Goodreads Description
Their love was meant to be.
When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feeling at home in her new school. She connects with a group of friends, and she is instantly drawn to darkly handsome Adam DeRís.
But Megan is about to discover that her feelings for Adam are tied to a fate that was sealed long ago—and that the passion and power that brought them together could be their ultimate destruction.
I have been anxious to read this book for a while now. Sometimes when you read a synopsis of a book, and you just know that your going to love it.. That's how it was for me with Carrier of the Mark. I have always been fascinated with elements. I think this is in part, due to my love of video games. Especially the RPG ones, that follow a story. The mages were always my favorite characters to play. I mean, who doesn't want to wield lightning bolts, or set your opponent on fire. So liking this book was a given for me.
However, I always go into a book with moderate expectations, for fear of building up hype and being disappointed. There was no need with this book though. It had everything I was looking for. Romance, suspense, magic and so much more. My only complaint is that it's over, and now I have to wait a long time for book two. It will be worth it.
The characters were very likable. I loved Megan. She was adorable. Adam was pretty great to. They had awesome chemistry together. There were a couple hot smoldering scenes I will be reading again. lol. I think I was most infatuated with Rian though. I would have like to bring him home with me. There was just something about him. So sexy.
One of my favorite things about the Carrier of the Mark is the descriptions. I have always wanted to go to Ireland. Reading this, I felt like I was there. That's not the only descriptions Leigh wrote well. The use of magic/elements was told wonderfully. I find with some of the books I have read, when a scene like these are written out, they can come off as a bit awkward depending on the Author. Not the case here. Her writing was so vivid, I could see every second right from my couch. One of my favorite scenes was the Moth scene. I won't get into detail, because I'm not all about spoilers. I have seen a few other reviewers talk about this scene as well. It was so beautiful. I loved every single element scene. I want my own element to control!
I don't want to talk everyone's ear off, so I will end this soon. If you like magic and romance, and just a story that makes you feel great when your reading it.. this is the book for you! I highly recommend it. I cannot wait until it comes out, so I can revisit some of my favorite parts.
I had made a teaser trailer for this a while back, because I have been dying to get my hands on it. Huge thanks to Amber over at Me, My shelf and I for letting me be a part of this arc tour. Otherwise I would have had to wait until my finished copy came in the mail to know how absolutely amazing it is.
Normally I don't make full Sim trailers unless I have read the book, but I happened to stumble across a trailer Leigh made herself for the book Here!, and with her permission I simmed it. I hope you all enjoy it, and it makes you want to run out and buy the book on October 4th!
