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The Girl and the Raven: YA Paranormal Romance (The Girl and the Raven Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Pauline Gruber (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 237 ratings
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She just wants to fit in. But can a gifted teen find her place when she's caught between good and evil?

After the sudden death of her mother, Lucy Walker leaves her small town for a fresh start in the City of Chicago. Lucy hopes life with her uncles will be less dramatic than the one she left behind. But her hopes are quickly turned upside down.


Beginning with a disturbing encounter at the airport, Lucy steps into a world she never imagined. From the discovery that she's half-witch, half-demon, meeting the father she never knew, and run-ins with the mysterious boy who lives in the apartment upstairs, Lucy's new life is not what she expected. And her world becomes even more complicated when the family's treasured raven goes missing.


Persistent attacks from a dangerous stranger temporarily sideline Lucy's search for the beloved family pet. Despite her reluctance to embrace her new gifts, Lucy is forced to team up with her brooding, dark-eyed neighbor to hunt down the truth. But when she discovers the connections between her own history and the secretive boy's true nature, she's thrust headfirst into an ancient battle...where choosing the wrong side could prove fatal.


Will Lucy accept her destined role before the darkness destroys everything she loves?


The Girl and the Raven is the thrilling first installment in The Girl and the Raven YA paranormal romance series. If you like imperfect witches with badass magic, young sorceresses trying to find themselves, and epic clashes between light and dark, then you'll love Pauline Gruber’s enthralling tale.


Read The Girl and the Raven to learn more!


"This story isn’t one of those cardboard demon stories. It has twists and turns I didn’t see coming." Bonnie G.


"Let me just get this out. I LOVED THIS BOOK! Everything about it was amazing. Right out of the gate, you are thrown into the story and your emotions are taken for a ride. I was hooked from the first sentence and there was no turning back. The beginning had me on the verge of tears, which rarely happens at the beginning of a book because you are just getting started, but no, this book had me hooked." Ivey B.


"I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. Ms. Gruber swept me up into the story with her opening line and kept me until the end. Lucy is a complex and strong heroine. Marcus is a unique and refreshing hero (I don't want to spoil what's so unusual about him)." Samantha M.


"I really enjoyed this book...In this story, each character is set up with a unique attribute that Lucy takes in stride, and the entire world is painted in a way that sets it up and brings the reader in. From the school she attends to the group of friends she interacts with the story builds a depth and world and relationships that rivals that of Twilight, Harry Potter and other classic young adults." Crystal W.


"The best part of this book is the uniqueness of it. Witches, demons, gargoyles, and the struggle between good and evil. It's so much fun. It's not something I've read before so I like the change." Katelin C.


"Well this one was fantastic! A fast-paced plot with an immensely likable lead character." Heather A.
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When Lucy's heroin-addict mother died, she came into her true inheritance - strange powers, stranger friends, and some very dangerous enemies.

Lucy Walker has lived her life on the edge of desperation, in a trailer with her alcoholic and drug-abusing mother. But when her mother dies, and she moves to Chicago to live with her affectionate and good-hearted uncles, she realizes that there are things scarier than poverty and neglect. Her witch grandmother has left her powers - if she can rescue her raven familiar Lola from a demon, who has his own reasons for being interested in Lucy. She finds love with a handsome guy utterly dedicated to her protection - and also adangerous attraction to another guy who might pay the ultimate price for his father's sins. And she learns family secrets that threaten her very identity. Can she work through the tangle and figure out the whole story behind who she is before it's too late?

This is a creepy but charming tale, with new developments around every corner. The parallel stories - the surface story of Lucy's adjustment to her new life, and the deeper story of what's actually going on beneath the "safe" little high school world - are deftly intertwined, and the author manages to make the paranormal events seem almost logical. Marcus and Dylan, the love interests, manage to be sexy in completely different but equally likeable ways - it's not at all clear who Lucy will choose in the end. Jude Morgan, the demon who may or may not be the villain, is chilling and disturbingly charismatic.

As the starting book to a series, THE GIRL ANDTHE RAVEN has substantial potential.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HB5DQKI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dragonfly Ink, Ltd. (December 15, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1266 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 410 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0991077407
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 237 ratings

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Pauline Gruber is a self-professed music junkie, cat wrangler, and travel nut. She went to Paris in the 90’s where she discovered a love of three things: croissants, old cathedrals, and gargoyles. Deciding that the paranormal world could use a new kind of hero, Pauline translated her fascination with the protective gargoyle into a suspenseful love story. She is the author of the young adult series, The Girl and the Raven, The Girl and the Gargoyle, and The Girl and the Demon. By day, Pauline works as a legal assistant for a Chicago law firm where she borrows identities and incorporates them into her books. If you tell anyone, she’ll deny, deny, deny.

