By: Venessa Kimball
Series: Copula ChroniclesMy Copy: Ebook from Publisher
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ORIGIN,
A COPULA CHRONICLES NOVEL (BOOK 1) :
Jesca’s
life is full of averages; average childhood, average family, average part-time
job with her best friend while she attends college close to home. Life is
predictable, controlled, consistent, just the way she likes it, until the odds
of averages turns against her and the oddity that has remained dormant within
her can no longer be contained.
Under
the surface, Jesca’s strong-hold with reality is slowly slipping away. The
seemingly harmless nightmares of her youth have turned sinister with ill
intention and a realness meant to provoke true terror. The minor trick of the
eye revealing a shadow or glimmer of light becomes vivid hallucinations intent
on terrorizing her. Her fear reaches extremes when her professor’s presence
coincides with her losing touch with reality, leaving Jesca questioning his
stalking motives or influence on her shifting sanity. Confronting him is the
only answer, and when she does, she is faced with an inconceivable explanation
as to why her life is turning upside down; her role as a keeper of our world to
save humanity from a potentially unstoppably apocalyptic catastrophe. Upon
learning her purpose, Jesca is thrust into a new world of guardianship where
training to use her new found abilities is the life-blood of survival for her
and the tribe of guardians.
DESCEND,
A COPULA CHRONICLES NOVEL (BOOK 2):
The
uncovered corruption and conspiracy upon our world paired with the impending
catastrophic event honed in on our galaxy threatening invasion and evolution of
our world lies in the hands of Jesca and the other guardians that have
inherited the earth. The corruption of our world is spreading like wildfire,
the between allies and enemies are being blurred, and Jesca’s growing
attraction to the two men fighting for her heart could leave her vulnerable.
Jesca and her fellow guardians’ fortitude is further pressed when their battle
for earth takes them to the far reaches of Japan’s Aokigahara Forest, where the
mysticism it covets brings weighted supernatural challenges they could never
have anticipated. The predestined links she and the guardians share will either
keep them safe or send them into a tailspin of sacrifices that may leave one if
not all of them threatened.
ASCEND,
A COPULA CHRONICLES NOVEL (BOOK 3):
With the guardians attempt to stop the
global invasion and apocalyptic evolution of the earth, two of the men in
Jesca’s life have made the ultimate sacrifice in a daring attempt to save her
from near death and keep the veil, a celestial barrier meant to separate our
universe from all others, from remaining open. The fate of Ezra and Nate is
dismal unless Jesca, Xander, and the other guardians can find a way to get them
back, while destroying the evil that has seeped into our world, and sealing the
ethereal veil between our universe and the evil that lie beyond it. As Jesca
ascends beyond the veil, malignant illusions meant to turn allies against one
another are at every turn in this parallel universe. One truth among the
illusions is bestowed to Jesca; the celestial inheritance from her ancestors
along with the prophecies of what is to come of the guardians and earth.
LEGACY,
A COPULA CHRONICLES NOVEL (BOOK 4):
With Jesca’s return from beyond the veil
with Xander, Nate, and Ezra, they are ushered into our evolved world having
advanced years since their departure.
The
earth’s remaining populous that survived the galactic intersection, the
following climatic shifts, and the rigorous genetic manipulation has been
stunted by the very beings Jesca and the others encountered beyond the veil.
Humankind is being invaded, occupied, and destroyed under their invisible
reign. The beings intent? To possess our world and stop Jesca and the other
guardians from fulfilling the legacy that could save us all. We are left to hit
the ground running upon their return as Jesca brings home new found knowledge
of her ancient bloodline and the supernal legacy that has linked her family, the
guardians, and the two men she has been torn between throughout her journey.
With only Jesca’s visions of what this ancient legacy holds for them, the
guardians are depending on the divining glimpses of her ancestry to put them on
the path leading to salvation.
The
question is, will the stakes be too high and the risk to great for Jesca and
the guardians to fulfill their destiny?
I read this entire series in one week so all four of the book’s events
have merged together and have made one fantastic series that I have lived in for
that short amount of time. While I will
say that the first book was somewhat hard for me to get through, half way
through I was hooked. The first half is
setting up the characters and it is slightly confusing because you as the
reader do not know why all of this is happening and neither does the characters. Both readers and characters are left
scratching their heads as to why all of these events are taking place. Why is Jesca having these dreams? Why is she
hearing all these voices when no one is around?
Who keeps following her? However, the second half takes a turn and more
information is revealed and then the action starts.
While Origin sets up the story and training for our beloved
characters, the rest of the three books unveil young love, a prophecy, and a
cataclysmic event that had me zipping through the pages. Venessa truly knows how to dream up and write
about new worlds, dangerous creatures, evil villains, and guardians of our
world.
I found that the Copula Chronicles are the kind of books that take
you for ride but also once you finish it, makes you think about the future. I
found myself pondering about the power we have as humans to explore our galaxy
and beyond and, if we ever harness that ability to travel beyond, what right do
we have to do so and will it be for good or evil?
Each book wrapped me up more and more into the fight for good
and mankind. Every character held a
little piece of my heart for their strength and bravery to save the world and
the sacrifices that were made. And I
would have to say that the ending was exactly how it should have ended, with
great sorrow but also happiness and joy.
#TeamNateAlways
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