Book Review: Rendezvous Rock by Rickey Bray

06/28/2012 Reviews

Rendezvous Rock

By: Rickey Bray

Synopsis:

While vacationing in the mountains, Eric meets an unusual girl, Susan, who has sparkling, emerald eyes that are unusually captivating. They are a unique, singular shade of green and seem to be imbued with an ancient fire that even a spoiled, youthfully unperceptive Eric could easily feel. He senses a strange maturity about this mysterious girl and is drawn to her like a magnet.”When I said we would never be married, I meant in your way,” Susan said. “Will you marry me in my way? Right now?”Even though numerous questions clamored in his head, Eric easily replied, “Of course.”Eric’s answer was far too easy in Susan’s opinion. As she mused over his quick reply, she speculated on how to best explain their strange situation in terms that he could understand, an impossibility to do beforehand. He would have to commit himself, then learn the truth. It was unfair to the extreme, yet unavoidable under these very peculiar circumstances, and thus Eric is drawn into a mysterious world.

My Review:

Young love can be a wonderful thing and in the book Rendezvous Rock by Rickey Bray, he spins a story that is full of promises, teen love, and a fantasy world where a young man may need to give up everything to be with his soul mate.

The story revolves around a 15 yr boy, Eric, who while on a camping trip with his uncle Ned, falls deeply in love with a beautiful red haired girl named Susan. Susan is not just a beautiful girl – she is striking and different from anyone Eric has ever met. Different in a way that Eric doesn’t understand until their time together starts to come to a close.

He finds that Susan is actually a witch and sees Eric as her soul mate for life – Susan then offers Eric a lifetime agreement of sorts. Using a piece of Susan’s beautiful braid, which is then placed on Eric’s ankle, their bond is secured for life. That is, with one stipulation; As of that day, they are forbidden from seeing each other for 10 years. After 10 years, they are to meet back at Rendevous Rock, where they have made their vows.

During the course of the book, you follow both Eric and Susan as they grow and their lives change. Eric finds that with his bond to Susan, he has unknowingly become part of a world, called the Three Circles, where he is meant to protect the bonds within for the rest of his life. These bonds will test his inner strength and the bonds that tie the two together.

What a wonderful book and honestly, I wish it could have continued! I would have loved to see a sequel even though this story is summed up in one book. Highly recommend!

About the Author:

Oklahoman Rickey Bray became a writer after a series of personal tragedies. Following a car accident involving a drunk driver and the death of his wife and two children, he turned to drugs for consolation which eventually resulted in twelve years of incarceration, a life-altering experience resulting in the start of his prolific writing career and this debut novel.