Interview & Giveaway: The First by Sara Zaske

We are so excited to have Sara Zaske, author of The First, here at Between the Bind - please help me in welcoming her!

BtB: Did you always feel that you were destined to be a writer?

SZ: Oh yes. When I was seven, I kept a journal and was very careful what I put in it because I figured someday, after I, the famous writer, had died, all the literary critics would want to read it. Keep in mind, this is just after I learned how to write anything at all. I'm slightly more humble now.

Review: The First

Rating: 4 Stars
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Author: Sara Zaske
Publication Date: April 21, 2012
Format: eBook Amazon :: Smashwords
Blurb: Cassie Craig is not the chosen one. Not even close.
She's just an ordinary, 15-year-old California girl with a few problems. She talks too much. She has a crush on a guy in her school. She worries about her dad who is a Marine in Afghanistan.

Then, there's her new friend, Violet Starkey. The weirdest girl in school, Violet comes from a group of magical people who claim to be the first on earth.

When Cassie discovers that Violet has powers over nature, she will do anything to be her friend--all for the chance Violet might help bring her dad home. 

But Cassie isn't the only one who wants Violet's powers, and she soon finds out just how dangerous it is to be the true friend of one of the most powerful magical beings in the world.

The First is a unique story, explained well in the above blurb. The plot is well developed and the characterization is thoughtful. I appreciated that the First People were elitest's - which made complete sense to me as they are so much more advanced, intelligent, and powerful than humans. And then there is little halfling Violet, who is most definitely an odd ball - but an endearing one. Ms. Zaske definitely pulled me into her world of First's.