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The Mark of Chaos and Creation: A YA Science Fiction-Fantasy Romance, Book 1 (The Mark of Creation Chronicles) Kindle Edition

by Arabella Federico (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 126 ratings
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The Avengers meets Sailor Moon meets Arcane League of Legends in this mind-bending mashup of fantasy and science fiction in which a young woman must fight and lie and do whatever it takes to secure the thing she wants most: revenge. If you’re in the market for something different on your bookshelf yet keeps the familiar tropes you love in fantasy fiction like enemies to lovers, forced proximity, fated mates, and found family, you’ll obsess over The Mark of Chaos and Creation until the very last page.

Where do you draw the line between fighting for the greater good and vengeance?
Six years ago, seventeen-year-old Karalevine Ruzz watched the alien tyrants abduct her best friend as she narrowly escaped capture herself. Now, older and plagued by the loss of her friend, Kara must do whatever it takes to bring him home–but also bring him justice.
The Arianyte Empire must die.
But as Kara gets closer to the alien prince responsible for forcing her into being his mercenary, she quickly sees a different side of him-one that contradicts everything she knows to be true of Earth’s wicked tyrant. As her feelings for him grow, she finds herself torn between her duty to the rebellion and her growing attraction to the alien prince. Meanwhile, Kara's fellow teammate, Ardelle Dawson, who has always bullied and dismissed her, finally realizes that he may have feelings for her, too. As Kara navigates this complex web of loyalty, duty, and love, she must decide which man she will choose—the dark-haired alien leader, or the fellow teammate who has finally come to his senses. Can she save her best friend and take back Earth, or will she be caught in the crossfire of this dangerous game of rebellion versus occupation?

What readers are saying:

Megan says, “Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of science fiction (or aliens). So, I went to this book thinking I wouldn't like it. Boy was I wrong! After making it through the first half, I got through the last half quickly. Each chapter left me wanting to know what happens next. The plot twists along with the fighting scenes were clear and easy to follow. I'm excited to see where this story goes and I cannot wait for the next one!”

Lindsey raves, “The Mark of Chaos and Creation was INCREDIBLE!
5/5 easily!
Once this book got moving, it moved! Like glued to the page, taking the book to breakfast lunch and dinner and all the toilet breaks in-between type of glued to the page! 🤪
First of all! ALIENS WITH MAGIC. Are you kidding me?! It’s everything my nerdy heart could ever want. Secondly, fast moving plot! Which I love.
World building- stellar and not “here is all you need to know in one exposition” you learn more as you read
How’s the main character? I LOVED HER! Her motivations were so clear in every part stringing me along her journey masterfully.
Tropes: aliens 👽, dystopian, magic, enemies to lovers!
THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME OUT OF MY READING SLUMP.”

Goodreads reviews:

Hailey says, “Finally, a dystopian book that lives up to the standards The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner set that few books have lived up to since then while adding in amazing fantasy elements!”

Teanne raves, “This book is Fantastic!!! It took me a bit to get in to it.. and catch up with the characters, but once you get past the first couple chapters it’s like forget about life this is where all your attention goes!
The things Kara goes though just unreal and the interactions between her and the other characters (no spoilers) is crazy! Always keeps you on your toes.. when you think you have figured it out.. you haven’t plot twist! Arabella is an amazing writer!
The worst part about this book was the ending… I needed more!! I could not get enough!
Now I’m just patiently waiting for the next book!”

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scifi romance, fantasy romance, YA romance, scifi-fantasy, superhero, aliens, enemies to lovers.
scifi romance, fantasy romance, YA romance, scifi-fantasy, superhero, aliens, enemies to lovers.
scifi romance, fantasy romance, YA romance, scifi-fantasy, superhero, aliens, enemies to lovers.

Editorial Reviews

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"The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella Federico kept every promise this book made to me. It promised aliens, spirituality, feminine rage, and a strong female hero." Hanna Johnson, Goodreads


"Easily one of the best new YA scifi series this year." Nyx Fray, Goodreads


"Wow, where do I begin... This book is not only a huge page turner, but it had me doubting everybody for 90% of the story!" Goodreader reviewer


Megan says, "Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of science fiction (or aliens). So, I went to this book thinking I wouldn't like it. Boy was I wrong! After making it through the first half, I got through the last half quickly. Each chapter left me wanting to know what happens next. The plot twists along with the fighting scenes were clear and easy to follow. I'm excited to see where this story goes and I cannot wait for the next one!"

