The
Talented
Desy
Smith
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance
Fiction
Publisher: Floebe Publishing
Date of Publication: January 30,
2015
ISBN: 9781507799291
ASIN: B00SXOLV80
Number of pages: 197
Word Count: 46,170
Book Description:
At age 17, Carmel founds herself in
a mental institution thanks to an ice dagger, and a woman who apparently isn't
human. After being rescued and arriving
at the H.o.T, House of Talents. A house
where no one is entirely human. She learns that she's Talented and has the ability
to control Water and Ice.
At the H.o.T, Carmel learns to
control her Talent, makes new friends, a few enemies, and begins to fall head
over heels for a handsome guy. Who has a few secrets of his own. Carmel begins
to realize that many people want her dead because of who she is. However she has no idea why. Can she figure
it out or will she die. Look inside to find out.
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Exerpt:
She led me to the other side of the
cafeteria where a wall separated us from everyone else. We made our way towards
two separate tables. Ricky was sitting at a table by himself, and there were four other people sitting at the other
table. I was getting ready to walk in when Flora stopped me.
“You see them four at that table.” She
pointed to all of them.
“Yes.”
“That’s Montigo.” She pointed to a guy with skin the color of melted chocolate,
and brown eyes. He was tall like Ricky and had black dreads in his hair. “His
girlfriend is Tess.” She pointed to a white chick that had red hair, green eyes
and freckled skin. “She’s a hot head. That’s Lanisha over there.” She rolled her eyes at her. She pointed
to this light skin black chick with crazy brownish green eyes and brown hair.
“Last but not least, there’s Simon, who
is the nicest of the group, if you ask me.” She pointed to this white guy. He had pretty blue eyes and blond
hair.
“What are their talents?” She was
about to walk in, but I stopped her.
“Montigo is water, Tess is fire,
Lanisha is air, and Simon is earth.” We
walked in the room, and Flora greeted everyone at the table before we sat down.
“Why are you guys pointing at people?”
“I was filling her in on whose who.”
“Oh.” Ricky eyed my plate.
“Are you going to eat all that?” Ricky
asked me.
“No, if you want something, you can
have it.” His hand went directly to the chocolate chip cookies. I stopped him.
“Yeah, anything, but those.” Then his hand went for the peach pie. I had to
stop him once again. Flora started laughing.
“Let me clarify. You can have anything
but the sweets.”
“Looks like someone has a sweet
tooth,” Flora said.
“So where’s Devon at?” Flora asked Ricky.
“I don’t know. What do I look like his
keeper?”
“Don’t start, I just asked a simple
question, that’s it.” They got into an argument. I ate my nachos and realized
something was missing. Where was my hot sauce?
I looked around and saw it was sitting on
the farthest table against the wall with the rest of the condiments.
As
I grabbed the bottle, I heard someone whistling. I ignored it until I realized
they were whistling at me and not that, ‘Oh
you’re fine whistle’, it was that come here, whistle. I turned and saw who it
was, Montigo. I rolled my eyes. If he wanted to talk to me, he would have to
use his words. All of a sudden, I felt something wet hit me on my but almost
like a belt. I jumped and dropped the hot sauce on the floor. I turned around
to touch my pants to make sure I didn’t feel anything,
and sure enough there was a wet spot there. I looked at Montigo, as he sung a water lasso around his head.
“Keep your hands and other objects to
yourself.”
“This is what happens when you ignore
me hon, so tell me what are you going to do about it.” I remained quiet.
“Nothing, just like I thought.” He threw the water lasso at my arm, and it left
a wet whelp there.
“I already told you to stop,” I said.
“Or what?” I noticed Flora and Ricky
looking at us now.
“Montigo stop, it’s not funny,” Flora
said.
“Mind your business Flora.” She gave
him the finger. Montigo looked at me again and once again threw the water
lasso. This time I caught it and slowed down my breathing,
and it froze. When I let go of it, icicles formed going everywhere in the
cafeteria. One almost hit him in his face, but his girlfriend Tess, held up her hand just in time. She
created a fire wall melting the ice dagger.
Tess rose
up, but Montigo raised his hand, and she
sat back down. Instead, he got up.
“Finally your group is complete.” He
said eyeing me up and down. “So you think you’re big and bad, just because you
can make a few icicles?” He laughed not waiting for me to answer. “I think you
need to be taught a lesson.” I noticed everyone’s cups beginning to shake. He
raised both of his hands, now had two
water lassos. He threw one at me, and I
mentally prepared myself to grab it, but at the last second, someone stepped in
front of me. I realized it was Devon. The
water was melting off his body.
