Julia's father announces that due to job issues their family must move to Brazil. Julia is devastated to leave her London home, friends and grandmother behind. She starts having strange dreams/nightmares that night before they are scheduled to leave for Brazil. Julia thinks her grandmother might know what’s going on but she tells Julia she must be stronger than she’s ever been before. Julia’s grandmother and her mother are both native Kanuayed from Brazil. Julia quickly learns that she has a deeper connection to the Kanuayed people. She has been chosen to bear a gift and a responsibility she cannot even earthly imagine.

This book is an imaginative new young adult series. F. A. Hershey keeps you on the edge of your seat while she focuses on friendship, family, betrayal, a little romance, and self growth. Let us not forget… the intriguing love triangle potential between Julia, Yogi and Gabriel! Can't wait to read book 2.

This copy of Swirls was given to me by Goodreads Making Connections Group and F. A. Hershey in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Julia's father announces that due to job issues their family must move to Brazil. Julia is devastated to leave her London home, friends and grandmother behind. She starts having strange dreams/nightmares that night before they are scheduled to leave for Brazil. Julia thinks her grandmother might know what’s going on but she tells Julia she must be stronger than she’s ever been before. Julia’s grandmother and her mother are both native Kanuayed from Brazil. Julia quickly learns that she has a deeper connection to the Kanuayed people. She has been chosen to bear a gift and a responsibility she cannot even earthly imagine.

This book is an imaginative new young adult series. F. A. Hershey keeps you on the edge of your seat while she focuses on friendship, family, betrayal, a little romance, and self growth. Let us not forget… the intriguing love triangle potential between Julia, Yogi and Gabriel! Can't wait to read book 2.

This copy of Swirls was given to me by Goodreads Making Connections Group and F. A. Hershey in exchange for an honest review. ( )

I found this book to be an interesting and quick read. It is the story of a young girl who is uprooted from her life in London to life in Brazil with her family. She finds that her heritage is a rich one, and meets new friends along the way who show her a side to herself and the world that she never knew possible. It is part mystery and part paranormal. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book and will continue on in the trilogy. ( )

The first thing that comes to mind after reading this book is…Interesting! This can be both good and bad though. If you are looking for a new twist on paranormal YA’s then you may be delighted by this book. If you like a book to pick up pace quickly then you may get irritated and give up on this book. You don’t start to find out what’s going on till half way through, but when you do, it’s very intriguing! Julia is a sweet and likable character who has to deal with moving away from her home in London and away from her grandmother, whom she adores. The night before she leaves she has a rather crazy dream that terrifies her (and confuses the reader). Eventually you find out she was given a gift….and is now a guardian, only not everyone is happy about this.
The description of the Amazon was beautiful and I love that she was a decedent of the natives who take her in and explain her new role as a guardian to her. I can definitely say you don’t read about many 16 year old natives, running around the Amazon and protecting the world very often. Though a truly original tale, I was left with many questions…the good news? There is going to be a second book in the series! I hope to get the answerers to my questions in the next book, but all in all I feel this was a good read. Not only does it have a beautiful eye catching cover but it also has a little romance…..but he’s not exactly human. Are you interested? You will have to read it to find out.

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