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Title: Vivid

Subtitle: The Vivid Trilogy, Book 1

Author: Andrea Murray

Narrator: Pamela Lorence

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-17

Publisher: Dragon Moon Press

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

Her entire life she has feared her power and its connection to her mother's murder.

When Vivian Cartwright was five years old, she witnessed her mother's death. Now, 16-year-old Vivian only wants a normal life, hard to accomplish when you possess the power to control energy. She has kept her ability a secret from everyone except her guardian, Charlotte, who has hidden Vivian from the man responsible for her mother's murder.

Her secret is safe until Vivian defends herself at school using her power. After this first use of her gift in many years, Vivian's power seems to take on a mind of its own, increasing in strength and demanding to be used. This increase in power also brings dreams of her mother's death and the mysterious man associated with it.

In her desire to unlock her past, Vivian is forced to use her supernatural gift over and over. With each use, Vivian fears she is losing control and discovers her powers are growing - maybe too much - bringing her unknowingly closer to the man who murdered her mother.

Members Reviews:

Excellent beginning to a trilogy

The novel Vivid by Andrea Murray is definitely YA though I would add Mature to that- that's just me.

There are some familiar elements- that's not a bad thing - in fact it made my hair stand on end to see Vivian and her friend Abby in high school facing the usual angst that life dishes out plus being the target of Trista and the bully elite. When Vivian displays some rather remarkable powers that's when the chills start and I got shades of Stephen Kings Carrie.

Fortunately we have Easton Garrett and Cooper McNeal to ground them. These fellows are almost unbelievable. That might be why it takes the girls so much time to figure out that they are real.

Just when things begin to look like they are getting better Vivian discovers her families dark secrets and it supplies some answers to some rather frightening memories she's been having. Vivian is beside herself trying to keep her secrets and live a normal life. But, prom is on the way and we all know what that could lead to.

Because she's been using her powers- even though its sparingly- she's running the potential for putting a pin on the map for some very bad people.

By the time things get rough we have moved on into something similar to Stephen Kings FireStarter and the feeling that this could get really bad.

And though I mentally draw these similarities Vivian and the people surrounding her are nothing like the characters in those other books. Andrea Murray uses her knowledge to draw us into the lives of some convincing teens trying to deal with their normal lives while they get thrust into something that is far from normal.

By the end of the story you will definitely want to know what is going to happen in the next of the trilogy.

J.L. Dobias

Romance and Mysterious Powers on Parade

I'll start by saying this book is outside of my genre reading but I wanted to try something different. If you're looking for romace from a young woman's perspective with some supernatural elements and some thrills and action thrown in, this book will do it for you.

Told exclusively from the protagonist's POV, Vivid keeps you guessing about Vivian's origins and what she can do.