Rose is an Edger who can flash white. Edge is the land where the boundaries of the Broken (the non-magical world) and the Weird (the magical world) overlap. People who live in the Weird have magic in them and only the bluebloods there can flash white. Therefore when Rose flashes white on her graduation ceremony she quickly becomes a target for those men looking for slaves to sell and those looking for a wife who will bear them powerful children. Rose was protected by her family when she was young but now when most of her family is dead she can only depend on her flash to keep such men at bay. She works a poor paying job in the Broken and is barely keeping herself afloat. She is also responsible for her two younger brothers, George and Jack. George can bring people back from dead and Jack can shape shift in to a lynx.
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Their life is changes abruptly when a blueblood, Declan, comes to their land seeing for Roses hand in marriage. Rose tries to scare him away but when he saves Georges life she agrees to give him three challenges. If Declan wins, rose will have to marry him and come with him to the weird (plus her brothers). But if Rose wins, Declan will have to leave them alone and grant them residency in the Weird. The first challenge she issues him is to track and trap Jack in his lynx form. Meanwhile strange creatures are attacking people in the Edge leaded by a criminal from the Weird. The leader Casshorn, uses the creatures as a vessel that carries magic from them victim to him. The creatures seem to be produced by an ancient device that Casshorn had stolen from the Weird. Rose and Declan along with some Edger's, who have not fled already, try to locate Casshorn. William, a werewolf and adoptive son of Casshorn tries to woo Rose further complicating the matters. When George gets weak and sick to the point of death due to all the animals he had been bringing back from dead, Rose challenges Declan to teach George to let go. Declan manages to convince George to let go by showing him what would happen if people and animals never died. Then the Edgers come up with a plan to defeat Casshorn by electrocuting his minions in a lake and putting a sleeping spell on him. Their plan fails when Casshorn shows up with other minions at his side. Rose and other Edgers are coRnered in a church when Rose choses to flash Casshorn giving it her all. Rose is drained of her essence to death but Declan bring he back with his magic. She decides to go to the Weird with her family to live with Declan. She issues him the second challenge; Declan will have to wait for two months before marrying her. Declan agrees and introduces her to his family in the Weird.
Best part of story, including ending:
I really enjoyed this story. The world building was awesome and the chemistry between the lead characters was perfectly sizling.
Best scene in story:
I liked the scene where Declan tries to make George understand why people have to die. He shows him the problems that would happen if people never died through a device from the Weird.
Opinion about the main character:
I liked Roses independence and the way she felt responsible for her younger siblings.
