This is my stop during the book blitz for The Mark of Noba by GL Tomas. This book blitz is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 25 till 31 August, you can view the complete blitz schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours.
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: Young Adult
Release Date: 25 August, 2015
Sterling Wayfairer has one goal for his senior year: make his mark. He’s been slipping into the background his whole high school career—distracted by his mother’s mental health, unsettled by the vivid dreams that haunt him at night, and overshadowed by the athletic accomplishments of his popular best friends. But this year is going to be different. He’s going to break a few rules, have some fun, and maybe even work up the nerve to ask his crush out on a date.
But things don’t go exactly as planned. Students are disappearing, Sterling starts losing time, and it all seems to center around Tetra, a girl no one else seems to notice but him. When he finally tracks her down for answers, they aren’t what he expects: He and Tetra hail from a world called Noba, and they’re being hunted by a Naga, a malevolent shapeshifter that’s marked them for destruction.
Tetra and Sterling have distinct abilities that can help them fight back, but their power depends heavily on the strength of their bond, a connection that transcends friendship, transcends romance. Years apart have left their bond weak. Jumpstarting it will require Sterling to open his heart and his mind and put his full trust in the mysterious Tetra.
If he doesn’t, neither of them will survive.
Grey
and I weren’t on the same wavelength when it came to girls as Kip
and I were. There’s no way Kip didn’t notice the new girl; he
never missed a new face.
“Hey,
anyone notice that girl in gym class the other day?” I leaned my
elbows on the table and checked to see no one was listening. Grey and
Kip faces distorted in confusion.
I
popped open my can of soda, but didn’t take a sip. Everything I was
about ask required my complete concentration.
“What
girl?” Grey asked.
“You
know?” Both of them hadn’t caught the hint. “The one from the
fitness test? Pretty. Type 5. Athletic?”
Kip
groaned under a muffled laugh and scooped Jell-O from his cup. “I
think I would remember a girl with that description.”
I
studied the cafeteria. It was a good thing lunch period was split
between two periods. Less people to look through. She wasn’t hard
to find. She was the only person sitting by herself. That was a form
of social suicide, but it must’ve been by choice. I leaned forward,
pointing.
Grey
laughed. “What—the new girl?” He shoved a scoop of rice pudding
in his mouth. The smell of coconut, cinnamon, and vanilla overwhelmed
his spot. I should’ve brought a better item to bargain with Kip. It
would’ve been mine if I had.
“Yeah,
if by new, you mean since a couple weeks ago.”
Grey
dropped his spoon, and met me with dark eyes. “Dude, she just
started like yesterday. I think we would’ve noticed if she’d been
going since the start of the year.”
Huh?
Kip
studied her from a distance. He was never good at hiding when he was
attracted to a girl. “She’s definitely nice.”
I
hoped I didn’t have to spell it out. I was wrong. There was no way
they’d only just noticed her. Surely this was an oversight.
“You
don’t remember yesterday? During the fitness test? She was the only
person who finished the ballistic climb.”
That
got a reaction out of Kip. He interrupted me, waving hands and fury
alike. “Hold on, Wayfairer. There wasn’t a person in class who
finished that climb.”
“Uh,
ya-huh. Only person who did.” Jocks. They never let you get away
with challenging their loss.
Grey
stopped our arguing, hoping to get to a point. “What is this about,
Ster?”
“You
guys don’t remember her from gym?” Kip and Grey shook their
heads, denying any claim to the new girl or what happened in class.
Grey
laughed and picked up his pudding. “No, that’s what I’ve been
trying to tell you. She started yesterday. Not at the beginning of
the school year. Yesterday. Get a grip, buddy.” Grey reached out to
shove my shoulder.
“So
you guys don’t remember her from PE? Or anything?” I asked. I
wasn’t letting it go. It had started as a friendly inquisition but
was turning into a full-fledged debate.
Kip
shrugged. “Well, if she’s been going here all year, what’s her
name? Oh, uh, and what’s her number too? I might need that come
Homecoming.” Kip laughed. Neither of us found him funny.
I
wanted to answer, but I didn’t know it. She didn’t speak to
anyone, she never handed in assignments that revealed her name, and
every person I asked had no idea who she was. It was as if she came
to school every day to make sure we’d cross paths and exchange
awkward stares. Something about it now seemed…creepy.
“I
don’t know. But the fact that none of you acknowledge what happened
weirds me out a little.”
Grey
pursed his lips and looked over my shoulder. He widened his eyes as
he finished off his dessert.
“You
know what’s creepy?” Grey asked, as my body tensed.
“What?”
“She’s
staring at you right now. Either she’s got supersonic ears or maybe
you’re right. Maybe she’s creepy,” Grey joked.
Kip
laughed with him as I turned around. Grey wasn’t wrong. She was
staring right at me. She kept staring. I don’t know why, but I…
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