The Year of Four: A Phoebe Pope Novel, #1

· Dreamwell Publishing
4.6
38 reviews
Ebook
340
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Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Pope has enrolled at the Campus Below: a spy academy for shape-shifters hidden deep beneath the grounds of a boarding school whose humans unknowingly protect it. There, thanks to a carefully planned schedule, she leads a double life: spy trainee Below and normal teenager Above.

As if two course loads, concealing a secret power she alone wields, and coping with her father’s recent death weren’t enough, Phoebe finds herself developing major feelings for actor and teen heartthrob Colten Chase, who attends the Campus Above and appears to be majoring in winning Phoebe’s heart. But when officials learn that Phoebe may be at the center of a startling prophecy, she becomes the target of shape-shifting assassins who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth.

Now Phoebe’s lessons about Shaper’s enemies and spycraft take on great importance as a menace stalks the campus, with Phoebe as its target. Meanwhile, what began as an unlikely relationship with Colten, quickly morphs into heartache when she suspects that something sinister lurks beneath this movie star’s glitter and fame. Suddenly, Phoebe’s caught in a mesh of lies, betrayals, and danger where she doesn’t know who to trust, and needs to rely on herself—and her secret power—to get to the truth and to stay alive.

Sample Reviews:

"I ADORED this book! It's been a long time since I've found a YA fantasy to be as unputdownable as The Year of Four was...One of my favorite aspects about this book was the world building. Nya Jade did such an amazing job of setting up the Shaper world...The Year ofFour is spellbinding, fast paced, and romantic debut!" (5 Stars)-Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf
 
"Kicking off the story from the opening chapter spectacularly, author Nya Jadehas created a vivid and appealing shifter world and draws her readersinto an enticing and exciting storyline.Jade depicts a very detailed and complex society of shifters with intriguing hierarchy in The Year of Four... an addictive new paranormal series." (5 Stars)
-Rachel @ The Rest Is Still Unwritten
"...a fun, entertaining and very well-written YA fantasy/paranormal novel that will keep you glued to its pages all the way through... fantastically imagined..." (5 Stars)

-Evie - Evie-bookish.blogspot.com

Ratings and reviews

4.6
38 reviews
Tina Lindsey
December 7, 2018
It was a fairly good book. I like reading books with no curse words in it, but this one didn't have a whole lot of them in it. Which was a plus.
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Andrea Maybon
January 21, 2019
Admittedly, I'm 40, probably a little out of the expected age range for readers. I still found this book to be one I could not put down! The story telling is amazing and the characters are well developed and have me wanting to know what happens next. Love this!!!
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Cheryl Kulas
April 27, 2020
I sincerely enjoyed reading this book. I'm looking for a second one to follow it up with more about the prophecy, Phoebe, & Colten.
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About the author

Nya Jade is the Ghanaian-born author of THE YEAR OF FOUR and its sequel, THE BLOOD OF KINGS, in her wonderfully addictive PHOEBE POPE series about a teen shapeshifter spy-in-training. Readers have come to love Nya's Young Adult Urban Fantasy novels for their edge-of-your-seat suspense and rich, elaborate world building. Reviewers call Nya's writing, "deliciously descriptive... fantastically imagined and original."

Nya has a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Sociology from Stanford University. Prior to writing novels, Nya spent several years as an award-winning singer-songwriter. Her debut album My Denial won critical favor for its refreshing blend of rock, soul, and pop elements, and immediately landed on VH1's Top 20 Albums list. She's performed with world-class acts and in an LA Times cover story following her debut release, Ann Powers said of Nya, "[she's] in the running as the latest voice of multicultural bohemian self-empowerment."

When she's not writing or playing her guitar, you can find Nya spending time with family and friends or reading. Nya lives in Northern California with her family.

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