Vicious by Andrea Murray Review Tour!

Andrea Murray will be on tour March 16-23 with her novel Vicious

She can’t escape her past . . . or her future.

After Vivian Cartwright’s aunt is killed by the same mysterious man who caused her mother’s death, she flees to protect those she loves. Searching for the father she’s never seen, she spends months on the road, working her way from one rundown motel to another and trying to move on with her lonely life.

Vivian must face her past when the very people she’s trying to protect walk through the door of the diner where she works, but their bittersweet reunion is short-lived when her nemesis, the man with black eyes, kidnaps Abby and Cooper.

Forced to work for the man she’s tried so hard to escape, Vivian learns she is only one of several gifted teenagers belonging to a corrupt group called the Liaisons. She joins with Wyck, a sinfully handsome twin and computer genius. Together, she and her unlikely ally discover the truth about the organization and its strange connection to her family.



Author Bio:

Andrea Murray has been teaching English forlonger than most of her students have been alive. She has taught everything from junior high language arts to concurrent credit freshman composition. She lives in a very small town in Arkansaswith her precocious daughter, energetic son, and racecar-driving husband. When she isn't writing or reading novels for her students, she's probably watching reality television or cheesy science fiction movies. Vicious is the second book in the Vivid Trilogy.



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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5418176.Andrea_Murray/blog



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My Review
I've fallen in love with this series. It's so imaginative and full of adventure, and love, and life, and I could go on. We met Vivian in book one- where her life became a tragedy. Seriously it was hard to read. Everyone around her dies. So after all that, she left everything and everyone she loves behind. Her life has become so sad and lonely. And then her friends find her. She'll do anything to keep them safe- even run from them. But it's too late. The bad guys catch up and kidnap her friends to force her hand. 
Using Easton, Abby and cooper to force Vivian to do his bidding, Hoyt makes sure she follows the rules. But Vivian makes allies. Others like her want out just as bad. They are gifted- called elementals- and Vi teams up with them. But Vi is special, she can do multiple things so Hoyt is completely obsessed.  If Hoyt has her powers he's invincible. And with learning about the others she begins learning about this organization they are trapped in. 
I loved book one tremendously. I love book two just as much. Things are changing, the cast of characters is as well. We meet some incredible new people. I adore the writing and how well things are done. I can feel everything as it happens. I don't wanna say too much especially about what happens between characters as to not have spoilers but I want to so bad. Lol! And now I must have book three. I can't wait to see how this will all unfold in the end! 5 magnificent paws! 

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Vivid by Andrea Murray Review!!

Vivid
Genres: paranormal/sci fi
Series: -- Vivid Trilogy # 1

ISBN: B00PL93JRG
Book Length: 142Publisher: Booktrope PublishingGoodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13336979-vivid

DESCRIPTION/Blurb
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, sixteen-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. 

Buy Links
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Vivid-Trilogy-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00PL93JRG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416195272&sr=8-2&keywords=vivid+andrea+murray
B&N:
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My Review

I must say this is definitely one really cool book. It's different, and interesting, and doesn't always follow the cliched trends. Vivian is a high school girl, who happens to have some special powers. She's always known about them, but she's always hid them because they killed her mother, in front of her. Her wonderful aunt took her in, loved her, and when things start going wrong, she can't help her power from coming out. And things spiral from there. I loved the HAWT boyfriend, and the relation ship between Viv and her aunt. And the wonderful Cooper, I think I want him :) But I'm getting ahead of myself!! 

Vivian is supposed to be normal. She is pretty but she's nerdy, and she just wants to blend in. She doesn't want to be in the popular crowd, mainly because the in crowd is freaking horrible. The mean girl in here takes it to a whole new level. Viv has one friend, Abby, who stuck by her side for forever, until a new hot guy showed up and she betrays Vivian to hang with the in crowd just for the guy, who is secretly using her to plot evil against Vivian. Yeah it's complicated, but as that starts to happen, Vivian is loosing control of her powers, and someone is hunting her. She finally meets a wonderful guy, seriously, Easton is freaking awesome- but I want his best friend Cooper- and I love him. He is perfect and he is so perfect for Vivian. And then more things spiral when they finally find her Aunt and kidnap her to get to Vivian. And Viv is still trying to understand who she is, what her powers are, why she has them and her mother died for them. 

The plot is well done and kept me on my toes. The side characters are phenomenal. Even the damn mean girl, who is so loved to be hated. Tricia, aka mean girl queen bee, wants Easton, but Easton is very good with getting Vivian. He's wonderful, a jock, yet kind, popular, yet considerate. Beautiful. Sweet. Protective without being alpha dominant. And Tricia will do anything to destroy Vivian to get Easton. And on top of all the horrible things Tricia does Abby and Vivian, Viv is trying to stay hidden from those who found and killed her  mother. The action is also well done because it's something believable between teenage girls, until the big ending which has left me devastated beyond repair. But I totally want so  much more from this series. I am going to stalk until I get the next books, which I MUST HAVE!!! The writing is so well done, but I'll let you read the author's bio to understand why :) I can't wait for more and I have completely invested myself in these characters! I am so cheering on Easton and Vivian, and I so hope it works! 5 PAWS!! 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrea Murray has been teaching English for longer than most of her students have been alive. She lives in a very small town in Arkansas with her husband and two children. When she isn’t watching bad science fiction movies, she spends her time reading. In addition to The Vivid Trilogy, she has written Omni, a young-adult dystopian novel.

Author (Contact Links)
Website: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5418176.Andrea_Murray/blog
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andreamurrayfanpage

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5418176.Andrea_Murray
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Murray/e/B006MKWRW6/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1416195449&sr=1-2-ent



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