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Melissa Abrehamsen is the author of the young adult novel, FORETOLD. She's also a proud Army/Navy mom, licensed minister and certified life coach. Which means she's a magnet for people who want to transform from the inside out. When she's not helping people renew their mind, will and emotions, she's dating her husband in their freshly empty nest in Central Florida, where they live with their two Fruitloops-for-crazy-town dachshunds.
Reviewed by Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite
Foretold is a novel of intrigue and suspense by Melissa Abrehamsen. Lance Harper is a student at Mount Dora High School and the son of the town psychic. Unbeknownst to others, Lance also has the gift of foresight. Lucy Burns is a member of the ‘God Squad’ – an elite group of students who think they are above everybody else. Lucy is also the daughter of the strict town preacher, a bully who likes to threaten people and who refuses to let Lucy have any contact with boys. Lance takes a special interest in Lucy after having a vision of her committing suicide. He does his best to befriend Lucy, trying to dissuade her from ending her life, but her torment is not about popularity or grades. As Lance arrives by her side amidst a suicide attempt, Lucy tells him that she’d fallen pregnant to her ex-boyfriend, Danny, who’d then given her cash to abort the baby before fleeing and leaving her alone to deal with it. While mourning for her lost child, Lucy also has a premonition when she meets up with Lance at school – a vision of future events which he also sees - but this time it is of a school shooting, leading to a full-scale massacre. Suspecting the school loner, Dustin, might be the culprit, Lance hatches a plan that might prevent the shooting and he plans to tell Lucy on her birthday.
I have never read a book so terrifying, yet so passionate. Melissa Abrehamsen has put together the perfect enigma of a relationship between a devout Christian and a Pagan, both with the power of foresight, who must overcome their differences in order to save the people they love. Not even the fear which Lucy’s father tries so hard to instill could keep them apart. Foretold is a book which leads two people to find themselves before finding each other. I very much look forward to Melissa Abrehamsen’s next book, as she has mastered the art of leaving readers begging for more.
