Published by Diversion Books
In this
dazzling first book in the EMPRESS CHRONICLES series by the author of THE
MOMENT BEFORE, one courageous girl seeks keys to the past to unlock the future…
When city girl Liz is banished to a
rural goat farm on the outskirts of Portland, the 15-year-old feels her life spiraling out of control. She can’t connect to her father or his young girlfriend, and past trauma adds to her sense of upheaval. The only person who seems to keep her sane is a troubled boy who is fighting his own demons. But all of this changes in one historical instant.
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One-hundred fifty years earlier, Elisabeth of Bavaria has troubles of her own. Her childhood is coming to a crashing end, and her destiny is written in the form of a soothsaying locket that has the ability to predict true love. But evil is afoot in the form of a wicked enchantress who connives to wield the power of the locket for her own destructive ends.
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When Liz finds a timeworn diary, and within it a locket, she discovers the secrets and desires of the young Bavarian princess who will one day grow up to be the legendary Empress of Austria. It is in the pages of the diary that these two heroines will meet, and it is through their interwoven story that Liz will discover she has the power to rewrite history—including her own…
Readers of books like Rachel Harris’s MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEENTH CENTURY will love THE EMPRESS CHRONICLES
My Review
Liz is a girl with some issues. I think she is obsessed about cleaning and what she eats because she feels that is all she really has control over. She is sent to live with her father and his girlfriend on a goat farm. She has been talking about this with her therapist for awhile now. Her therapist is a descendant of a Bavarian princess and shows her the princesses diary. She also tells her that the princess had some of the same problems as Liz. Liz becomes quite interested in this diary. Her therapist lets her read some it and that just makes her more interested in it. Back on the goat farm things are strained between her and her father as well as the girlfriend. Then the girlfriends brother comes to stay at the goat farm as well. Liz and the brother talk, but he has problems of his own. He says that he will help her get the diary when they go to a parade in town. This is where everything gets interesting.
I really liked this book. Liz goes through so much and is trying her best to what everyone else considers normal. Once she starts to read this diary she becomes so intrigued by what the princess went through. She feels like the diary calls to her and that she needs to read it to find out what it is trying to tell her. I really enjoyed this book. I liked how she related to the princesses story in the diary. She finds comfort in diary that she can't seem to find anywhere else. I can't wait to read the next one in this series.
About The Author
Suzy Vitello is a proud founding member of a critique group recently dubbed The Hottest Writing Group in Portland, and her short stories have won fellowships and prizes (including the Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Award, and an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship).
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