Telesa the convenant Keeper

I thoroughly enjoyed this book by Lani Wendt Young  a Polynesian author.  I was attracted to it because she described her book as Samoa's version of Twilight.  I thought I've got to see this.  I read some excerpts, the sample given by Amazon, and I was hooked!  So I bought it on Amazon and thus began the blurriest couple of days with my kids.  I've got five kids, and I don't get much time to read.  But when I wasn't changing diapers, doing dishes or being a taxi, I was reading Telesa.  And while I was changing diapers, washing dishes or driving around I was thinking of Telesa.  I finally finished the book... And I loved it!  I consider myself a huge Twilight Saga fan, but this book is different.  I used to live in Washington State so I could relate to all the different places in the Twilight books.  I haven't been to Samoa since 1987 and I could just picture Samoa like it was yesterday through the character Leila.  And I am Samoan so I relate to Telesa like I have never been able to relate to any other book I have ever read.  It is my new favorite book!  And before that it was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, so that is saying heaps about Lani Wendt Young.  (I have a thing for strong female characters) So if anyone out there in this Blogger universe ever reads this, you have got to check out Telesa:  The Covenant Keeper.  Can't wait for the second book in March 2012!