First, the BRAND NEW release from Vanessa Wester (@vanessa_wester)!

ANNOUNCING: Emily, the prequel novella to The Evolution Trilogy!

Emily is one of the main supporting characters in The Evolution Trilogy which is one of the few trilogies that I can truly say I couldn't wait to finish and hated finishing all at once. I knew I wanted the entire trilogy by the time I wasn't even half way through book one, Hybrid.

The entire series, the realistic and relate-able characters, the rich environments and the variety of real life scenarios interwoven with the outrageous and the paranormal made these books a series on my LOVE to read list that I will always support and recommend to others.

I truly believe that the characters in the series, are so relate-able that even those who don't care for a typical paranormal story would enjoy these books, all four of them in the "Evolution Universe".

I've been told that there are a few similarities to Twilight, but I don't know because I've never read those books, but if that is the case then I might just need to check that series out.

I met Vanessa through twitter when I said I would read and review Hybrid and it's been one of the best things that ever happened to me. Not only have I met an amazing woman and talented author, thanks to the digital age I've made an amazing friend as well.

Reading through The Evolution Trilogy I always felt there was so much more to Emily than you see at the surface. Sometimes guarded and often inappropriate for "polite society" she can appear both cold and calculated without a care in the world, to overly emotional.

Emily's relationship with her family is complicated to say the least based on her history, I mean there's a lot that can happen when you live forever right? What if it wasn't a gift, but a curse?

Without adding spoilers, this prequel novella can work as a stand alone read, or in addition to the trilogy and you understand Emily so much better and why her actions and attitude seem to change with a "whim".

Similar to the scenario of Steven in Hybrid, Emily was a young woman who was set up to have it all, she wanted a life, a marriage and children, what many women hope for in their lives. That is, until a freak accident happens and causes her to not only become immortal, but requires her to consume human blood to live. Without anyone there to guide her and being one of the first of her kind they had no knowledge of the changes she was going through and no idea how to manage them. Over time this changes, but she's never the same.

Hidden away in a utopia created by her family to learn about the changes and how to control it Emily thinks about everything she can't have, and what little she does have in comparison to what she wanted in life. The utopia isn't a paradise, it's a prison.

What would you do if a change beyond your control took everything away from you and then you were taken away from everything you knew and loved? No one knows until they are in that situation. After years Emily is finally allowed to return to the place she loved, but so much time has passed and so many things have changed that it's all new.

Emily decides to feed her urges until life throws her yet another curve ball, in the  form of everything she ever wanted and never thought she could have and life becomes "normal" and the urges fade. Content to finally feel like she has everything she always wanted and determined to make it work no matter what, her needs return and she's forced to make one of the hardest decisions a woman may ever have to make in her life.

Would you do anything for love, at any cost? That's just what she does.

The story is heart wrenching and beautiful all at once. My "official" review will be coming soon!

Another amazing story from Vanessa Wester, I highly recommend Emily and it's the perfect release for Halloween!

In celebration of her release I will be giving away a copy of the Kindle edition of The Evolution Trilogy. 

The Rafflecopter contest will run November 1 - 30th and has options that you can do daily to earn entries!