Pauline lives outside of Chicago with her precocious black cats.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
237 global ratings
Original paranormal YA story.
4 Stars
Original paranormal YA story.
4 StarsThe Girl and the Raven is the first book in The Girl and the Raven series by Pauline Gruber. This is my first read from Ms. Gruber, so I really didn’t know what to expect going in. What I discovered is an original YA paranormal story- with witches, demons, ravens, magic, good vs evil, a bit of a love triangle, choices, discovery, and more.Ms. Gruber had me at witches and demons- add in the ravens and other paranormal elements and I was hooked.The story was a little slow at times, but that didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment of the story. Looking forward to reading Book #2!Thank you, Pauline Gruber!
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D.Glenn
5.0 out of 5 stars ... is one of the books that I consider my favorite. I absolutely love this book and I am ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2015
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The Girl and The Raven is one of the books that I consider my favorite. I absolutely love this book and I am grateful that I was able to get this book.

I want to tell you so much about this book, but I try not to put spoiler in my reviews. I don't want to ruin the surprises for people because I think that, when you give away certain aspects of books that you take away from the story. So I will do my best to convince you to read this book while not giving too much away.

This book has a few different types of supernaturals. Lucy Walker is the main character in this story and she is amazing. She has a strong will, doesn't like to be bosses around, she takes charge, overcomes some of her fears, she is smart and caring, and she has a temper you wouldn't believe. The other characters in this book are really good. I did like most of her friends I wish we could get to know some of them a little bit better.

There is a lot of badass powers being used in this book and it is really cool to see Lucy as one of the most powerful characters in the book. I wish that Pauline would have gone more into what exactly Lucy could do, maybe we will find out.

As romance....I know most of you probably hate it but there is a love triangle late into the book. I don't mind love triangles particularly because I can easily pick which guy is right for the girl. However with this book I am conflicted. I don't know who is best for Lucy, who the right guy is. The first guy I loved him for her right from the start. As for the second guy, I hated him at first and even as his character improves I still didn't like him for her. That is until damn ending. Now I am all conflicted and I have know idea how to solve this dilemma, especially since I like both guys and don't want either to get hurt.

Their is a lot of family stuff going on in this book and the plot is amazing. It has so many twist and turns you will love. There are secrets, lies and manipulation and some stuff that you just don't see coming.

Pauline has left this book with a sort of decent ending. The book ended well however the story is not over. It can't just end like that, there has to be another book. I am praying that there is another book because I just can't get enough.

READ THIS BOOK! I telling you that it's worth it.
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Sara Oxo
4.0 out of 5 stars a fantastic four-star read
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2021
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The Girl and the Raven by Pauline Gruber is a fantastic four-star read. This is number one in The Girl and the Raven series, and I enjoyed this story, it shows great promise for the series. Lucy will pull you in, her dilemma and drama will keep you hooked and leave you wanting to know everything. Lucy is tough and keeps the story together and the setting is strong, I felt it could have done with a little more putting together, it jumped a couple of times, or maybe I drifted I don’t know. This had the bones of being great, and I am hoping the second will get better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Versus Evil Equals Wonderful Storytelling!
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2014
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The Girl and the Raven is a pleasantly surprising twist on the young adult supernatural genre; the author adroitly avoids cliches so common to this type of fiction--the nuance of the multi-opposing factions (humans, demons, witches, you name it!!!) makes for a thoughtful and complex story without losing the reader along the way, getting bogged down in non-essential story lines. The characters, especially our heroine Lucy, is definitely NOT your cookie cutter good girl heroine--she has her faults, she has her strengths; she's compassionate, obstinate, honorable, at times puzzled but determined. The characters who surround her are well-developed, and there always seems to be a purpose to their presence and this makes you wonder what role they will play in future volumes of this series--each character is multi-faceted, just as any reader would be. If you took away the supernatural component of the story, you would still find interesting, realistic characters you can empathize/identify with, not only as a younger person but as an adult. And on a final note, I have to say I love the tag line on the back of the book: "Good versus evil just got complicated." Indeed!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Until the End
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2014
I would like to thank NetGalley and Dragonfly Ink, Ltd. for granting me the chance to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Though I received the e-book for free that in no way influenced this review.

