{"id":2625,"date":"2010-08-18T07:16:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T11:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2010-08-08T23:57:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:57:41","slug":"moonstone-by-marilee-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2625","title":{"rendered":"Moonstone by Marilee Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> Moonstone<\/em>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Marilee Brothers
\n<\/a>Publisher:<\/strong> Bell Bridge Books
\n<\/a>Source:<\/strong> My Own Copy<\/p>\n

\"Moonstone<\/p>\n

Allie is a teenager living with her mother in a trailer on her uncle’s property.\u00c2\u00a0 Her mother, Faye,\u00c2\u00a0is busy trying to get disability.\u00c2\u00a0 Allie acts more like a responsible adult than Faye.\u00c2\u00a0 On the evenings Faye “consults” with her lawyer, Allie stays with Kizzy, the Romany gypsy the town likes to call “the witch”.\u00c2\u00a0 Allie notices strange things are beginning to happen when she receives an unexpected\u00c2\u00a0heavenly visitor.<\/p>\n

This is the first book of the “Unbidden Magic” series.\u00c2\u00a0 Other titles include Moon Rise<\/em> and Moon Spun<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Allie actually seems like a teenager.\u00c2\u00a0 She has two good friends she sticks up for, has a crush, and even takes the school bus.\u00c2\u00a0 Brothers manages to make Allie ordinary and extraordinary at the same time.\u00c2\u00a0 Allie discovers the power in the moonstone necklace Kizzy gives her and someone wants the necklace.\u00c2\u00a0 Badly.<\/p>\n

I seem to find myself reading young adult quite a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 This strays from the orphan who discovers supernatural powers in so many ways it stays interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title: Moonstone Author: Marilee Brothers Publisher: Bell Bridge Books Source: My Own Copy Allie is a teenager living with her mother in a trailer on her uncle’s property.\u00c2\u00a0 Her mother, Faye,\u00c2\u00a0is busy trying to get disability.\u00c2\u00a0 Allie acts more like a responsible adult than Faye.\u00c2\u00a0 On the evenings Faye “consults” with her lawyer, Allie stays… Continue reading Moonstone by Marilee Brothers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[262,261],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-marilee-brothers","tag-moonstone","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t