

My Review: When a virus hits Washington during a meteor shower, many people get sick with flu like symptoms, some just get sick, some die and the virus rapidly spreads around the world.

The story tells of a 16 year old girl Alex who ends up on a journey to find the cure for the virus. Her mum gets sick so Alex is left to look after her mum and younger brother Jake.

Needing food shopping Alex goes to the grocery store and she meets a boy from school named Chris, he seems to be okay just like Alex and Jake. They talk for a while and they realise how many people actually got sick.

When the sick ones start to get better they all act strangely, Alex finds a book that was left to her by her dad who somehow knew about the virus arriving on the meteor shower, with the help of Chris, Jake and their loyal dog Baxter Alex solves the riddle in the book and in her dreams which lead her out of town to her dads friend who tells them about the secret society that her dad was in, he also tells Alex how she is supposed to go about curing the world of the virus.

The problem in before leaving for her dad friends house her mum injects Jake with the virus and he starts to get sick and while they are trying to find the right spot they get ambushed and Chris gets shot, leaving them behind Alex goes to great lengths to fulfil her destiny and cure the world.

The ending was great and I am curious as to what happens next, I cannot wait to get started on Heritage.

Currently Reading: The Earth Bleeds Red by Jackson Paul Bear
Read in 2017: 9/35

Forgotten Origins Book Trailer

The Forgotten Origins is a young adult scifi trilogy about a young girl who fights to save the world from a mind - altering infection and they’re smarter, faster and emotionless.

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