The Dragonfly Prophecy by Jacquelyn Castle

Author:  Jacquelyn Castle

Publication: Class Act Books

Price: $17.95

The Dragonfly Prophecy, by Jacquelyn Castle revolves around a 17 year old, Lexi Blane, who has a near perfect life with adoring parents and a doting boyfriend. As destiny takes a jerk, she realizes that it is all an illusion and her actual life is far from perfect. In a bid of self discovery, she finds an old friend Chace Preston who loves her to no limit. Torn between her far from ordinary real life and the seemingly perfect other world, where her parents and boyfriend live, she struggles to keep a balance. Lexi’s life takes another sudden turn and exposes the harsh realities and the big lies of her love life. Through the story Castle emerges as a powerful storyteller with a knack for putting sudden unexpected twists in the writing that leaves the readers enthralled.

The novel, through its interesting storyline, tries to give a number of good lessons for life. Just like the fact that we all have been bestowed with numerous wonderful gifts, all we need to do is to identify them and perfect them. Also, that life is not always as it appears to be.

Lexi’s life resembles a great deal with J K Rowling’s Harry Potter. Both are stories of orphan kids who had special powers but did not know until they were told so. Both had had admiringly affectionate parents, were now living at their aunt’s place and had friends play a huge role in their lives. The ‘Facility’ and the ‘Commission’ in this book bear a stark likeness with the ‘Ministry of Magic’ of the Harry Potter books and both were kept as a secret from the normal world, ‘muggles’ of the latter and ‘norms’ of the former.

Overall a pleasant and a clean book, an interesting pastime read.