Title: Burnt Snow
Author: Van Badham
Series: The Book of the Witch (Book #1)
Genre: Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult
Release Date:  1st September 2010 (Aus)

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Book Summary: These were the facts:

I’d been in Yarrindi for six days.
In that time, I’d met a boy.
I didn’t know who he was, or why a shadow hung over him, but everywhere he went, there was trouble.

When I ignored him, everything was fine.
When I smiled at him, a girl had a violent seizure.
That girl had tried to warn me – she had tried to frighten me into listening, but I had let him breathe on my neck and brush against my hand and glass had shattered.

Sophie Morgan is the new girl at school. Brody Meine is the local loner with a dangerous reputation. The connection between them is intense – explosive. As darkness engulfs Sophie’s world, a fire is being lit within her. And when she and Brody are together, there’s no predicting who will be burned.

This is definitely worth reading a chapter or two before you decide to put it down.
Several reasons I enjoyed is it is set in Australia, before Twilight I was typically a realistic contemporary fiction reader and found it hard to find books that were depicted in Australia.

I find it easier to relate to characters if they come from my own country, and these characters are easy to relate to.
It’s Twilight type romance between Sophie and Brody is certainly what attracted me to the story line, but then found it hard to put down because it never gives you much detail to go on. Eg. What Sophie is??? What is Brody???

Altogether a good read although the school scenario got to me a bit but it is for young adult audience.

I will certainly be reading the next instalment. Definitely left me hanging.

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