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Curse: The Return of Wexkia 1 (Wexkia trilogy) Kindle Edition

by Dale Furse (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 224 ratings

Book 1 of 3: Wexkia trilogy

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Nell spies on the visiting strangers and makes a frightening discovery.

She isn’t human!

All she wanted was to go to school in the city, make friends, and have a good time.

But one of her newfound relations is kidnapped by aliens. Aliens who meant to take Nell.

Thinking it was her fault, she steals a spaceship, and takes the boy next door to an alien world to save her aunty.

However, the rescue brings more revelations to the fore.

She is a mixed, some say cursed, alien—a throwback to the most brutal, murderous species known.

And now Nell must fight for her right to live!

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As Nell's 17th birthday draws near, she starts to experience changes that all feels strange to her. Her heightened senses enable her to communicate with animals and sense people's feelings. It becomes apparent that Nell is anything but ordinary.

The story immediately takes shape and sets the conflict while you're still reeling from the astonishing discovery. The plot thickens when more secrets are revealed and it quickly takes you to a world so alien, it gets perplexing - in a good way.

The air in Australia must be very conducive for wickedly imaginative writing as the Aussie author is able to create a world teeming with quirky characters and strange creatures with superhuman abilities. Here's the brilliant part - you're immersed in a fantasy world, but confronted by real hard issues of racism, discrimination and exclusion. The seamless interweaving of alien and human elements makes this a compelling read. I enjoyed it immensely. K Ninja's Reviews - Goodreads

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I hope you enjoy Nell's story. She has had many names since her inception in my childhood. The first being, Dale, which of course, is my name. Her obstacles have also changed and grown. So too have her friends and enemies. However, her overall story remains the same.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EYSLUQ2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DCF Books; 2nd edition (January 15, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 15, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4177 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 ‏ : ‎ 206 pages

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Dale Furse lives in North Queensland, Australia with her husband and sometimes-demented, three-legged dog, Zeus.

Over the years, she has pursued her interests in creative outlets. She played guitar, wrote and performed songs in the band, Eclipse, for several years. Once theatre seized her imagination, she joined Towers Players, where she gained lead roles in plays, directed and of course, helped build the sets.

Towers Players and Townsville Little Theatre produced and performed her play, co-written with Stella McMahon, The Shed.

She has written novels, short stories, plays, songs and poems for over thirty years and she still enjoys her journeys to unknown places, meeting unheard-of peoples.

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David Wind

Simply Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2015

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I’ve just read a wonderful sci-fi fantasy. Curse, is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy as well as the start of a coming of age series. A well written and perfectly executed novel, Curse deals with Nelle, a young Australian girl who has no idea of who she really is and lives in a secluded area of, my guess is, the Aussie back country.

I hate giving away plots, and so I won’t; rather, let me say that following Nelles’s incredible journey of discovery is only part of what is contained in the book. Fantasy lives well in Dale Fuse’s hand and reminds me of the early days of sci-fi and fantasy and the great writers who teased teenagers and young adults of the 20th century into becoming fans and writers.
Overall, Curse, Book ONE of the Wexkia Trilogy is a very worthwhile read!

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2013

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To be perfectly honest, I was looking for something fun and relatively mindless to while away a day or two, and this was a suggested option for me. I hadn't read the description and simply dove in, determined to get lost in something mildly entertaining, but nothing that would wrap me up as completely as this book instantly did. First of all, it is one of the most unpredictable books that I've read in a long time, simply in the sense that there weren't any of the tell-tale plot twists or hackneyed story lines, even in a genre like fantasy/sci-fi that does tend to use similar conventions. From start to finish, the book kept me guessing, and a book that can continue to surprise is always one worth paying attention to. I particularly like how Furse didn't immediately pose Nell as anything but what she was, a normal, scared teenager facing the challenges of growing up. Normality is key to the believability of a story, particularly when there is so much else about the story that is unbelievable and "out there" so to speak. Grounding the narrative in a really compelling, strong young woman, and complicating it with a very odd father figure was a very real and human element of the story that drove it forward, even as it became clear that Nell was anything but. Readers need those points of relativity to make a story connect with them on a normal level, since it can be difficult for some people to fully immerse themselves into a fantasy world without some sort of lifeline to the real world. Furse provides those human moments in spades, and for that, I will certainly be reading the rest of the Wexkia trilogy. This was quite a fortuitous find!

