Birthspell by Miriam Khan

Item: Birthspell
Rating: 3
Author: karenbaron

Posted September 20, 2020 by karenbaron in Mystery, Paranormal, Review, Series, Young Adult / 0 Comments

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from YA Bound Book Tours. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Birthspell

by Miriam Khan

Series: Lebrus Stone #1
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Published by Amazon Digital Services on March 23, 2020
Genres: YA Fantasy
Pages: 307
Format: Kindle
Source: YA Bound Book Tours
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He’s bad news.
Full of himself, brutally honest and arrogant.
Under that gorgeous mask is something dark and twisted, and he’s claimed me as his victim.

When orphan Crystal visits a great aunt she's just met in Blacksville, West Virginia, she sets some rules for herself:
#1 - Don’t get too close to anyone.
#2 – Don’t expect too much.
#3 - Don’t fall for the town’s bad boy like everyone else.

While she finds the last one frustrating, Crystal has no intention of giving into any weaknesses. That is until she’s told there’s a curse that’s been running through her family for generations, and it seems the one she needs to avoid is the key to bringing it to an end.

Now all bets are off. Only a single line separates her from the side of magical beings, and she’s crossing it.

But she learns rules are in place for a reason. The hidden world in the seemingly small and innocent town goes far beyond the one she knows and understands.

It’s a world where humans once visited and have been warned not to return.

Ever.

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On the outskirts of town, creatures roam the night, waiting for the One. The birth of her child…

When orphan Crystal Valdez accepts an invitation to stay at Thorncrest Manor in the small town of Blacksville, her fate falls into the hand of a dark and sinister world of covens and witchcraft.

She is unlike anyone else in the small town, and is struggling to come to terms with her new found powers and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But within the desolate cornfields, old plantations, and decaying graveyards of the forgotten land, secrets can’t stay hidden forever.

A spell cast two centuries ago will bring her face to face with the one she can’t deny but also her biggest challenge.

He’s been bound to her since birth. Too many fates count on their every decision.

But what’s worse? The pact in place to avenge Crystal? Or giving her heart to the enemy?

Birthspell by Miriam Khan is a different approach to explain why a kid is an orphan.

What is happening to Crystal at Thorncrest Manor?

Crystal Valdez

Crystal Valdez is our main character and the one we follow on this crazy journey. She seemed like a good character at the beginning when she was at the orphanage. Still, once Crystal accepted the invitation to Thorncrest five months later, Crystal is an entirely different person. I don’t know how to explain it, but she goes from being a decent character that wants to get away from the place she was put into and living on her own. After she meets her long lost great aunt and goes to check out her heritage, Crystal changes from being a decent character to being a boy-crazy person. Once again, I don’t know how to explain, but she didn’t seem like someone that grew with the story.

Sebastian

Sebastian, Seb, is the first boy that Crystal meets at Thorncrest Manor. He isn’t someone that say her great aunt or her kids usually hang out with, but he is someone that Crys normally would. Seb is new in town and is living on his own. He likes Crystal and Seb seems to be a decent guy even if he goes away a lot. I don’t get what he’s connection is to Crystal. Seb didn’t grow either, I don’t think.

Craven Locke

Craven, Cray, Locke, is Crystal’s aunt’s middle child. He is weird. I don’t know how to explain to this guy as he doesn’t talk to Crystal much, but she’s kind of obsessed about him. Cray is in Crystal’s dreams, which is the only time he seems to speak to her. Except it’s weird. I don’t know how to explain this whole thing.

Three Stars

I am giving Birthspell by Miriam Khan three stars. My whole problem with this book is that the plot summary doesn’t match what we are given in this story. At the end of the book, I’m left with more questions than answers and still haven’t fully wrapped my head around it. Ms. Khan, I think, needs to go back and maybe try to figure out this story a bit better. I didn’t think many plot points got resolved, or I think even some of them got reworked. It’s just a very confusing story.

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Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

About Miriam Khan

Miriam is from England and is from a family of six siblings. Birthspell is her debut novel and began as an idea she woke up with in 2008. After many years of trying to perfect the story, a shortened version was published in 2014 by a small press in the States, and was named, The Lebrus Stone.

The book went on to be adored by many and even reached the top ten hotlist for YA Paranormal Romances in the famously know WATTPAD within weeks of its partial upload, bringing together fans screaming and begging for more of Cray and Crystal.

Miriam has now decided to republish the book with a new title, cover and original (longer) manuscript, and is eager to see how it will be received.

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