Fate
Fiction
By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Reviewed by M. Heiss
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Imagine meeting an old lady who gives you a temporary tattoo that bestows magical powers. Suddenly, you can heat up anything with your mind, which causes many fires and melts downs, literally. For Bailey Morgan, this is no laughing matter – it is reality. Bailey’s friends all get tattoos and powers that disappear, but Bailey is different. Bailey is destined to keep her powers and become one of the Three Fates. By day, she leads a normal teenage girl’s life on earth, but at night she spins people’s lives though threads of light. If you think high school is hard for you – take a step into Fate.
Bailey is just getting used to living on earth with superpowers when the other fates come to her and tell her that she cannot stay on earth. Instead, she must live in another dimension called Sidhe, where she must choose between the courts of light and dark. The two courts fight for her allegiance, tempting Bailey to join by promising her immortality. Meanwhile, Bailey’s friends are getting tormented by an evil mystical force that’s on Earth. Bailey must choose between friendship and immortality.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes connects her reader to the story by involving real life themes of choices and change. Teenagers can relate easily to these themes, because they are constantly making important decisions that will change the direction of their lives. For example, Bailey must chose to use her talents or stay in her comfort zone, just like every teenager in this school. When you stay in your comfort zone instead of choosing to use your talents, you are wasting your potential.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes skillfully intertwines reality and mythology. Bailey’s world is filled with powerful Greek gods who will captivate fantasy readers. Females are often portrayed as weak, but Bailey is strong and super powerful which grabs many female readers. Fate caught my eye on the first page and wouldn’t let me stop reading. If Fate leaves you begging for more, read the first book to this series, Tattoo. If this does not quench your thirst for Barnes’s works, read Every Other Day to be released December 27th, 2011.