Nikki things, "I have to admit the character development and world building were absolutely amazing. The world that you're thrown into from Federico will captivate you and leave you turning the pages so fast to find out what's going to happen next. The plot held my interest with all the twists and turns. Trust me you'll want to read this. Be prepared for a wild ride."

Lindsey raves, "The Mark of Chaos and Creation was INCREDIBLE!

5/5 easily!

Once this book got moving, it moved! Like glued to the page, taking the book to breakfast lunch and dinner and all the toilet breaks in-between type of glued to the page!

First of all! ALIENS WITH MAGIC. Are you kidding me?! It's everything my nerdy heart could ever want. Secondly, fast moving plot! Which I love.

World building- stellar and not "here is all you need to know in one exposition" you learn more as you read

How's the main character? I LOVED HER! Her motivations were so clear in every part stringing me along her journey masterfully.

Tropes: aliens, dystopian, magic, enemies to lovers!

I got to read this book as an ARC but I will be buying my own hard copy because I need to reread, annotate-and reread again. THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME OUT OF MY READING SLUMP."

Hailey says, "Finally, a dystopian book that lives up to the standards The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner set that few books have lived up to since then while adding in amazing fantasy elements!"

Teanne raves, "This book is Fantastic!!! It took me a bit to get in to it. and catch up with the characters, but once you get past the first couple chapters it's like forget about life this is where all your attention goes!"

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BCNR1ND9
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pisces Moon Publishing, LLC; 1st edition (September 6, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 6, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8517 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 436 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BCS3YPD2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 126 ratings

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Arabella is a loving dog mom who enjoys art, roller skating, good TV shows and movies, and all things fantasy and supernatural. When she isn’t writing she’s often drawing character portraits, making content on her social media accounts, and helping other aspiring writers realize the dream of becoming a published author. Arabella loves to inspire and teach the craft of writing to others and finds fulfillment in sharing her knowledge to the world in hopes she can give back to those who taught her along the way.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
126 global ratings
Beautiful start, and thrilled for the next book!
5 Stars
Beautiful start, and thrilled for the next book!
🌙“It feels like home, and desire, and never wanting to be anywhere else.”💫💫Rate: 5/5🔥Slow Burn - no spiceTropes:🌙Found Family💜Past Lives💚Soul Mates💫Sky Fae💜💚 As a young girl, Karalevine watched as the Arianyte Empire stole her best friend, and nearly abducting her in the process as well. Able to escape, Kara spends the next six years training, plotting, and searching for her friend. To bring him home. To bring him justice.When her newest plan goes awry Kara ends up in the hands of the alien prince she loathes, and with no choice but to become a part of his team she realizes the Arianyte Empire must fall. However, as she gets closer to the prince, and finds herself more at ease around her new team she begins to question everything.Set on an intergalactic stage, Kara must keep herself alive, while trying to piece the mysteries around her together and staying focused on her true goal...When feelings, secrets, and betrayals come to light Kara must figure out just who her true enemy is...💜💚The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella Federico is a wonderful sci-fi fantasy that captured me from the first chapter! 🔥 I am over the stars, obsessed with this series, and cannot stop thinking about it! I have so many theories and questions and I just want to know what happens next.Arabella paints a beautiful tale full of magic, romance, action, betrayals, and so much more! 💜 The found family aspect of this story though was what truly attached me to it and the characters. Especially the relationship between Lara and Pacey. Those two women are so amazing and strong and they honestly need each other so much. Theirs is my favorite along with Kara and Jance💚I am itching to pick up book 2 and see what Kara gets into next - especially after that ending 😱All I have to say though, is my girl better be fine 👀 ifykyk 😭
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Madeeha
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful start, and thrilled for the next book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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🌙“It feels like home, and desire, and never wanting to be anywhere else.”💫

💫Rate: 5/5
🔥Slow Burn - no spice

Tropes:

🌙Found Family
💜Past Lives
💚Soul Mates
💫Sky Fae

💜💚 As a young girl, Karalevine watched as the Arianyte Empire stole her best friend, and nearly abducting her in the process as well. Able to escape, Kara spends the next six years training, plotting, and searching for her friend. To bring him home. To bring him justice.
When her newest plan goes awry Kara ends up in the hands of the alien prince she loathes, and with no choice but to become a part of his team she realizes the Arianyte Empire must fall. However, as she gets closer to the prince, and finds herself more at ease around her new team she begins to question everything.
Set on an intergalactic stage, Kara must keep herself alive, while trying to piece the mysteries around her together and staying focused on her true goal...
When feelings, secrets, and betrayals come to light Kara must figure out just who her true enemy is...💜💚

The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella Federico is a wonderful sci-fi fantasy that captured me from the first chapter! 🔥 I am over the stars, obsessed with this series, and cannot stop thinking about it! I have so many theories and questions and I just want to know what happens next.

