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Wander Dust (The Seraphina Parrish Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Michelle Warren (Author), Pam Berehulke (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 691 ratings
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Ever since her sixteenth birthday, strange things keep happening to Seraphina Parrish.

The Lady in Black burns Sera’s memories.

Unexplainable Premonitions catapult her to other cities.

The Grungy Gang wants to kill her.

And a beautiful, mysterious boy stalks her.

But when Sera moves to Chicago, and her aunt reveals their family connection to a centuries old, secret society, she is immediately thrust into an unbelievable fantasy world, leading her on a quest to unravel the mysteries that plague her. In the end, their meanings crash into an epic struggle of loyalty and betrayal, and she’ll be forced to choose between the boy who has stolen her heart and the thing she desires most.

Wander Dust is the breathtaking fantasy that will catapult you through a story of time, adventure, and love.
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"WOW! Just WOW! This book blew me away!" - Mel's Book Blog

"Wander Dust is, in a nutshell, the love child of Jumper and Harry Potter. This alone should make you dump everything you're reading and make you trigger-happy with your Amazon account." - The Nocturnal Library

"GO GET THE BOOK AND READ IT NOW!!!!!" - Nikki J. Steinbauer

"Wander Dust is so full of suspense and unexpected events...you will find it hard to put it down." - I read Indie

"Wander Dust by Michelle Warren is another great debut" - Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf

About the Author

Michelle Warren is the author of the Seraphina Parrish Trilogy. She didn't travel the road to writer immediately. She spent over a decade as professional Illustrator and designer. Her artistic creativity combined with her love of science fiction, paranormal and fantasy led her to write her first YA novel, Wander Dust. Michelle loves reading and traveling to places that inspire her to create. She resides in downtown Chicago, not far from her imaginary Wandering world.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0063GW2WE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kristine Michelle Preast (November 3, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 3, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 922 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 691 ratings

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If Michelle Warren had a spirit animal, it would be a tiger in a pink tutu, riding a Harley through a ring of fire. She lives in Chicago, dreams of California but hails from Baltimore. She has a slight obsession with travel, sunshine, Double Chocolate Milano cookies and writing novels. She didn’t travel the road to writer immediately. She spent over a decade as professional illustrator and designer. Her artistic creativity combined with her love of science fiction, paranormal and fantasy led her to write her first novel.

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A. Ostrow
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful new YA time travel series!
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2013
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**Review written for an originally posted on my blog, Book Bliss. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased and honest review**
Review: 5 stars

General: Magic + time travel = fantastic and a read for really any age. This book could have been a disaster for readers to follow once the paranormal elements began to be explained. A books biggest downfall can be it’s worldbuilding. Wander Dust delivered 100%. Along with vivid settings and amusing descriptions of things the explanation of both the magical powers and the ability of time traveling was extremely well done. It was imaginative enough as well that it added the originality needed to keep a reader hooked on another magical YA. I think the romance in the book was age appropriate and not over done to the point where you’re left wondering if it’s appropriate for any of a younger age.

I do think my favorite element is the setting. We are still in the world we know and it’s not post apocalyptic or anything, it’s just full of things hiding…like Harry Potter and Mortal Instruments.

There were editing issues that did pull me from the story more than once but overall I felt the story compensated for the errors o the extent that I didn’t completely notice them. Also, I felt Sera was a fantastic character but the supporting ones, while interesting, were not as easy to love.

Characters: Sera- Sera was a well written character. I do think she felt a little too old for her age but such is always an issue in YA…sometimes they feel too young and sometimes they feel to old. I thought she was intelligent and retained what many traits of how she acted prior to finding hers.

Bishop- Bishop is a sexy character that oozes chemistry when put next to Sera. He was a bit hard to read for most of the book and I can’t wait to learn more about him. As of right now I like him, but I wouldn’t say I love him.
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Selena#1
4.0 out of 5 stars The Book Version of the Movie Jumper
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013
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I promise to be brutally honest with my opinion, but it should not be taken as fact. Any reader should read it for themselves, before they decide if this book has any merit or not. Do not judge this book biased solely on my opinion. If you do, you might miss out on a great read. You never know. It could happen.

