Welcome to my stop on the Daughter of Chaos blog tour! I cannot tell you how excited I was to read this book, and overall, I really liked it!
Title: Daughter of Chaos
Series: Red Magic #1
Author: Jen McConnel
Genre: YA, paranormal
Publication date: March 25th, 2014
Published by: Month9Books
Source: For review for blog tour
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Synopsis:
Witches must choose the path they will follow, and Darlena Agara is no exception. She’s been putting it off long enough, and in her case, ignoring it has not made it go away. In a moment of frustration, Darlena chooses to follow Red Magic, figuring she had outsmarted the powers that be, since there’s no such thing as Red Magic. But alas, Darlena’s wrong (again) and she becomes a newly declared Red Witch.
Her friends are shocked and her parents horrified by the choice Darlena has made. As a Red Witch, she now governs one third of the world’s chaos. She is the walking personification of pandemonium, turmoil, and bedlam, just as the patrons of Red Magic would have it to be.
But Darlena believes there must be more to Red Magic than chaos and destruction, and she sets out on a journey to achieve balance. Only doing so puts her at odds with the dark goddess Hecate, who simply will not allow Darlena to quit. She encourages Darlena to embrace who and what she is and to leave good magic to the good witches. If only Darlena could, life would be simple, and she would not be the Daughter of Chaos.
DAUGHTER OF CHAOS is the first in a YA paranormal trilogy.
I remember when I first heard about this book I thought, "this was made just for me!" I mean, it has a ton of my favorite things! Witches and magic AND Greek mythology, specifically focusing on the Queen of the Witches and goddess of magic, Hecate?? YES PLEASE! I was beyond excited! I adore witches and mythology and Hecate actually happens to be my favorite goddess! How perfect is that? However, I think this is also why I had very high expectations for this book.