<blockquote>Good versus evil just got complicated. Sixteen-year-old Lucy Walker just wants a normal life, until she learns she is half-witch, half-demon. Now she's got other problems, like keeping her demon dad from killing her boyfriend, keeping the witches in her life from killing her demon dad, and keeping her non-supernatural friends safe from both sides. All the while she's desperately searching for the family raven that carries her magical legacy. She's walking a tightrope between good and evil, drawn to both, uncertain which she will ultimately choose. Fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver series, and Meg Cabot's Abandon series will love The Girl and The Raven!</blockquote>

This is an intriguing book that blends religious beliefs and pagan beliefs as the backdrop of a teenager's life. Lucy grew up with a mother that was beyond neglectful. An alcoholic, and a junkie, Donna appeared to never really care about her daughter - always spending their meager money on her next fix, or hawking Lucy's few precious gifts for a meager fix to help tide her over for a few more hours. All Lucy wants is to get out of the trailer park and go live with her beloved Grandmother. But then her grandmother dies and Lucy is trapped. Well, trapped until the fateful day the her mother is dropped off in front of the trailer, dead from an overdose.

Lucy moves in with her Uncles, Sheldon and Bernard, who live in her grandmother's house. Persephone, a dear friend, and powerful witch, also happens to live in the house. Lucy is thrilled to be living with people who care about her, but her world doesn't change the way she expected it to. Instead she is shooting lightening from her hands when she gets upset, and doing everything in her power to hide it from everyone around her.

She meets some girls at her new school, making friends right away, with all of them except for the uber bitch Ella and her faithful stooge Caroline. Ella gets totally bent out of shape when Marcus, Lucy's new upstairs neighbor ignores her in favor of Lucy. And then when the other local hottie, Dylan, becomes friends with Lucy Ella blows a gasket. What she doesn't know is that Lucy knows Dylan because she babysits for his stepbrother and sister Brandi & Ethan - both of whom adore Lucy.

What Lucy doesn't know is that she got the job through her father, a man she's never met, that she knows of. But in reality he has been watching her every move since she showed up at her grandmother's house. And it turns out he has also kidnapped Lola, her grandmother's raven. Lola is holding Lucy's powers of witchcraft for her until her 16th birthday, but until she can rescue Lola she won't receive her powers either. And without her powers she is defenseless against the demons in her life.

Lucy goes through all kinds of romantic tension with Marcus, some with Dylan, at least until they learn something from her Dad, the demon. Balancing between being a white witch and a demon is a tough act for Lucy, especially when another demon is trying to kill her. The question is, can she survive both halves of her heritage, as well as play peacemaker between the two halves of her family?

While I enjoyed the story, I was frustrated with the pacing at the end. Things moved along quite nicely for the bulk of the book, but once the major calamity has passed the story is ended quite abruptly in my opinion. With several unanswered issues just hanging out there, the questions posed and never answered. The end felt rushed and too much like a copout for my taste. However, it is still a fun read as long as you are willing to accept the easy-out ending.
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Angela Hayes
4.0 out of 5 stars Original paranormal YA story.
Reviewed in Australia on July 4, 2021
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The Girl and the Raven is the first book in The Girl and the Raven series by Pauline Gruber. This is my first read from Ms. Gruber, so I really didn’t know what to expect going in. What I discovered is an original YA paranormal story- with witches, demons, ravens, magic, good vs evil, a bit of a love triangle, choices, discovery, and more.
Ms. Gruber had me at witches and demons- add in the ravens and other paranormal elements and I was hooked.
The story was a little slow at times, but that didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment of the story. Looking forward to reading Book #2!

Thank you, Pauline Gruber!
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Angela Hayes
4.0 out of 5 stars Original paranormal YA story.
Reviewed in Australia on July 4, 2021
4 Stars

The Girl and the Raven is the first book in The Girl and the Raven series by Pauline Gruber. This is my first read from Ms. Gruber, so I really didn’t know what to expect going in. What I discovered is an original YA paranormal story- with witches, demons, ravens, magic, good vs evil, a bit of a love triangle, choices, discovery, and more.
Ms. Gruber had me at witches and demons- add in the ravens and other paranormal elements and I was hooked.
The story was a little slow at times, but that didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment of the story. Looking forward to reading Book #2!

Thank you, Pauline Gruber!
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