1. Strong Main Character/ Female Heroine: Sera is strong willed and defiant, but with a powerful connection to a green eyed guy. The romantic pull between the pair is magnetic, but it takes away from how strong Sera is. However, I do enjoy the way Sera pulls away from him and tries not to like him. I do believe, in a sense, that they are sort-of an insta-couple, but they really were not on a whole. Some couples hit it right off from the bat and the romance is real, while others in book seem stilted and rushed. This book was not one of those. The attraction was there right from the start, but the reader has a sense that the relationship does not move forward until almost the end of the book. Some couples are set up from the beginning of the book, but with them, I do not believe that that is true. I love how the main character is so sure of herself, even when she doubts herself. She never lets on that she is unsure how her motives will turn out. Any book with a strong, kickarse heroine is the book for me and this book has one. 5 out of 5 stars

2. Strong Minor Characters: The minor characters are not as fascinating or as intriguing as Sera. To tell you the truth, I find them a bit two-dimensional. Okay, so some characters turn out to have a softer side and others turn evil, that does not add to the quality of the characters. It only adds to their personality and position in the book. The only characters that seem interesting are the ones that you as the reader are supposed to hate, but I cannot be blamed for liking characters that the author spent more time on to develop. It takes more work to develop evil characters than good ones, I know this from experience, but as a writer, you also want your readers to love the good characters. So, you should spent more time writing and developing them. The characters deserve it and so do the readers for taking the time to actually read and review your books. 2 out of 5 stars

3. The Setting: The beautiful, lyrical descriptions of all the majestical places in this book literally and metaphorically take my breath away. The prose is hauntingly done and captures my eye for detail completely. Any writer who can get me to picture the place perfectly in my mind as well as the mood of the place is an excellent novelist, at least when it comes to the setting. I love that Sera travels all over the world. It adds more to the story and allows me to visit the places in the world that I never will in real life, either because they are imaginary or too costly to visit. My mind hungers for details, details, details and this book certainly gives you a brainful of that, which I find endearing and entertaining. Other readers who love action would find the place of this novel slow, because it takes the time to paint the reader a picture of this world that the author has created. I also love it when fantasy novels still have one foot in reality. It makes it seem like something like this could actually occur. 5 out of 5 stars

4. The Plot: I found the story a little wishy-washy. It sounded promising, but the plot did not really live up to my expectations. I was expecting this great big power struggle doomsday prophecy, but all I found were two sides of a power struggle that did not seem to be struggling all too much. The boarding school has college extensions of its self, but they never tell their students about the battle raging with the other side. The adults all act like everything is all grand, except for her father, but he was too the other extreme of just not caring, something that I can relate to. I was excited to read this book, but the plot falls kind-off flat with nothing to look forwards to. (view spoiler)[ Sera does not make plans to get her mother back or anything. The story ends with the appearance of a twin. This does not hold my attention or interest, but I really liked the main character, Sera. (hide spoiler)] The story had great promise and it did not deliver as expected. It is still a nice little story though. 2 out of 5 stars

5. The Artwork: I love the cover for the novel. It is magical and captures the spirit of the novel accurately. 5 out of 5 stars

6. The Writing: There were a few grammatical error, but nothing really major about it. The writing was excellent with the descriptions and the many details that make this novel special; however, the writing lacks inspiration or originality. I watched the movie Jumper, which has a similar plot to this book. I find the three sides wandering interesting and original, but I feel like the author lacks her own unique voice and style of writing. Except when she is in description mode, the writing seems generic like any other novel. Maybe, with the second installment of this series, the author will have a stronger voice that is distinctly her own. 3 out of 5 stars

7. The Dialogue: I love it when an author who is no longer a teenager can still write dialogue that makes sense and reflects what a teenager really would say. Too many YA books out there are always writing teenage dialogue with slang or making teenagers should like adults. I am sorry, but when I was a teenager a year ago, I neither talked properly like an adult with my friends nor did I talk like a stupid person. I said normal slang like `hang ten' and `wtf' or `omg', better known as text language, but it is not like we talk like that in every single sentence like some authors write. This author does not do that with these characters though. Okay, so some of them talk a little mature at times, but so what? Sometimes maturity is called for and in this case, it was spot on. 5 out of 5 stars

