Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles #1)by Kresley Cole
This book starts out with a prologue on
day 246 AF or after the flash. Apparently there is an apocalypse and
the prologue takes place after the apocalyptic event, then the first
chapter takes place on day 6 BF, or before the flash. Evie's
sixteenth birthday is the day of the apocalyptic event, the flash.
Before that she was in a mental institution because she had been
having hallucinations. Evie and her friends are “popular bowhead
cheerleaders” which makes her seem very vapid and shallow except
for the secret she is keeping from everyone about what really
happened on her summer vacation, her stay in the institution and her
violent hallucinations. A group of bad kids on motorcycles from the
other side of the swamp show up at Evie's school. “To go from their
Cajun, poor – and adamantly Catholic – parish to our rich town of
Louisiana Protestants …?” Jackson Deveaux is the tall, gorgeous,
drinking from a flask in high school, leader of the gang of Cajun
misfits. And he seems rather obsessed with the pampered princess
Evie. Plants move on their own for Evie. She is terrified that her
mother will have her committed again like she did to her grandmother.
“I'm a Tarasova, Evie, a chronicler of the Tarot. I know things
that nobody else on earth knows. And you're the Empress. Just like
the card in my deck. One day, you'll control all things that root or
bloom.”
Before you can say, 'Oh My God The
Apocalypse', there are zombies, militia and cannibals. Seven months
later civilization has crumbled completely and Jack and Evie are
reunited. Here is where I feel, Evie starts acting seriously stupid.
If I was surviving an apocalypse the first thing I would do is align
myself with the first strong dude who wouldn't beat me to protect me.
And a guy who is actually decent and cares? Perfect. But Evie doesn't
trust Jack and doesn't want to have anything to do with him. She
actually thinks she has a chance of survival? She can't cook. She has
no survival skills. She can't shoot a gun. She is useless or
de'pouille. Except for her Arcana powers.
Jack and Evie meet some of the other
cards. Matthew is The Fool: “Crazy like a fox.” Selena is The
Moon, The Archer: “Behold the Bringer of Doubt.” “Joules.
Master of Electricity. The Tower Card.” “Eyes to the skies,
lads!” “The Temperance Card … Calanthe. She wields the Weight
of Sins.” Gabriel, the Judgement Card: “I watch you like a hawk.”
Finn is The Magician. “Don't look at this hand, look at that
one.”
This book is so good I am still
reeling. I am so upset that I have to wait an entire year to get the
next book in the series. 5 stars.
Major Arcana of the Tarot:
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