A Daughter of Light

by Price Girls

Marimar, an attractive,biracial, strong willed yet socially awkward sixteen-year-old moves to a Victorian home in a small town. Sage is a tall handsome southern boy with a troubled family life. He can’t help but be attracted to Marimar's petite beauty and fiery disposition. Marimar discovers the house has a mysterious past which is shrouded by the superstitious townsfolk. She believes it’s all an urban legend until she starts experiencing strange phenomenon first hand. Sage is drawn both to her and to the house. They set off together to seek the truth, but no one is talking. In discovering the house’s history she uncovers a life altering family secret as well. These revelations open up a new reality for her and make her question her beliefs and even her ability to stay alive, let alone pursue a relationship with her first love.

Genres: Fantasy

376 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 7, 2013

About the author

PRICE GIRLS is the collective pen name of three sisters Marité, Sheníe, and Taís Price. The three of them live in the urban city of Olympia, Washington, where they are hard at work writing during the day and conjuring scary ideas during the night. This is their first novel.

For more information about their upcoming novels, visit them online at mstprice.com.

Reviews

[Cj Sade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely a must read! I purchased the paperback book on Amazon, and I do NOT regret it. It captured my interest and attention from beginning to end. The authors did a wonderful job of pulling the reader in, thanks to great writing, a cohesive and exciting story line, and frightening moments that will have you wanting to sleep with the light on. (No, for real. ) I could tell that the Price Girls really did their research on the paranormal, and definitely found a way to educate the readers while still keeping us entertained and fully engaged. I found myself not wanting to put the book down, and that's what I expect out of a great read. I 100% recommend this book!!

[Ronukaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good read! If you're a fan of ghost stories, you're definitely going to love this one. I was hanging on to every word, anxious to see what was going to happen next. I love the humanity of the characters. A few times I found myself super frustrated with the protagonist, Marimar. She was so difficult but as you read on you'll understand why. What I really loved about this piece was that even though the story deals with the paranormal, the message at the end was POWERFUL. Oh, and the price girls inserted an epilogue foreshadowing the sequel and I'm beyond excited to read it and see what happens next! When you read this book, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

[Energy Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marimar and her family have moved to Texas from Oregon for her father to work. The biggest difference from Oregon is how unbearably hot it is. It's a much bigger house but the room she shares with her younger sister Marisol reeks, and there's no explanation as to why. Now Marimar is having nightmares, and things are being moved around the house...somehow.

Sage is a local boy who grew up hearing the stories of Marimar's house. She's curious about the stories and Sage is the only one willing to tell her what he's heard. But she's in denial about what's going on and doesn't want to believe him. But as things in the house start to escalate, she starts getting scared, and she only has Sage to believe her.

So there were a few things I didn't like about The Merging of Shadows, and the biggest one is Marisol's lisp. There is a much better way to show your readers that a person has a lisp than adding that lisp to every sentence she speaks. It slows down the reading drastically and I found myself skimming past whenever she spoke. I also thought Marimar was excessively judgey and stubborn, she had to do a lot of apologizing or demanding apologies.

But when I take out the few things I didn't like, I find there's a lot to like. This is a really fun haunting story, and I think for readers that get scared from books, they might find this to do the trick. It's not a typical haunting that is going on and things escalate very quickly. The writing and characters are good, and it appears there is more in store for this family.

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the story was good, however I didn't like the chapters that showed Mar's point of view and Sage's point of view of the date they shared. It gave only a little information of what each character was thinking, but reader had to reread the whole date again. The story flowed better without this switching back and forth of each character's thoughts. Also, spelling and even correct word usage needs to be reviewed. I thought the scenes with George were intense and scary and the author did a great job in this area. Also, the characters were
interesting. I enjoyed reading about them because they were unique.

[Kayla · Rating 1 out of 5]

I liked the story line but marmar kept making me mad. I was trying to ignore how frustrating she was but I just couldn't deal with her attitude anymore. Some parts were hilarious though, that's what helped me keep going, however, mar kept making me mad and annoying me. She snaps a lot and needs so semer down.!!

[Kishna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. I read this, and couldn't put it down. It's pretty scary. I'm not religious, I believe there is more out there than I know about, but this is a good book. I hope people realize its a book and don't get wrapped up in the religious implications.

[Faye Parham Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

The perfect suspense novel

loved it can't wait to read more of the Price Girls suspense novels,Daughter of light was a novel worth reading.

[Jocelyn Trejo · Rating 5 out of 5]

It left me paranoid. But I could NOt put it down, thats how good it was.