Overall, I give this book a 3.85 and I will probably read the next book in the series. Reading the second book will decide if I actually finish the series or not. Hopefully, the parts I like about the book will stay the same and the parts I did not like will improve.
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2013
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I loved this book so much! This was one of the first books my daughter and I read independently as a way to stay connected! Life tends to stay busy with teenagers so finding an enjoyable way to stay connected with my kids while sharing meals and discussing books we've read throughout the week has really helped our relationships a lot! The fact that we read separately has helped me to respect their need for independence in a way that is healthy for all of us. Not only has reading been a way for us to maintain healthy communication, but it's also helped out my kids academically.

Many thanks to Michelle Warren for creating such an interesting series of books!
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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars soo cool!
Reviewed in Germany on August 28, 2012
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Etwas überraschend bin ich völlig hin und weg =))
Meine Beweggründe waren eigentlich der (absolut passende) Kommentar der Amerikanerin unten dass das das Kind von Harry Potter & Jumper sei und dass es auf anderen Seiten als "timetravel" getaggt wurde.
Die Kurzbeschreibung fand ich hier nur sollala,
Sera entdeckt dass sie ein Wanderer ist, kommt auf ein Internat um dort trainiert zu werden, auf der Schule sind natürlich auch
der heiße Typ, das Quoten- Biest, die dauer gut-gelaunte beste Freundin, die vermeintliche Böse und der/ die richtige Bösewicht von der Partie =))
Das hört sich jetzt alles klischeehaft an aber wenn wir ehrlich sind wollen wir doch genau das =)

Jedenfalls fand ichs genau die richtige Mischung zwischen normalem Teenie- Zeug und Zeitreise/ spannendes Abenteuer & (unterschwelliger) Romanze.
Wem Sachen wie die Harry Potter-, Rubinrot- & Hex Hall Bücher gefallen haben der wird das hier mindestens genauso lieben!

Der Erscheinungstermin des Sequels "Protecting Truth" ist noch offen sollte aber laut Facebook der Autorin noch August bekannt gegeben werden.
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ladymana
5.0 out of 5 stars Magical fantasy!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2012
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They say don't just a book by its cover, but when I saw the cover for Wander Dust amongst a list of other books, it stood out. I was drawn to the beautiful image and then the blurb for the novel drew in me further - I just had to read this!

The writing style is just fantastic. I fully enjoyed the descriptions that littered every page. The author feeds the reader every drop of necessary description in such a way it really is magical. I was impressed to see different locations around the real world explained so well with the added hint of mystery.

The main heroine Sera is a character that you can really relate with. You start to feel as though you are going on the journey with her. The love that she feels for both Stalker Boy and her family is believable from the beginning and the relationships with all the characters throughout the book has been done brilliantly. The pacing is second to none.

I simply cannot wait for the next instalment. When I saw 'To be continued' at the end I actually said 'No, you can't end now!' out loud. I am excited to see what the future holds of Sera. There are also unanswered questions that are waiting to be revealed!

Wander Dust is easily a 5 star novel and I will be reading the story again very soon!
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NoodleSoupFan
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome story of time traveling and super human talents
Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2013
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First, the cover drew my attention - love it. Second, this story is worth reading. Sera is an adolescent who thinks she is going insane starting on her 16th birthday and is unaware that she just tapped into her special ability to time travel. The world she's opened her eyes to is magical and the special secret school she transfers to is very amazing, even more awesome than Harry Potter's school. Lizzie and her team quickly discover their strengths, unravel mysteries, find love, and push boundaries. The story is fast paced and very gripping. I also downloaded the second book. I'm excitedly waiting for the final book of the trilogy.
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kitten0b
4.0 out of 5 stars great start
Reviewed in Germany on July 25, 2013
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I started to read this and enjoyed the fact that this was a new idea or at least a new way of putting accross time travel. It has the school for the good and then the people who have broken the rules on something which could be quite devestating in order to help themselves.
There is mystery with the 'death' of the main characters mother which I hope will be delved into further in the future parts of this triology... definately give this book a go I wasnt disappointed.
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