This is a book I think older teen readers will enjoy. There is a lot of action, fantasy and a little romance. Reggie is a good lead character, she seems to be a normal high school girl who has an alcoholic mother, is bullied by other students and can bring dead animals back to life. When a boy appears and offers help, she is transported to Other world and is now hunted because of her power. I like books that use elemental magic, Reggie has earth magic and is not very good at controlling her power. Hope this is book one of a new series. This appears to be Rebecca Jaycox's first book and she has presented a fine story.

I enjoyed the story and Reggie was a great protagonist.

The blurb for this book pulled me in. I found myself needing to know who this biker guy was and what this alternate world was.

Reggie is a teenage girl who's always been different from everyone else. When she's suddenly able to bring a dead frog back to life during the middle of biology class, things take a turn. That's also when she dreams of a biker guy who tells her of this world called the Other.

I liked Reggie, but she believed everything that she was told a little too easily. She never questioned Asher taking her through a portal or the things she saw when she get to the Other. She simply shrugs and carries on. Even when she discovers someone has been less than honest with her, she quickly forgives them. That made it a little hard to see Reggie as this heroine that was going to save everyone.

Asher is our tortured hero, but even he was a little soft. I'd expect someone who lived what he'd been through to have a harder edge to him. Not someone who would easily trust or love. But that was not Asher at all.

I know this is a YA book, but I like mine with more angst and a little edgier.

I was surprised by this one. By the time I finished reading it I was a tad disappointed that there wasn't more. It suffers from "girl discovers she's special" cliche (by using the entirely new world of the Other) but I didn't find too much fault with how it was revealed. I found Reggie to be a capable heroine but while the relationship between Asher starts off sort of "insta" it gradually goes beyond that and improves throughout the book.

I did like the character development and the world building and none of it felt forced which made this a fast read. Jaycox has talent and I'm curious to see where she takes these characters and the worlds they occupy.

The Other Inheritance is what I’d consider a pretty standard modern-day take on fantasy; it combines a lot of elements the average fantasy reader knows, but manages to create a world that isn’t wholly known, though I would have liked to have seen more expositional world building to get a really clear idea of things. Part of the joy of fantasy is immersion in a place unlike the one you’re in. I liked the general ideas and though the book was generally a nice little read. However, it also suffers from “first book” syndrome in that the ideas are there, but the author is still fleshing out her skills beyond the basics. You know what I mean; it is clearly formulated and the ideas touched upon but not wholly fleshed out because the author sticks so heavily to a touch and go system with however she outlined/planned the story, which gives it a lot of convenient plot devices and makes the read very direct and straightforward instead of having a nice curving flow around obstacles and scenes that aren’t crucial to the plot but that give the story extra dimensional and feeling. Nothing got as deep and as complex of a writing treatment as it should have. The romance, the magic, the conflict… it would have benefited from being fluffed up and explored more extensively.

But, again, for a first book it wasn’t anything awful and I think with more books the author’s talents will improve. The basics of writing and plot development are there and nicely done, but since the book does feel so simple and basic, I think it would perform better in much younger and/or less read hands than mine (I’m a 22 year old bibliophile who has seen just about everything and is a bit jaded; takes a lot to impress me these days sadly), although since the protagonist is 17 and the love interest is 19 and there is sex (it’s not explicit but it happens and there is mention of condoms and prostitution and some more mature subjects like that) I can’t really say that this is suitable for anyone under maybe a mature 15 years. (Also just I’m not 100% okay with that age gap that’s like worst case a high school junior with a college sophomore and best cast a high school senior and college freshman.)

This story cuts off on a bit of a sharp, sudden note. It’s not quite a cliffhanger since we technically complete the first arc, but it felt very final and abrupt. I don’t know when the next book is coming out and I think I might check it out, but I’m not especially keen on getting my hands on it or anything. I got through this book in one sitting and overall I don’t feel super strongly about it; it’s acceptable for what it is and I don’t carry any real dislike of it, but I’m not in love with it either. I think it might be worth a look if you like straightforward plots and simpler fantasies that aren’t Going For The Gold with exposition and complex plot development. My personal feelings on the book are like a 2.5 but if I’m looking at it a little more objectively I can say that a solid 3 is an acceptable rating.

The Other Inheritance (Book One)

By Rebecca Jaycox

Published by Aelurus January 2017

Summarize: Reggie was your average teenage girl, well almost average, she could bring back things from the dead. She mostly brought back frogs and beetles, though only on accident. After loosing her father to what some say death (no body was ever found) and loosing her mother to alcohol and pills what she craves the most in normalcy. Unfortunately, that is not what she is! She is pulled into a war many decades in the making in a place that is fueled by magic and she is the most powerful of them all. Against her best friend John’s wishes she follows Asher (a boy she believes Rhy, her dream guardian, has sent) across an invisible barrier between her world and the Other. Reggie has to make a decision that could cost her not only her life but the life of the boy she has fallen in love with. Can she save the Others and bring balance back to a war that has been raging long before her time?

RAVES: OMG What did I just read, this book had be second guessing my reality. The way that Rebecca brought magic to life and showed me how real it could be had my head spinning. I am pretty sure that I was right there with John as he tried to keep Reggie from following Asher. I mean come on the cute ones are always the bad ones! This story is brand new, I can honestly say I have never read anything quite like it! Watching Reggie go from a scared teen to a kick butt woman in a matter of a few chapters was breath taking. The unconditional love that she showed Asher, and the un dough-ting trust she put in to the wolf despite her back ground was inspiring. I will be putting the second book on my pre-order list!

RANTS: Honesty whats not to love? This book had everything you would want, romance, drama, suspense, action and even some comedy. I cannot say enough good about it…so no rants from this peanut gallery!

STARS: 5 out of 5 stars for sure! I recommend this book for teen to adult (diffidently no one under like 16 do to one sexual scene); It is making my Top 10 list of 2017!

HOW TO GET IT: This book is not on shelves yet but you can be the first to know when it does hit shelves by following Rebecca Jaycox on her twitter and Facebook pages

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Really Interesting book so far. I really loved Reggie the main character a lot. And I am not sure if I am on Asher, as her soul mate, as of yet. His an okay character but I don't feel a lot of chemistry between them, so hopefully that changes in the next book in the series.
I really liked John whom is Reggie's best friend, as well as Brwyn, and I really love Rhys.
I am not really feeling Andrius as the villain so far, his not really so scary. Don't get me wrong he does a lot of awful things, but he doesn't scary me as of yet. So I really hope in the next book, he is more scarier. That is one of my biggest disappointments in regards to the book. I also wish the book was more action packed.
I will definitely be reading the next book in the series, whenever it comes out. And I would definitely recommend this book to my family and friends.