Marked (Servants of Fate, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Apr 07, 2014 Steph rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-book1, favorites-all-years, series-completed, series-ended, author-웃, year-read-2018, favorites-2018

With Marked Sarah Fine takes us into the future of our world whose landscape was changed dramatically by "... massive flooding and catastrophic climate change of the mid-twenty first century". This story takes place in Boston, a city of contaminated canals created to battle against the ever encroaching water making its way closer to the center of town.

She introduces us to the aptly named Ferry family, richest family in Boston, who ferry or guide souls in the Veil to their Afterlife, either Heav ...more

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Oct 27, 2015 Rachel-RN rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2015

This was a pleasant surprise. So, the Ferrys (last name), ferry the recently deceased to either heaven or hell. Set in Boston, in the near future, the current world is unrecognizable due to catastrophic global warning and the subsequent unrest and disease that broke out. Think of the "lawless west" including Pittsburgh.
Nice twist with betrayal (one of which is guessable, the other more of a surprise). Mythology with with twist. Cacia and Eli are a good fit. ...more

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Jun 21, 2015 Samantha rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook-own, 2015

I admit I was pleasantly surprised. I knew it was supposed to be a romance (and some of the prose was a little cliched, "...so deeply in love she knew she'd never resurface. She'd fallen asleep in Eli's arms, thinking that was the only way she wanted to slumber from now on."). So what really made this story for me was the world building. The author did a pretty solid job with the plot and keeping me interested in the various politics involved, so it deserved to be rounded-up a star. I will defin ...more

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Jan 14, 2015 Cc rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook, favorites, 2015

Cacy and Eli

This was an interesting story; part romance, part end-of-the-world UF, part mystery and part Greek Tragedy. This had all the good from each of the parts.

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