Arabella paints a beautiful tale full of magic, romance, action, betrayals, and so much more! 💜 The found family aspect of this story though was what truly attached me to it and the characters. Especially the relationship between Lara and Pacey. Those two women are so amazing and strong and they honestly need each other so much. Theirs is my favorite along with Kara and Jance💚

I am itching to pick up book 2 and see what Kara gets into next - especially after that ending 😱

All I have to say though, is my girl better be fine 👀 ifykyk 😭
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Madeeha
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful start, and thrilled for the next book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
🌙“It feels like home, and desire, and never wanting to be anywhere else.”💫

💫Rate: 5/5
🔥Slow Burn - no spice

Tropes:

🌙Found Family
💜Past Lives
💚Soul Mates
💫Sky Fae

💜💚 As a young girl, Karalevine watched as the Arianyte Empire stole her best friend, and nearly abducting her in the process as well. Able to escape, Kara spends the next six years training, plotting, and searching for her friend. To bring him home. To bring him justice.
When her newest plan goes awry Kara ends up in the hands of the alien prince she loathes, and with no choice but to become a part of his team she realizes the Arianyte Empire must fall. However, as she gets closer to the prince, and finds herself more at ease around her new team she begins to question everything.
Set on an intergalactic stage, Kara must keep herself alive, while trying to piece the mysteries around her together and staying focused on her true goal...
When feelings, secrets, and betrayals come to light Kara must figure out just who her true enemy is...💜💚

The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella Federico is a wonderful sci-fi fantasy that captured me from the first chapter! 🔥 I am over the stars, obsessed with this series, and cannot stop thinking about it! I have so many theories and questions and I just want to know what happens next.

Arabella paints a beautiful tale full of magic, romance, action, betrayals, and so much more! 💜 The found family aspect of this story though was what truly attached me to it and the characters. Especially the relationship between Lara and Pacey. Those two women are so amazing and strong and they honestly need each other so much. Theirs is my favorite along with Kara and Jance💚

I am itching to pick up book 2 and see what Kara gets into next - especially after that ending 😱

All I have to say though, is my girl better be fine 👀 ifykyk 😭
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Didi Newman
5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely loved this book!
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024
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I wasn't sure what to expect when starting this book, but instantly was hooked in the three pages. When following the story of Karalevine, I love that name, by the way. You see a broken girl trying to find a place. She loses the only friend and family she knows in the adoption house, Gavrielle. She was in foster homes that were abusive towards her. She just wants a home and finds the resistance, and Geonni he becomes like an adoptive dad for her. But she is a rebel in the eyes of Arianyte.

The powers she contains are what make her valuable to Arianyte, and they want to use her. That's when Malakyte steps in. He has her taken, and she meets the other starseeds. She also meets Ardelle, which is a male main character and potential enemy to lover. She also starts a strange bond with Malakyte. A little enemy to lovers triangle.

Karalevine starts to have visions at random moments of someone else. This confuses Kara, and she is trying to understand if the bad guy Deimos is the enemy in these visions. She is forced to help hunt Deimos to rescue her family, Gavrielle, so she plays along for a while. She ends up building connections, and things change, so bonds are broken and relationships severed.

It causes new alliances and the exposure of certain characters that affect a lot in the story, including the main characters. News and information are exposed that have detrimental factors playing into the story.

This book makes you think so much about what will happen next and who everyone is, and the parts they played and will play. I love how the twists hit you and make you question everyone's actions and intentions. This book shows a lot of character growth and world development. The feeling of loss and betrayal at the hands of those you care for or trusted. The politics and intergalactic politics take it to a different kind of plot as well.

