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Charlize (Charlie) starts high school in a new hometown with not one but two hot guys after her. Tru seems the decent sort, of Native American stock. Tru's mother Avani works at an antiques store, and she lays down the novel's mythos through Charlie's encounter with her, and a chat about a stone Charlie finds in the store. Jace - the offspring of friends of the family from long ago - has preternatural power over Charlie's lustful thoughts, and she tries to call him out on this power.  The high school and gender dynamics are rendered by Clayton with some serious skill in A Spark of Magic , the tone that of a funny, quirky teen narrator who checks guys out from head to toe with a laddettishly lascivious enthusiasm. She covets girls' wardrobes too, or regards them as poor, sartorially speaking. But Charlie is clumsy, carrying as far to her first-person description. The versatility of the dialogue occasionally includes passages of interior monologuing, breaking up line...

JL Clayton's Chosen Saga comprises A Spark of Magic , A Blaze of Magic and A Ghost of Magic . A planned fourth book and a number of short stories will round out the series. She has a strong - and frequently funny - social media presence on Facebook and Twitter . In keeping with her generosity in supporting colleagues, she recently held an interesting Facebook event for the third book in her series, A Ghost of Magic, book-ending the launch of The Chosen Saga between a number of other authors, who also promoted their work via the live social media event over a number of hours. First, some biography: Tell us about yourself. I love my family, my husband Robert and my daughter Shyla: They are my rock.  I love the color blue: I have ever since I saw my eyes, I don't think that's conceited it's just the truth... I was like five years old, so I'm sure you can't really be considered conceited that young.  I love to read: Any and all books except nonfiction, b...