"Revealing Eden" (Save the Pearls #1) by Victoria Foyt

My issue with this book is that I am pretty much over books in this genre.  I have read quite a few books that involve a pretty/strong/nice/insert-description-here heroine in a horrible set-up where she will likely die but then falls in love and everything is alright in the end.  Since this wasn't my cup of tea to begin with I thin I have exhausted that genre for myself.  That said, I did enjoy Revealing Eden. 

I liked that the premise was one that I hadn't seen before and that Eden had an idea of just how dire her situation was, even at the beginning of the novel.  It seems that the heroine is usually going about life as normal, and are usually waiting for some sort of event/ceremony that takes place every year and that's when their plot really gets rolling.  In Eden's case, if she doesn't mate by the time she is 18, she will die.  And because she was born a "pearl" (really white, not albino, but close) her chances of being chosen are very slim.  Throw in a bunch of science an a man turned into a beast and you are in for an interesting ride.

This book (at least so far, I haven't read past the first book) is relatively different from most of the dystopians I have read.  There is enough action to entertain me and not so much romance that I end up bored or annoyed.  I feel that Foyt's world itself could use a little more development, but overall it was not a bad read.  





Happy Reading!
-Melly

Interview with Victoria Foyt, author of "Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden"

What have your characters taught you?

Writing is a kind of meditation in which your characters teach you many surprising things, often holding a mirror to yourself. Eden Newman, the seventeen-year-old protagonist of Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden lives in a world where love is dead and evolutionary climbing is all that matters. Her white skin brands her as a Pearl, ugly and undesirable. In creating her, I stole bits from myself and came to realize that I, too, needed to open my heart to love and stop judging myself based on my appearance. Taking her from this oppressed girl to someone who is willing to embrace everything, her strength, her inner beauty, even love, was a great journey, a revelation, really.

How do you connect with your fans?

It’s such a thrill to hear from my readers! I get a lot of email through my website, which I’m happy to answer. Now, I also have a facebook fan page.

For Revealing Eden, we created an incredible, interactive site where fans have been posting their own “mating” videos or commenting about Eden’s blog posts. With my background as a filmmaker and actress, it was easy to write and shoot ten short videos based on the book. Seeing Eden, who is a gorgeous girl by today’s standards, despair over not being able to find a mate, and facing death if she doesn’t, or watching her desperation as she secretly meets with her dark-skinned Coal boyfriend really captures the future world in which environmental chaos has turned the racial paradigm upside down.

Find the Facebook fan page here.



Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 

Five years from now, I hope that the Save The Pearls series has reached a wide audience in book and film! I’m halfway through Part Two, Adapting Eden, in which Eden must ratchet up her courage, once again, and take on her enemies, not only for love’s sake, but also for the sake of mankind’s survival. Mostly, I see myself continuing to write, and I feel lucky to do so.

Which characters do you wish were real people?

Ronson Bramford, the male protagonist in Revealing Eden, is really hot, especially when he adapts to a beastly creature. I’d like to feel the thrill Eden experiences when he growls at her.