February Book Club

I know this is a little far out but I received a handful of free books from this author’s publisher through GoodReads & the author will be joining our meeting for the last half hour! Location is to be determined as I’m going to see if the new Manchester library will be open by then. If so I will book a room there if not I will be booking a room at the South Windsor library.
The Others: Book 1 is the first book in The Council Trilogy by Evette Davis, published on September 17, 2024. The urban fantasy novel follows Olivia Shepherd, a political consultant in San Francisco who discovers she is a powerful empath and is drawn into a hidden world of supernatural beings. She is recruited by a shadowy organization called the Council and must learn to harness her powers with the help of a time-walker named Elsa and a fairy named Lily.
Genre: Urban fantasy, romance, and fantasy fiction.
Plot: Olivia's life is upended when she is forced to confront her empathic abilities and a supernatural world she had tried to leave behind. She is recruited by the Council, an organization that uses supernatural beings to monitor human politics.
Characters:
Olivia Shepherd: A political consultant who discovers she is a powerful empath.
Elsa: A time-walker who helps Olivia train her powers.
Lily: A fairy who is invested in Olivia's supernatural progress.
William: Olivia's new love interest.
Setting: A dystopian San Francisco filled with empaths, vampires, and other supernatural beings.