I really enjoyed this book and am excited to start book two!
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Angelica Marie Moree
4.0 out of 5 stars You must read !
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023
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This book has some amazing story and world building. I felt like I was watching a movie in my head. I couldn't wait for what came next ! Watching the main character grow throughout the book was soo good. The cliffhanger tho ! I'm starting book 2 now I must know more !!
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Adalyn
3.0 out of 5 stars Very Creative and Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2023
Very creative and interesting premise.
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freya.nightwolf
5.0 out of 5 stars It is magnificent. I recommend this book to everyone.
Reviewed in Germany on September 16, 2023
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✅Age: 14+
✅Originality ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅Action ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅Plot twist ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💣
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✅Troop: enemies to lover ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ let's see who you'll want her to end up with 😂
✅Tension ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💣
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Thank you for the ARC. It is magnificent. I loved every page of this story and I can't wait for book2

Family is the one you choose, not the one you were born into. This is the feeling you get from most of the characters. The way the action goes and how the characters are developed, it’s amazing.

Kara, the main character, has some tough choices to make and even risky ones, which help a lot in her growth as a character, and as an individual. The fact that she’s an orphan will make you understand why she made and will make some decisions, but also where her fears are coming from.

I enjoyed the introduction of every character and I loved the fact that we don’t have unnecessary details. Everything about the characters and the story it’s discovered so naturally, through their actions, their decisions, their feelings, and through the way they fight for each other and understand one another. Nothing is forced upon the reader, you won’t find detail-dumping. Everything is made so the reader could find himself living in the book and this is amazing. The past of every character is written so you’ll find every time something new, or understand new things about them. And this makes the plot-twists blow in your face 💣 Nothing is what it seems, so when you judge one for something, you will find deeper things than what is at the surface.

There are a lot of weapons, different kinds: sword, bow and arrow, rifle, and special powers. PERFECTION. Their powers are very interesting and the more you see them using them and how they feel when they do, the more you want to know more about the history behind them.

The chapters are short and this will make you want to read another chapter and another until you forget about the clock 😂. The entire book has action. From the beginning till the end, but from half of it, you will need to stop whatever you’re doing because the action explodes. LITERALLY and you won’t want to let the book down. It’s magnificent.

I love how Malakyte is written. I simply love it/him [I can’t not like him 😍 yep… guilty 😂] There’s a certain power you will find in him and not just the magical power, but also in the way he looks at everyone and the way he talks. Every character is well written and it’s like you can hear them. So yeah, each one will give a certain feeling.

I loved the way you get introduced to “previous lives” and “reincarnation” and the way you find out about every aspect of life. You will not be 100% sure of the character's intentions and you will think twice before saying “this one is good and the other is bad”. At some point you will just suspect everyone of something 😂 but with that ending!!!!! I just knew it!!!! [NO SPOILERS! READ THE BOOK! YOU WON’T REGRET A THING!]

This book is amazing, magnificent, awesome!!!! And if this book has this magnitude, I can’t wait for the second one. It will simply blow up your mind. I recommend this book to everyone.
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Sofia
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Story
Reviewed in Spain on September 8, 2022
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Wow, where do I begin... This book is not only a huge page turner, but it had me doubting everybody for 90% of the story!
Spoliers from now on

The magic system is intricate enough to be interesting, but not too intricate to the level of being confusing. The character introduction and trust was another story, I wanted so badly for Kara to be able to trust the Resistance, and then the Starseeds and Ringers, but I could never fully trust either, when it turned out that neither were trustworthy, and at the same time they both were, it was a huge breather, not everything has to be black and white, I loved the character's flaws and strengths, how the Starseeds and Ringers work together, and their chosen family's strength.
The ending had me reeling, I know this book is not yet published, but I cannot wait for book 2 !

Gav and Deimos are a weird pair for Starseed and Ringer, and I cannot wait to get to know them better. Ardelle and Pacey are definitively two sides of a coin of abuse, and both so relatable on their trauma. I'm still not sure Jance is Kara's biological father, however, it doesn't really matter, because their connection is so profound and good, blood will make no difference.

Malakyte is giving me wounded psycho vibes, but I love an unpredictable yet relatable villain.

This book got me out of a HUGE ACOTAR hangover and I'm both grateful for the ARC I got, and for the story being just what I needed to get me going again.
So glad to finally have it in my book collection!
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Tayla
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite book of January!
Reviewed in Australia on February 6, 2024
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I chose this book on a whim because I wanted some ebooks and stuff your kindle day was a thing and omg I'm so glad I did it is such a good story I love all the characters and I love that it kept me on my toes the plot twist was great and I need to read book 2 asap!
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