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April Adams

An honest review from someone who liked it, but...

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2014

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I want to make one thing clear, the book's premise is very good. I enjoyed the story line. I just couldn't get into it as much as I wanted to. It reads like a first draft or maybe a screenplay. It may just be that I don't connect with the author's style, but in my opinion the book could do with being run through a few beta readers or an editor. There were parts of the story that seemed disjointed, the dialogue felt not-quite-right, the character made decisions in a split second without putting you through any internal struggle or process. The transitions from one situation to the next were very sudden. I felt a bit slapped around and several times I had to re-read a few pages after going, "Huh?" Maybe it's just me.

It was kind-of like one of those old wooden roller coasters - fun, but it whips you around and you're a bit dazed after. I think that with just a bit of work this book could definitely be 5 stars. Or a great movie. I'd totally watch it if it were made into a movie.

The book is about 3 (and more) alien races and the main character, Nell, is a blend of 2 of them who looks human and lived on Earth until just before her 17th birthday when the "changes" would begin. The story line is very original, the different races were intriguing. I thought it might be an allusion to the horrors of racism. This story follows Nell through her coming of age and the machinations of those who would destroy her. Good stuff.

Like I said, I liked the premise but the crafting of the story could use some tweaking. Definitely worth the money I paid for it on Kindle. It's a fast read, too. Read it in about 5 hours. If the author does some tweaking I would love to check it out and revise my review. I'm an author too, and I hope my critiques are not too harsh and can help in making a good book great.

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Thomas Lawson

Not a vampire book. Great price and value.

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2013

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"Curse" is the first book in a very unique trilogy. You see a name like Curse, and you think vampires or werewolves, but this book is completely unlike those types. Curse is about a girl who is different, but not in the conventional type of way. Just before her 17th birthday, she learns she is an alien. Take a wild ride in a whole new adventure as Nell becomes one with who she really is, not the regular human girl she once thought.
I really enjoyed the book, I thought it to be very well-written and entertaining.

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Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko

Curse (Wexkia trilogy) by Dale Furse

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2014

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This is a well edited and beautiful read. Sorry if I harp on editing all the time, but it is important for the writer, but especially for the reader that we respect the intelligence of anyone who picks up our book to read. They should enjoy their read, and they should be entertained. This is what I felt with this book. I was thoroughly entertained.

The story is so vivid, and easy to follow. I could have been watching a movies as I read along. The style was so near perfect that after the first chapter, I simply relaxed to enjoy the read. In the end, I read about how much editing went into the book. A really good read. Well done Dale.

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W

A solid MG book worth 5 stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2014

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Not normally the sort of book I would buy – a kind of mixture of sci-fi, fantasy and real life – but I bought it after reading the ‘look inside’ extract and thought it worth stepping outside my comfort zone for. It is essentially a coming of age novel; very imaginative and completely engaging. I warmed to Nell, the main character, and loved the way her story unfolds (discovering she’s not actually human!) although I felt she seemed a little younger than sixteen. For me, this places Curse as a solid MG book worth 5 stars.

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KC

Full of action with a few twists

Reviewed in Australia on October 12, 2014

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I enjoyed this book and following Nell’s journey from thinking she was a normal human girl and finding out things were not as they seemed. It is nice to see a book written where the main character lives in Australia and actually see a little of Australia come through, but not too much to confuse people from other countries. Maybe this is my pride of Australian heritage coming through.

The story flowed well and mostly lined up all its points. It was certainly full of action to keep the story interesting. A magnificent effort for a first book.

adam boustead

best act/day

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2014

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Winderful mixture of scyance fiction and fantasy can not wate for the next book. Hope we get to lern more about the magic and those who use it. Hope we see more of that crock.

I would recommend it to any one.

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She isn’t human!

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