“Still picking on people smaller than
you?” Devon said.
“Yeah and you’re still poking your nose in other people’s business.”
“If you stop starting shit, then I
wouldn’t have too.”
“What makes you think I started it?”
“Who else would it be?” Montigo
stepped closer to Devon.
“Again what does this have to do with
you?”
Suddenly a line of fire appeared
separating Montigo from Devon. Tess slowly, but gracefully got up.
“That’s enough for tonight boys.” Her
voice sounded like she was older than what she appeared to be. “Wouldn’t want
Devon killing you over his little equal.”
She looked at me. “Word of advice, next time he speaks
to you, just answer him.” I smiled at her.
“The last time I checked, he isn’t
anyone of importance, and I’ll speak when I want to. Not a moment sooner than
that.” Then I mimicked her. “Word of
advice, whistling at someone isn’t the right way to get their attention. I’m
not a dog.” She looked at me and twirled her hair around her finger. I bent
down to wipe the hot sauce I spilled. I felt something hot on my back, and I turned around to see the fireball coming at me. I rose my hand, slowed
my breathing, and it froze, it was now a big ball of ice. It fell on the floor
not shattering. I looked at Tess, who was
now smirking at me. I noticed Devon looking at us, probably wondering if he
needed to intervene. He didn’t, I could handle it on my own.
“I don’t know what’s more pathetic,
you trying to attack me when my back is turned or you attacking me and me
defending myself, when I just find out today that I had a talent.”
Character Summary
Carmel
She’s 5’5 with hazel eyes and
shoulder length black hair. She’s curvy and very buxom. Carmel’s name matches her
skin tone which reflects a light caramel color. She’s 17 and her Talent is
Water and Ice. Some people think she’s dim-witted but that’s just a façade. Her
quiet demeanor and passive nature is associated with her Water Talent. However,
don’t be fool! If you push her buttons, her Ice Talent will show. She will
become a heartless and uncaring individual. Carmel’s equal is Devon, whom she
loves dearly because he loves her and accepts her flaws. This includes her
obsession for sweets. Carmel loves being at the H.O.T because she finally feels
like she has a real family. Something she never had before due to the fact she
was a foster child.
Devon
He’s 5’10 with green eyes, and short
black hair. His skin is golden due to his mixed heritage. He’s 20 and his
Talents are Water, Earth, Air and Fire. Nonchalant he may appear to be, but in
reality his true nature is kill now, deal with the consequences later. This
rash judgement causes many people to hate and fear him; which he’s okay with.
His enemies are as numerous as the stars in the sky. His love for his equal
Carmel is uncontrollable, he would move mountains for her. Devon believes she sees
the good in him and because of her, he knows he can become a better man. Devon
would be ultimately satisfied if he and Carmel were the only two people in the
whole wide world.
Flora
She’s 5’1 with brown eyes, and long
black hair. Her skin tone is brown, and she has a butt any man or woman would be
envious of. She’s 18 and her Talent is Earth. Flora is very frank and direct
with her opinions and speaking her mind. Her words can sometimes cut deep. Flora’s small
size doesn’t stop her from accomplishing anything. She sees what no one else
should see. Ricky is her equal whom she loves, because they are complete
opposites. She indulges herself by
drinking tea, because it relaxes her. She’s thankful for Carmel’s arrival, and
treats her like the sister she’s always wanted.
Ricky
He’s 6’1 with grey eyes, and a buzz
cut. His skin tone resembles Vanilla.
Ricky is 19 and his Talent is Air and so is his attitude. He is a man of
few words and lets his actions do the talking for him. He doesn’t let much worry
him or stress him out; he may seem unintelligent compared to Devon but he’s no
body’s fool. He knows more than he’s
willing to let on. His equal is Flora and he loves and adores her because she’s
independent and she’s brings chaos to his life.
Ricky is happy Carmel is at the H.O.T because it makes both Flora and
Devon happy.
About
the Author:
Desy Smith was born and raised in
Dallas, Texas. She wrote her first book when she was thirteen years old,
because she ran out of books to read inside her home. She loves reading books
as much as she loves writing her own. Desiree also loves food and sweets, if
she’s not reading, she’s probably eating a cupcake or two.
She published her first book The
Talented under a publishing company she started Floebe Publishing. Desy writes
to provide an escape for anyone who wants to live in a fantasy world, and not
worry about the trouble of everyday life. She also writes to inspire. This is
Desy’s first novel, and she plans to release the second part of The Talented
series during late summer.
The Talented will be a five part
series. Currently she is working on another story, which she hopes to release
in the fall.
Instagram: Author_Desydiva23
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